Posted on 04/08/2015 11:17:50 AM PDT by drewh
Barry Manilow has secretly married his longtime partner.The “Copacabana” crooner said “I do” to Garry Kief, his manager and the president of Barry Manilow Productions, an insider has revealed. Around 50 guests attended the intimate ceremony after they were led to believe they were invited to lunch at the couple’s multi-million dollar Palm Springs mansion. “It was a total surprise. When they arrived they were told it was a wedding!” a source close to the 71-year-old said.
“Barry has lived a very secretive life and the wedding was no different. Barry and Garry did not tell friends or family that the occasion was their wedding,” the insider explained. “It was a beautiful wedding and consummated their lifelong love affair.”
But the happy duo did not file the paperwork to formalize their union out of fear the big news would leak, sources said. “Barry is paranoid that his fans would not approve of him being gay, when in reality, many have suspected it for years — and most wouldn’t care,” the source said. “They would be happy for him!”
Longtime friend and Palm Springs neighbor Suzanne Somers was the best man, and Marc Hulett — Manilow’s assistant since the 1980s — performed the “commitment ceremony” after he registered online to become a minister. The dramatic development in the “Mandy” hitmaker’s personal life ends the constant speculation — is he, or isn’t he gay — that has followed him for his entire adult life.
In a little known secret, Manilow had a brief marriage — to a woman — in the late ’60s, but he hadn’t dated anyone for years, publicly at least. Fans recently began speculating that he might have married when he performed on stage wearing his wedding band.
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Ok..I'm spent..back to work..
That explains it.
“Next you’re going to tell me that Boy George is gay.
Or Richard Simmons.”
I’ll go one better: George Michael
I’m just surprised he didn’t marry Barry Setoro.
Since he got out-liberaled with the aged sex change thing by BruceyJ Kardashian, this was the next best thing...
Funny story.
So I’m watching a video in the 80’s after chasing chicks at the bar, the night before.
We’re boty hungover and I come into the living room, were he was reclined on the couch and he’s watching some video.
There’s a chick in a hat and horrible makeup singing “Comuh, Comuh, Comuh” something or other.
Anyway, I remark to my friend “She might actually be a good looking girl, if someone could teach her how to wear makeup”.
My friend sits straight up, looks me and trying to hold back some Shiite eating grin, loses it.
I mean, he is laughing so hard he falls off the couch and really uncontrollable.
I laugh and want to know what’s so funny.
OMG, he goes full tilt and can’t stop
He laughs uncontrollably for what seemed like for ever and finally gains enough control over himself to blurt out “That’s a guy!!! Boy George!!!”
All I said was “Huh? Who duh Phuck dat?”.
He practicality threw up from laughing and I didn’t find until later it was some dude in drag.
I didn’t really listen to PoP music then and was oh so young and nieve...
yea or try to stun us with the fact Liberace was too..
Barry Manilow is gay. Water is wet.
Somehow over the years I forgot to think about Barry Manilow’s sexual preferences
Elton John married a woman in the 80s.
Now I have seen everything..a jewish unicorn..all the ones I have ever seen were either Mormon or Scientologist..
So Marry Banilow finally outed himself, decades after the rest of us figured it out.
Obama needs to follow suit.
Pizza for the party, anyone???
Aw jeez. Not this crap again.
I write the songs of love and special things.
I write the songs that make the young boys cry
Since when did Barry turn into Rod Stewart?
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