9 Responses to “News That Isn’t”

1. Tony Petroski Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 8:09 am

   Mr. Berg. It’s always nice to start the day with a good laugh.

   As a Manilow fan, this one hit me hard. I had just gotten over the rumors about Liberace.

   This gives my favorite song, “Mandy,” a new meaning. I always pictured Barry crooning this song to his girlfriend, a woman named “Mandy.”

   Now I can see, characteristic of so many of those clever L.A. types, that the song has a double meaning. Get it? “Man” dy?

   Who’s next to come out? Elton John?

2. The Big Stink Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 8:41 am

   Barry Manilow was one of those guys who, in college, all the girls loved and all the guys never played at parties – opting instead for endless repeats of “Freebird.”

   People who didn’t mind you knowing they liked Barry Manilow were usually women – or gay.

   Should have told us something.

3. justplainangry Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 8:50 am

   Tony, Mandy as in Mandy Patinkin.

4. Alt-Good Swiftee Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 9:01 am

   He thought putting his deviant sexual proclivities out on the street would upset his fans, and (although I’m not a fan) I think he was probably right.

   What makes him think it’s OK now?

5. DMA Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 9:31 am

   I guess that explains why he married a man.

6. bikebubba Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 10:13 am

   I was thinking he did this 40 years ago. Nothing heightens my appreciation for heavy metal like his work, and that of Kenny G. Clears out the dreck left by un-music.

   One thing worth noting in the interview is that he basically says that he wasn’t born that way–look at his comments about his first wife. Point of reference that the LBTQ…. lobby might not appreciate.

7. justplainangry Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 10:36 am

   Point of reference that the LBTQ…. lobby might not appreciate.

   Perhaps those are the fans he was afraid of alienating?

8. Night Writer Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 1:31 pm

   I think you’re getting Barry confused with Ellen DeGeneres. They do kind of look alike.

9. Mammuthus Primigenius Says:
   April 6th, 2017 at 1:50 pm

   Years ago I walked into a coffee shop in Kona. I saw a vaguely familiar person standing at the counter. “Who is that little homosexual?” I said to myself. It was literally the first thing I thought when I saw him.
   It was Richard Chamberlain. He came out of the closet about five years later.

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