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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Or Rupaul.
How sickening.
I think Manilow was the last person to know he was gay.
The really odd thing is this: Why the Hell did they need to get married? Kids? Religion? Moral reasons?
I suspect he found out that somebody was going to out him.
Why is this crap all over FR???? Who cares or do we have some here that do care?
I’ve always suspected Manilow was gay. It took some time to come out but there it is...
Whoop dee do...
Who knew?
There used to be a joke that was floating about in the late 90’s about Barry Manilow.
They’d call him Barely-Man-enough.
Good for Barry. If this is what makes him happy, then fine. Doesn’t mean I have to approve of it nor endorse it.
Sorry, that picture is just wrong on way too many levels to even try to interpret what is happening.
Who knew?
OMG!!!!!
I thought he was already married to his beagle.
...or Shepard Smith.
Inheritance.
Barry needs the guy’s money?
Back in the early 80's I saw him live in concert once at Pine Knob here in S.E. Michigan...It was a great show and he's a tremendous song writer.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Barry and Garry Fairy.
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