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 couples 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 wouldnt 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 Manilows assistant since the 1980s performed the commitment ceremony after he registered online to become a minister. The dramatic development in the Mandy hitmakers personal life ends the constant speculation is he, or isnt 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 hadnt 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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They were registered at Bed Bath and Bendover.
Ya. My wife drug me a long a couple of times in recent years. I got lots of brownie points! Lots of brownie points!
He was pretty good and I am a Zeppelin, Who, Boston fan from the 70s.
To say that my wife is shocked and saddened is an understatement. She was a big fan and grew up listening to him since the early 70s.
Interesting that he got his start playing piano in a gay bar or “bathouse” with Bette Midler. Pretty clear from the beginning that he was gay.
Plus you never saw him with a woman in all of these years.
But still I respected him wanting to keep his private life private, but it’s getting harder to do these days.
Duh! I guess the excuse that “he needed the work” is plausible. But not very believable.
that is just wrong on so many levels
As a kid in high school about 40 years ago we all listened to his songs. Wow what a more innocent time and now well old Barry has told us more than I ever wanted to know.
Reminds me of what Austin Powers said about Liberace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjOn5uJptnY
At the first concert, I remember one of the ladies in the front section yelling “anywhere anytime Barry.” Lol.
To give my wife a rough time, I remind her of this. She is a proper lady and doesn't and didn't think that it was appropriate.
They seem to think that they can marry, and have babies just like "normal" people, but they forget that the act of marriage includes the covenant set up with God Almighty.
Every marriage actually has three members, the man, the woman and their spiritual partner, God Almighty.
To enter into a "marriage" with a ceremony and a condoned blessing from a minister is the height of hubris.
Does anyone think that God Almighty actually recognizes gay marriage as a good thing?
No, gay marriage can do only one thing and that is to bring self-imposed curses upon the couple's heads.
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