Gay Millnaire Breaks Yearlong Silence on Millnaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger's Arne Views

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• A GAY MILLNAIRE
• PATTI STANGER SPARKS CONTROVERSY WH ANTI-JEWISH, GAY COMMENTS ON BRAVO
• FOR GAY MEN
• GAY AND LBIAN DATG TIPS
• MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009/11:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009 / 11:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY LNAIRE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST NIGHT MARKED THE END OF THE LATT SEASON OF BRAVO’S MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER, WHICH FEATUR PATTI STANGER HOOKG UP WEALTHY LNAIR WH ELIGIBLE CLIENTS. BUT THIS SEASON FALE HAD PATTI PLAYG MATCHMAKER TO KEV GRAGER, HER FIRST GAY LNAIRE. AFTER SOME CIDLY AWKWARD QUTNS ABOUT KEV’S SEXUAL PREFERENC, AS WELL AS PATTI’S PROFSNS OF HER “LOVE OF THE GAYS”, VIEWERS GOT A RG SI SEAT TO HOW PATTI GO ABOUT HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH KEV ABOUT MEETG PATTI, WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE A LNAIRE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HOW DID YOU END UP BEG A CLIENT FOR PATTI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV GRAGER: WELL, YOU KNOW, I’M MY MID-40S RIGHT NOW AND I’VE SUFFERED THROUGH ALL THE DATG TRMAS THAT EVERY ONE OF HAS SUFFERED THROUGH AND I FIGURED I WASN’T DOG SUCH A HOT JOB MYSELF SO I WOULD SEEK OUT SOMEONE WHO MA A REER OUT OF THIS. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT DID YOU THK OF PATTI WHEN YOU MET HER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL. I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL AND I HAD NOT, WELL THAT’S NOT TE – I HAD ONLY SEEN BS AND PIEC OF THE SHOW PRR TO MEETG HER, BUT PATTI HAS A REPUTATN FOR BEG VERY TOUGH AND FOR BEG VERY NDID, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND FOR LLG AS SHE SE AND I WAS VERY SRED THAT I WASN’T GOG TO BE POSNED THE WAY THAT I WOULD HOPE TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO PATTI AND I GOT ALONG VERY WELL. I HAVE MUCH RPECT FOR HER. I THK SHE’S VERY BRIGHT. SHE’S VERY TALENTED. SHE OBVLY HAS BUILT A GREAT BRAND AS A RULT OF THIS, OF HER SKILL, BUT DON’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT SHE N BE VERY BTAL AND VERY HARD-HTG. A LOT OF GUYS … E OFF OF THERE WH A GOOD OUTLOOK OR A GOOD VISUAL OF REALLY WHAT SOME OF THE ISSU ARE. SHE TELLS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: A FEW OF HER QUTNS ABOUT SEX WERE QUE BLUNT AND YOU SEEMED A B TAKEN ABACK BY SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, WE WENT THROUGH A LONG TN PERD. TYPILLY PATTI’S CLIENTS ARE STRAIGHT, AND SO THE TYP OF QUTNS SHE WAS ASKG OF ME, I HAD TO POSN THEM ALSO AS – SOMEHOW I HAD TO REFERENCE THEM AS, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT SHE ULD UNRSTAND OM A GAY PERSPECTIVE. SO I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME THKG AND NCENTRATG ABOUT MY ANSWERS AND SOME OF THEM – I WOULDN’T SAY SHOCKG TO ME...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: I WAS SHOCKED A UPLE OF TIM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: IT’S ALL ABOUT TELEVISN AND SHOCK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW DO ONE FD A MATCHMAKER FOR LNAIR? DID BRAVO GET TOUCH WH YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I WASN’T SPECIFILLY LOOKG FOR A LNAIRE MATCHMAKER. I DID A LTLE REARCH AND THAT’S WHAT ME UP AND SO I WAS FELY OUT LOOKG AND THE OPPORTUNY WAS THERE TO MEET WH PATTI AND THEN OM THAT ME THE OPPORTUNY TO DO THE SHOW, WHICH I AGREED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WERE YOU A LTLE NERVO ABOUT DOG THIS SO PUBLICLY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, ABSOLUTELY! I WASN’T SO NCERNED ABOUT THE THGS THAT I DID. I WAS NCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER 13 GUYS OR 15 GUYS DID. YOU KNOW, I’M A PR GUY. I N KD OF NTROL MYSELF. BUT AIRG YOUR LNDRY ON TELEVISN WAS ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHEN YOU STARTED LOOKG FOR A MATCHMAKER, WAS BEE YOU WANTED A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THK ONE OF THE THGS THAT I’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACPLISH – PROFSNALLY, I’M VERY SUCCSFUL – BUT ON THE PERSONAL SI, I WASN’T SO SUCCSFUL. I’VE HAD A NUMBER OF RELATNSHIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN VERY POSIVE WH GREAT GUYS, BUT WORK HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN THE WAY AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE FIZZLED OUT. I WAS NOT SPECIFILLY GOG TO FOR A LONG-TERM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS GOG TO THIS WAY TO NAVIGATE A NEW WAY OF FDG SOMEONE, AND AS YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEG SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, IS GENERALLY NOT THE OBJECTIVE WHEN YOU FIRST START DATG SOMEONE. IT’S FDG SOMEONE YOU LIKE AND JT SPENDG SOME TIME WH THEM THEN, LETTG EVERYTHG 100% PLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: GOG TO A MATCHMAKER SEEMS LIKE A VERY PRACTIL WAY TO FD ROMANCE AND AS A BSMAN I’M SURE YOU’VE GOT TO BE VERY PRACTIL AND PRAGMATIC. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF MORE AS A PRACTIL PERSON? IS ROMANCE SOMETHG THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT MORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, I MEAN I AM VERY PRAGMATIC AND I OPERATE MY LIFE VERY PRACTILLY OR TRY TO. THERE WAS A TIME MY LIFE WHERE I WAS VERY SENSIVE AND VERY EE SPIRED AND I MA CISNS BASED ON THAT SENSIVY, BUT OVER THE PAST 11 OR 12 YEARS, I’VE BEE A LTLE HARD AND A LTLE LD, JT OM NNG A PANY AND HAVG BE THE MA FOC OF MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE THGS THAT I REGNIZED THIS PROCS IS HOW IMPORTANT IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT REALLY EVERYTHG THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER AND HOW WALKG AROUND WH THIS BS ATTU AND THIS SORT OF CLOUD OVER YOU ALL THE TIME IS NOT A POSIVE THG. THERE ARE A LOT OF THGS I WISH I ULD DO DIFFERENTLY THAT I’VE DONE OVER THE PAST TEN OR TWELVE YEARS, BUT THAT’S THE WAY LIFE HAS PLAYED SELF OUT AND ’S BEEN SUCH THAT I’VE GROWN A UPLE OF VERY SUCCSFUL PANI AS A RULT OF THAT FOC, BUT OTHER THGS HAVE FELY SUFFERED BEE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO YOU THK THE TWO ARE ALMOST MUTUALLY EXCLIVE? IS POSSIBLE TO REACH THE KD OF SUCCS YOU HAVE WH YOUR BS AND ALSO VELOP A RELATNSHIP AT THE SAME TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I THK ANYTHG’S POSSIBLE. I THK THE DIFFERENCE THE WAY I STARTED MY PANY, THE FIRST ONE – WAS JT ME. THERE WERE NO BACKERS, NO VTORS AND NO PARTNERS AND GREW VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND ANYONE WHO HAS STARTED A PANY WILL TELL YOU, EVEN WH PARTNERS OR BACKERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, TAK EVERY ELEMENT OF DITN YOU N POSSIBLY MTER, BUT DOG ON YOUR OWN I THK ELEVAT THAT EVEN MORE. I’M NOT SURE HOW PRACTIL IS TO THK THAT ONE ULD HAVE A SOLID RELATNSHIP GROWG A BS AT THE SAME TIME. I THK THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RELATNSHIPS THAT I HAVE HAD, I N VERY SPECIFILLY POT TO THE DAY I SAID I N’T FOC ON YOU BEE I HAVE THIS HUGE THG OVER HERE GROWG AND THIS BIG DRAMA THAT’S HAPPENED AND THAT HAS TO BE MY DITN, THAT HAS TO BE WHERE I’M FOCED. AND EVERY SE THE PERSON HAS SAID, AND RIGHTFULLY AND I AGREE WH , THIS ISN’T RIGHT FOR ME RIGHT NOW AND ’S BT THAT WE PUT THIS ON HOLD, AND THAT’S FAIR. I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THG. SO NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT’S THE MOST MON MISNCEPTN PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT LNAIR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: I HAVE THE GREAT ABILY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I GREW MY PANY AND I VELOPED MY WORTH MYSELF, SO I’VE EXPERIENCED LIFE ON BOTH SIS AND I’VE EXPERIENCED MANY YEARS OF DATG WHEN I WAS MAKG A NORMAL SALARY LIKE EVERYBODY, SO I SPEAK WH AN UNRSTANDG OF BOTH SIS OF THE FENCE. I THK THE GREATT MISPERCEPTN IS THAT WE AREN’T NORMAL. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHG GIVEN TO AND WE N DO ANYTHG WE WANT AND YOU N BUY HAPPS AND YOU N BUY LOVE AND YOU N BUY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO BEG A LNAIRE PLITE DATG? DO PEOPLE KNOW OM THE START THAT YOU’RE A LNAIRE OR IS THAT SOMETHG THAT UP EVENTUALLY AND HOW DO THAT SORT OF E DISPARY AFFECT A RELATNSHIP? THAT SEEMS LIKE WOULD BE VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, IS PLITED AND NO, ’S NOT SOMETHG I BRG UP. EVEN WHEN PATTI WOULD ASK THOSE TYP OF QUTNS OF ME, WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ANSWER THEM TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOUR WORTH IS AND SOME OF THEM I DIDN’T ANSWER BEE ’S NOT FORTABLE FOR ME TO ANSWER THAT, THOSE TYP OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT BEE I THK ’S PRIVATE; THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT ME TO BE ABOUT. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DATE ME FOR THAT TO BE THE FOC OR THE KEY TAKEAWAY. I THK YOU’D HAVE TO BE PRETTY NAïVE TO GO OUT WH ME FOR A FEW TIM AND NOT REGNIZE WHAT I HAVE BEE IS WHAT IS, ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU THAT ’S NOT EVER A FOC OF NVERSATN OR THAT’S NOT THE TYPE OF GUY THAT I WOULD EVEN WANT TO GO OUT WH IF THAT WERE THE FOC OF THE NVERSATN. IT ABSOLUTELY UP BEE WHEN YOU START TALKG ABOUT LIVG THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PLAC, BE PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ‘MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER’ APOLOGIZ FOR MENTS ON GAY MEN
• GAY MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER SPEED DATG: IN-PERSON EVENT
• GAY MILLNAIRE BREAKS YEARLONG SILENCE ON MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER PATTI STANGER'S ARNE VIEWS
• MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009/11:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009 / 11:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY LNAIRE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST NIGHT MARKED THE END OF THE LATT SEASON OF BRAVO’S MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER, WHICH FEATUR PATTI STANGER HOOKG UP WEALTHY LNAIR WH ELIGIBLE CLIENTS. BUT THIS SEASON FALE HAD PATTI PLAYG MATCHMAKER TO KEV GRAGER, HER FIRST GAY LNAIRE. AFTER SOME CIDLY AWKWARD QUTNS ABOUT KEV’S SEXUAL PREFERENC, AS WELL AS PATTI’S PROFSNS OF HER “LOVE OF THE GAYS”, VIEWERS GOT A RG SI SEAT TO HOW PATTI GO ABOUT HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH KEV ABOUT MEETG PATTI, WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE A LNAIRE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HOW DID YOU END UP BEG A CLIENT FOR PATTI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV GRAGER: WELL, YOU KNOW, I’M MY MID-40S RIGHT NOW AND I’VE SUFFERED THROUGH ALL THE DATG TRMAS THAT EVERY ONE OF HAS SUFFERED THROUGH AND I FIGURED I WASN’T DOG SUCH A HOT JOB MYSELF SO I WOULD SEEK OUT SOMEONE WHO MA A REER OUT OF THIS. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT DID YOU THK OF PATTI WHEN YOU MET HER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL. I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL AND I HAD NOT, WELL THAT’S NOT TE – I HAD ONLY SEEN BS AND PIEC OF THE SHOW PRR TO MEETG HER, BUT PATTI HAS A REPUTATN FOR BEG VERY TOUGH AND FOR BEG VERY NDID, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND FOR LLG AS SHE SE AND I WAS VERY SRED THAT I WASN’T GOG TO BE POSNED THE WAY THAT I WOULD HOPE TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO PATTI AND I GOT ALONG VERY WELL. I HAVE MUCH RPECT FOR HER. I THK SHE’S VERY BRIGHT. SHE’S VERY TALENTED. SHE OBVLY HAS BUILT A GREAT BRAND AS A RULT OF THIS, OF HER SKILL, BUT DON’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT SHE N BE VERY BTAL AND VERY HARD-HTG. A LOT OF GUYS … E OFF OF THERE WH A GOOD OUTLOOK OR A GOOD VISUAL OF REALLY WHAT SOME OF THE ISSU ARE. SHE TELLS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: A FEW OF HER QUTNS ABOUT SEX WERE QUE BLUNT AND YOU SEEMED A B TAKEN ABACK BY SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, WE WENT THROUGH A LONG TN PERD. TYPILLY PATTI’S CLIENTS ARE STRAIGHT, AND SO THE TYP OF QUTNS SHE WAS ASKG OF ME, I HAD TO POSN THEM ALSO AS – SOMEHOW I HAD TO REFERENCE THEM AS, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT SHE ULD UNRSTAND OM A GAY PERSPECTIVE. SO I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME THKG AND NCENTRATG ABOUT MY ANSWERS AND SOME OF THEM – I WOULDN’T SAY SHOCKG TO ME...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: I WAS SHOCKED A UPLE OF TIM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: IT’S ALL ABOUT TELEVISN AND SHOCK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW DO ONE FD A MATCHMAKER FOR LNAIR? DID BRAVO GET TOUCH WH YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I WASN’T SPECIFILLY LOOKG FOR A LNAIRE MATCHMAKER. I DID A LTLE REARCH AND THAT’S WHAT ME UP AND SO I WAS FELY OUT LOOKG AND THE OPPORTUNY WAS THERE TO MEET WH PATTI AND THEN OM THAT ME THE OPPORTUNY TO DO THE SHOW, WHICH I AGREED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WERE YOU A LTLE NERVO ABOUT DOG THIS SO PUBLICLY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, ABSOLUTELY! I WASN’T SO NCERNED ABOUT THE THGS THAT I DID. I WAS NCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER 13 GUYS OR 15 GUYS DID. YOU KNOW, I’M A PR GUY. I N KD OF NTROL MYSELF. BUT AIRG YOUR LNDRY ON TELEVISN WAS ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHEN YOU STARTED LOOKG FOR A MATCHMAKER, WAS BEE YOU WANTED A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THK ONE OF THE THGS THAT I’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACPLISH – PROFSNALLY, I’M VERY SUCCSFUL – BUT ON THE PERSONAL SI, I WASN’T SO SUCCSFUL. I’VE HAD A NUMBER OF RELATNSHIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN VERY POSIVE WH GREAT GUYS, BUT WORK HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN THE WAY AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE FIZZLED OUT. I WAS NOT SPECIFILLY GOG TO FOR A LONG-TERM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS GOG TO THIS WAY TO NAVIGATE A NEW WAY OF FDG SOMEONE, AND AS YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEG SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, IS GENERALLY NOT THE OBJECTIVE WHEN YOU FIRST START DATG SOMEONE. IT’S FDG SOMEONE YOU LIKE AND JT SPENDG SOME TIME WH THEM THEN, LETTG EVERYTHG 100% PLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: GOG TO A MATCHMAKER SEEMS LIKE A VERY PRACTIL WAY TO FD ROMANCE AND AS A BSMAN I’M SURE YOU’VE GOT TO BE VERY PRACTIL AND PRAGMATIC. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF MORE AS A PRACTIL PERSON? IS ROMANCE SOMETHG THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT MORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, I MEAN I AM VERY PRAGMATIC AND I OPERATE MY LIFE VERY PRACTILLY OR TRY TO. THERE WAS A TIME MY LIFE WHERE I WAS VERY SENSIVE AND VERY EE SPIRED AND I MA CISNS BASED ON THAT SENSIVY, BUT OVER THE PAST 11 OR 12 YEARS, I’VE BEE A LTLE HARD AND A LTLE LD, JT OM NNG A PANY AND HAVG BE THE MA FOC OF MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE THGS THAT I REGNIZED THIS PROCS IS HOW IMPORTANT IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT REALLY EVERYTHG THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER AND HOW WALKG AROUND WH THIS BS ATTU AND THIS SORT OF CLOUD OVER YOU ALL THE TIME IS NOT A POSIVE THG. THERE ARE A LOT OF THGS I WISH I ULD DO DIFFERENTLY THAT I’VE DONE OVER THE PAST TEN OR TWELVE YEARS, BUT THAT’S THE WAY LIFE HAS PLAYED SELF OUT AND ’S BEEN SUCH THAT I’VE GROWN A UPLE OF VERY SUCCSFUL PANI AS A RULT OF THAT FOC, BUT OTHER THGS HAVE FELY SUFFERED BEE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO YOU THK THE TWO ARE ALMOST MUTUALLY EXCLIVE? IS POSSIBLE TO REACH THE KD OF SUCCS YOU HAVE WH YOUR BS AND ALSO VELOP A RELATNSHIP AT THE SAME TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I THK ANYTHG’S POSSIBLE. I THK THE DIFFERENCE THE WAY I STARTED MY PANY, THE FIRST ONE – WAS JT ME. THERE WERE NO BACKERS, NO VTORS AND NO PARTNERS AND GREW VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND ANYONE WHO HAS STARTED A PANY WILL TELL YOU, EVEN WH PARTNERS OR BACKERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, TAK EVERY ELEMENT OF DITN YOU N POSSIBLY MTER, BUT DOG ON YOUR OWN I THK ELEVAT THAT EVEN MORE. I’M NOT SURE HOW PRACTIL IS TO THK THAT ONE ULD HAVE A SOLID RELATNSHIP GROWG A BS AT THE SAME TIME. I THK THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RELATNSHIPS THAT I HAVE HAD, I N VERY SPECIFILLY POT TO THE DAY I SAID I N’T FOC ON YOU BEE I HAVE THIS HUGE THG OVER HERE GROWG AND THIS BIG DRAMA THAT’S HAPPENED AND THAT HAS TO BE MY DITN, THAT HAS TO BE WHERE I’M FOCED. AND EVERY SE THE PERSON HAS SAID, AND RIGHTFULLY AND I AGREE WH , THIS ISN’T RIGHT FOR ME RIGHT NOW AND ’S BT THAT WE PUT THIS ON HOLD, AND THAT’S FAIR. I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THG. SO NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT’S THE MOST MON MISNCEPTN PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT LNAIR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: I HAVE THE GREAT ABILY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I GREW MY PANY AND I VELOPED MY WORTH MYSELF, SO I’VE EXPERIENCED LIFE ON BOTH SIS AND I’VE EXPERIENCED MANY YEARS OF DATG WHEN I WAS MAKG A NORMAL SALARY LIKE EVERYBODY, SO I SPEAK WH AN UNRSTANDG OF BOTH SIS OF THE FENCE. I THK THE GREATT MISPERCEPTN IS THAT WE AREN’T NORMAL. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHG GIVEN TO AND WE N DO ANYTHG WE WANT AND YOU N BUY HAPPS AND YOU N BUY LOVE AND YOU N BUY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO BEG A LNAIRE PLITE DATG? DO PEOPLE KNOW OM THE START THAT YOU’RE A LNAIRE OR IS THAT SOMETHG THAT UP EVENTUALLY AND HOW DO THAT SORT OF E DISPARY AFFECT A RELATNSHIP? THAT SEEMS LIKE WOULD BE VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, IS PLITED AND NO, ’S NOT SOMETHG I BRG UP. EVEN WHEN PATTI WOULD ASK THOSE TYP OF QUTNS OF ME, WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ANSWER THEM TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOUR WORTH IS AND SOME OF THEM I DIDN’T ANSWER BEE ’S NOT FORTABLE FOR ME TO ANSWER THAT, THOSE TYP OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT BEE I THK ’S PRIVATE; THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT ME TO BE ABOUT. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DATE ME FOR THAT TO BE THE FOC OR THE KEY TAKEAWAY. I THK YOU’D HAVE TO BE PRETTY NAïVE TO GO OUT WH ME FOR A FEW TIM AND NOT REGNIZE WHAT I HAVE BEE IS WHAT IS, ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU THAT ’S NOT EVER A FOC OF NVERSATN OR THAT’S NOT THE TYPE OF GUY THAT I WOULD EVEN WANT TO GO OUT WH IF THAT WERE THE FOC OF THE NVERSATN. IT ABSOLUTELY UP BEE WHEN YOU START TALKG ABOUT LIVG THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PLAC, BE PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009/11:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009 / 11:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY LNAIRE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST NIGHT MARKED THE END OF THE LATT SEASON OF BRAVO’S MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER, WHICH FEATUR PATTI STANGER HOOKG UP WEALTHY LNAIR WH ELIGIBLE CLIENTS. BUT THIS SEASON FALE HAD PATTI PLAYG MATCHMAKER TO KEV GRAGER, HER FIRST GAY LNAIRE. AFTER SOME CIDLY AWKWARD QUTNS ABOUT KEV’S SEXUAL PREFERENC, AS WELL AS PATTI’S PROFSNS OF HER “LOVE OF THE GAYS”, VIEWERS GOT A RG SI SEAT TO HOW PATTI GO ABOUT HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH KEV ABOUT MEETG PATTI, WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE A LNAIRE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HOW DID YOU END UP BEG A CLIENT FOR PATTI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV GRAGER: WELL, YOU KNOW, I’M MY MID-40S RIGHT NOW AND I’VE SUFFERED THROUGH ALL THE DATG TRMAS THAT EVERY ONE OF HAS SUFFERED THROUGH AND I FIGURED I WASN’T DOG SUCH A HOT JOB MYSELF SO I WOULD SEEK OUT SOMEONE WHO MA A REER OUT OF THIS. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT DID YOU THK OF PATTI WHEN YOU MET HER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL. I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL AND I HAD NOT, WELL THAT’S NOT TE – I HAD ONLY SEEN BS AND PIEC OF THE SHOW PRR TO MEETG HER, BUT PATTI HAS A REPUTATN FOR BEG VERY TOUGH AND FOR BEG VERY NDID, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND FOR LLG AS SHE SE AND I WAS VERY SRED THAT I WASN’T GOG TO BE POSNED THE WAY THAT I WOULD HOPE TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO PATTI AND I GOT ALONG VERY WELL. I HAVE MUCH RPECT FOR HER. I THK SHE’S VERY BRIGHT. SHE’S VERY TALENTED. SHE OBVLY HAS BUILT A GREAT BRAND AS A RULT OF THIS, OF HER SKILL, BUT DON’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT SHE N BE VERY BTAL AND VERY HARD-HTG. A LOT OF GUYS … E OFF OF THERE WH A GOOD OUTLOOK OR A GOOD VISUAL OF REALLY WHAT SOME OF THE ISSU ARE. SHE TELLS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: A FEW OF HER QUTNS ABOUT SEX WERE QUE BLUNT AND YOU SEEMED A B TAKEN ABACK BY SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, WE WENT THROUGH A LONG TN PERD. TYPILLY PATTI’S CLIENTS ARE STRAIGHT, AND SO THE TYP OF QUTNS SHE WAS ASKG OF ME, I HAD TO POSN THEM ALSO AS – SOMEHOW I HAD TO REFERENCE THEM AS, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT SHE ULD UNRSTAND OM A GAY PERSPECTIVE. SO I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME THKG AND NCENTRATG ABOUT MY ANSWERS AND SOME OF THEM – I WOULDN’T SAY SHOCKG TO ME...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: I WAS SHOCKED A UPLE OF TIM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: IT’S ALL ABOUT TELEVISN AND SHOCK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW DO ONE FD A MATCHMAKER FOR LNAIR? DID BRAVO GET TOUCH WH YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I WASN’T SPECIFILLY LOOKG FOR A LNAIRE MATCHMAKER. I DID A LTLE REARCH AND THAT’S WHAT ME UP AND SO I WAS FELY OUT LOOKG AND THE OPPORTUNY WAS THERE TO MEET WH PATTI AND THEN OM THAT ME THE OPPORTUNY TO DO THE SHOW, WHICH I AGREED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WERE YOU A LTLE NERVO ABOUT DOG THIS SO PUBLICLY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, ABSOLUTELY! I WASN’T SO NCERNED ABOUT THE THGS THAT I DID. I WAS NCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER 13 GUYS OR 15 GUYS DID. YOU KNOW, I’M A PR GUY. I N KD OF NTROL MYSELF. BUT AIRG YOUR LNDRY ON TELEVISN WAS ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHEN YOU STARTED LOOKG FOR A MATCHMAKER, WAS BEE YOU WANTED A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THK ONE OF THE THGS THAT I’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACPLISH – PROFSNALLY, I’M VERY SUCCSFUL – BUT ON THE PERSONAL SI, I WASN’T SO SUCCSFUL. I’VE HAD A NUMBER OF RELATNSHIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN VERY POSIVE WH GREAT GUYS, BUT WORK HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN THE WAY AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE FIZZLED OUT. I WAS NOT SPECIFILLY GOG TO FOR A LONG-TERM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS GOG TO THIS WAY TO NAVIGATE A NEW WAY OF FDG SOMEONE, AND AS YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEG SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, IS GENERALLY NOT THE OBJECTIVE WHEN YOU FIRST START DATG SOMEONE. IT’S FDG SOMEONE YOU LIKE AND JT SPENDG SOME TIME WH THEM THEN, LETTG EVERYTHG 100% PLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: GOG TO A MATCHMAKER SEEMS LIKE A VERY PRACTIL WAY TO FD ROMANCE AND AS A BSMAN I’M SURE YOU’VE GOT TO BE VERY PRACTIL AND PRAGMATIC. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF MORE AS A PRACTIL PERSON? IS ROMANCE SOMETHG THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT MORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, I MEAN I AM VERY PRAGMATIC AND I OPERATE MY LIFE VERY PRACTILLY OR TRY TO. THERE WAS A TIME MY LIFE WHERE I WAS VERY SENSIVE AND VERY EE SPIRED AND I MA CISNS BASED ON THAT SENSIVY, BUT OVER THE PAST 11 OR 12 YEARS, I’VE BEE A LTLE HARD AND A LTLE LD, JT OM NNG A PANY AND HAVG BE THE MA FOC OF MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE THGS THAT I REGNIZED THIS PROCS IS HOW IMPORTANT IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT REALLY EVERYTHG THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER AND HOW WALKG AROUND WH THIS BS ATTU AND THIS SORT OF CLOUD OVER YOU ALL THE TIME IS NOT A POSIVE THG. THERE ARE A LOT OF THGS I WISH I ULD DO DIFFERENTLY THAT I’VE DONE OVER THE PAST TEN OR TWELVE YEARS, BUT THAT’S THE WAY LIFE HAS PLAYED SELF OUT AND ’S BEEN SUCH THAT I’VE GROWN A UPLE OF VERY SUCCSFUL PANI AS A RULT OF THAT FOC, BUT OTHER THGS HAVE FELY SUFFERED BEE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO YOU THK THE TWO ARE ALMOST MUTUALLY EXCLIVE? IS POSSIBLE TO REACH THE KD OF SUCCS YOU HAVE WH YOUR BS AND ALSO VELOP A RELATNSHIP AT THE SAME TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I THK ANYTHG’S POSSIBLE. I THK THE DIFFERENCE THE WAY I STARTED MY PANY, THE FIRST ONE – WAS JT ME. THERE WERE NO BACKERS, NO VTORS AND NO PARTNERS AND GREW VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND ANYONE WHO HAS STARTED A PANY WILL TELL YOU, EVEN WH PARTNERS OR BACKERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, TAK EVERY ELEMENT OF DITN YOU N POSSIBLY MTER, BUT DOG ON YOUR OWN I THK ELEVAT THAT EVEN MORE. I’M NOT SURE HOW PRACTIL IS TO THK THAT ONE ULD HAVE A SOLID RELATNSHIP GROWG A BS AT THE SAME TIME. I THK THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RELATNSHIPS THAT I HAVE HAD, I N VERY SPECIFILLY POT TO THE DAY I SAID I N’T FOC ON YOU BEE I HAVE THIS HUGE THG OVER HERE GROWG AND THIS BIG DRAMA THAT’S HAPPENED AND THAT HAS TO BE MY DITN, THAT HAS TO BE WHERE I’M FOCED. AND EVERY SE THE PERSON HAS SAID, AND RIGHTFULLY AND I AGREE WH , THIS ISN’T RIGHT FOR ME RIGHT NOW AND ’S BT THAT WE PUT THIS ON HOLD, AND THAT’S FAIR. I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THG. SO NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT’S THE MOST MON MISNCEPTN PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT LNAIR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: I HAVE THE GREAT ABILY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I GREW MY PANY AND I VELOPED MY WORTH MYSELF, SO I’VE EXPERIENCED LIFE ON BOTH SIS AND I’VE EXPERIENCED MANY YEARS OF DATG WHEN I WAS MAKG A NORMAL SALARY LIKE EVERYBODY, SO I SPEAK WH AN UNRSTANDG OF BOTH SIS OF THE FENCE. I THK THE GREATT MISPERCEPTN IS THAT WE AREN’T NORMAL. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHG GIVEN TO AND WE N DO ANYTHG WE WANT AND YOU N BUY HAPPS AND YOU N BUY LOVE AND YOU N BUY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO BEG A LNAIRE PLITE DATG? DO PEOPLE KNOW OM THE START THAT YOU’RE A LNAIRE OR IS THAT SOMETHG THAT UP EVENTUALLY AND HOW DO THAT SORT OF E DISPARY AFFECT A RELATNSHIP? THAT SEEMS LIKE WOULD BE VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, IS PLITED AND NO, ’S NOT SOMETHG I BRG UP. EVEN WHEN PATTI WOULD ASK THOSE TYP OF QUTNS OF ME, WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ANSWER THEM TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOUR WORTH IS AND SOME OF THEM I DIDN’T ANSWER BEE ’S NOT FORTABLE FOR ME TO ANSWER THAT, THOSE TYP OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT BEE I THK ’S PRIVATE; THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT ME TO BE ABOUT. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DATE ME FOR THAT TO BE THE FOC OR THE KEY TAKEAWAY. I THK YOU’D HAVE TO BE PRETTY NAïVE TO GO OUT WH ME FOR A FEW TIM AND NOT REGNIZE WHAT I HAVE BEE IS WHAT IS, ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU THAT ’S NOT EVER A FOC OF NVERSATN OR THAT’S NOT THE TYPE OF GUY THAT I WOULD EVEN WANT TO GO OUT WH IF THAT WERE THE FOC OF THE NVERSATN. IT ABSOLUTELY UP BEE WHEN YOU START TALKG ABOUT LIVG THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PLAC, BE PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Gay And Lbian Datg TipsGay datg a lnaire world is a different Vios. But this season fale had Patti playg matchmaker to Kev Grager, her first gay lnaire.

‘MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER’ APOLOGIZ FOR MENTS ON GAY MEN

After some cidly awkward qutns about Kev’s sexual preferenc, as well as Patti’s profsns of her “love of the gays”, viewers got a rg si seat to how Patti go about her had the chance to chat wh Kev about meetg Patti, what ’s like to be a lnaire and How did you end up beg a client for Patti?

Typilly Patti’s clients are straight, and so the typ of qutns she was askg of me, I had to posn them also as – somehow I had to reference them as, you know, a way that she uld unrstand om a gay perspective. "There's no curbg the gay, " she says.

GAY MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER SPEED DATG: IN-PERSON EVENT

Stanger fends her rerd on support of gay datg and marriage. Patti Stanger, the star of Bravo’s “The Millnaire Matchmaker, ” issued an apology for sayg gay men have difficulty stayg monogamo.

GAY MILLNAIRE BREAKS YEARLONG SILENCE ON MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER PATTI STANGER'S ARNE VIEWS

In rponse to a ller who wanted to know if long-distance, open relatnships are possible, Stanger said, “In the gay world, there’s always gog to be open (relatnships).

… There is no curbg the gay. She asked the ller if he was gay.

“Attn male Gays: I support you, ” she said.

MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009/11:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 8, 2009 / 11:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET KEV GRAGER, BRAVO'S GAY LNAIRE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-05-08T15:25:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST NIGHT MARKED THE END OF THE LATT SEASON OF BRAVO’S MILLNAIRE MATCHMAKER, WHICH FEATUR PATTI STANGER HOOKG UP WEALTHY LNAIR WH ELIGIBLE CLIENTS. BUT THIS SEASON FALE HAD PATTI PLAYG MATCHMAKER TO KEV GRAGER, HER FIRST GAY LNAIRE. AFTER SOME CIDLY AWKWARD QUTNS ABOUT KEV’S SEXUAL PREFERENC, AS WELL AS PATTI’S PROFSNS OF HER “LOVE OF THE GAYS”, VIEWERS GOT A RG SI SEAT TO HOW PATTI GO ABOUT HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH KEV ABOUT MEETG PATTI, WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE A LNAIRE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HOW DID YOU END UP BEG A CLIENT FOR PATTI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV GRAGER: WELL, YOU KNOW, I’M MY MID-40S RIGHT NOW AND I’VE SUFFERED THROUGH ALL THE DATG TRMAS THAT EVERY ONE OF HAS SUFFERED THROUGH AND I FIGURED I WASN’T DOG SUCH A HOT JOB MYSELF SO I WOULD SEEK OUT SOMEONE WHO MA A REER OUT OF THIS. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT DID YOU THK OF PATTI WHEN YOU MET HER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL. I THOUGHT SHE WAS BTAL AND I HAD NOT, WELL THAT’S NOT TE – I HAD ONLY SEEN BS AND PIEC OF THE SHOW PRR TO MEETG HER, BUT PATTI HAS A REPUTATN FOR BEG VERY TOUGH AND FOR BEG VERY NDID, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND FOR LLG AS SHE SE AND I WAS VERY SRED THAT I WASN’T GOG TO BE POSNED THE WAY THAT I WOULD HOPE TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO PATTI AND I GOT ALONG VERY WELL. I HAVE MUCH RPECT FOR HER. I THK SHE’S VERY BRIGHT. SHE’S VERY TALENTED. SHE OBVLY HAS BUILT A GREAT BRAND AS A RULT OF THIS, OF HER SKILL, BUT DON’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT SHE N BE VERY BTAL AND VERY HARD-HTG. A LOT OF GUYS … E OFF OF THERE WH A GOOD OUTLOOK OR A GOOD VISUAL OF REALLY WHAT SOME OF THE ISSU ARE. SHE TELLS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: A FEW OF HER QUTNS ABOUT SEX WERE QUE BLUNT AND YOU SEEMED A B TAKEN ABACK BY SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, WE WENT THROUGH A LONG TN PERD. TYPILLY PATTI’S CLIENTS ARE STRAIGHT, AND SO THE TYP OF QUTNS SHE WAS ASKG OF ME, I HAD TO POSN THEM ALSO AS – SOMEHOW I HAD TO REFERENCE THEM AS, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT SHE ULD UNRSTAND OM A GAY PERSPECTIVE. SO I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME THKG AND NCENTRATG ABOUT MY ANSWERS AND SOME OF THEM – I WOULDN’T SAY SHOCKG TO ME...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: I WAS SHOCKED A UPLE OF TIM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: IT’S ALL ABOUT TELEVISN AND SHOCK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW DO ONE FD A MATCHMAKER FOR LNAIR? DID BRAVO GET TOUCH WH YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I WASN’T SPECIFILLY LOOKG FOR A LNAIRE MATCHMAKER. I DID A LTLE REARCH AND THAT’S WHAT ME UP AND SO I WAS FELY OUT LOOKG AND THE OPPORTUNY WAS THERE TO MEET WH PATTI AND THEN OM THAT ME THE OPPORTUNY TO DO THE SHOW, WHICH I AGREED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WERE YOU A LTLE NERVO ABOUT DOG THIS SO PUBLICLY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: OH, ABSOLUTELY! I WASN’T SO NCERNED ABOUT THE THGS THAT I DID. I WAS NCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER 13 GUYS OR 15 GUYS DID. YOU KNOW, I’M A PR GUY. I N KD OF NTROL MYSELF. BUT AIRG YOUR LNDRY ON TELEVISN WAS ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHEN YOU STARTED LOOKG FOR A MATCHMAKER, WAS BEE YOU WANTED A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THK ONE OF THE THGS THAT I’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACPLISH – PROFSNALLY, I’M VERY SUCCSFUL – BUT ON THE PERSONAL SI, I WASN’T SO SUCCSFUL. I’VE HAD A NUMBER OF RELATNSHIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN VERY POSIVE WH GREAT GUYS, BUT WORK HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN THE WAY AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE FIZZLED OUT. I WAS NOT SPECIFILLY GOG TO FOR A LONG-TERM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS GOG TO THIS WAY TO NAVIGATE A NEW WAY OF FDG SOMEONE, AND AS YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEG SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, IS GENERALLY NOT THE OBJECTIVE WHEN YOU FIRST START DATG SOMEONE. IT’S FDG SOMEONE YOU LIKE AND JT SPENDG SOME TIME WH THEM THEN, LETTG EVERYTHG 100% PLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: GOG TO A MATCHMAKER SEEMS LIKE A VERY PRACTIL WAY TO FD ROMANCE AND AS A BSMAN I’M SURE YOU’VE GOT TO BE VERY PRACTIL AND PRAGMATIC. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF MORE AS A PRACTIL PERSON? IS ROMANCE SOMETHG THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT MORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: YEAH, I MEAN I AM VERY PRAGMATIC AND I OPERATE MY LIFE VERY PRACTILLY OR TRY TO. THERE WAS A TIME MY LIFE WHERE I WAS VERY SENSIVE AND VERY EE SPIRED AND I MA CISNS BASED ON THAT SENSIVY, BUT OVER THE PAST 11 OR 12 YEARS, I’VE BEE A LTLE HARD AND A LTLE LD, JT OM NNG A PANY AND HAVG BE THE MA FOC OF MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE THGS THAT I REGNIZED THIS PROCS IS HOW IMPORTANT IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT REALLY EVERYTHG THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER AND HOW WALKG AROUND WH THIS BS ATTU AND THIS SORT OF CLOUD OVER YOU ALL THE TIME IS NOT A POSIVE THG. THERE ARE A LOT OF THGS I WISH I ULD DO DIFFERENTLY THAT I’VE DONE OVER THE PAST TEN OR TWELVE YEARS, BUT THAT’S THE WAY LIFE HAS PLAYED SELF OUT AND ’S BEEN SUCH THAT I’VE GROWN A UPLE OF VERY SUCCSFUL PANI AS A RULT OF THAT FOC, BUT OTHER THGS HAVE FELY SUFFERED BEE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO YOU THK THE TWO ARE ALMOST MUTUALLY EXCLIVE? IS POSSIBLE TO REACH THE KD OF SUCCS YOU HAVE WH YOUR BS AND ALSO VELOP A RELATNSHIP AT THE SAME TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, I THK ANYTHG’S POSSIBLE. I THK THE DIFFERENCE THE WAY I STARTED MY PANY, THE FIRST ONE – WAS JT ME. THERE WERE NO BACKERS, NO VTORS AND NO PARTNERS AND GREW VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND ANYONE WHO HAS STARTED A PANY WILL TELL YOU, EVEN WH PARTNERS OR BACKERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, TAK EVERY ELEMENT OF DITN YOU N POSSIBLY MTER, BUT DOG ON YOUR OWN I THK ELEVAT THAT EVEN MORE. I’M NOT SURE HOW PRACTIL IS TO THK THAT ONE ULD HAVE A SOLID RELATNSHIP GROWG A BS AT THE SAME TIME. I THK THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RELATNSHIPS THAT I HAVE HAD, I N VERY SPECIFILLY POT TO THE DAY I SAID I N’T FOC ON YOU BEE I HAVE THIS HUGE THG OVER HERE GROWG AND THIS BIG DRAMA THAT’S HAPPENED AND THAT HAS TO BE MY DITN, THAT HAS TO BE WHERE I’M FOCED. AND EVERY SE THE PERSON HAS SAID, AND RIGHTFULLY AND I AGREE WH , THIS ISN’T RIGHT FOR ME RIGHT NOW AND ’S BT THAT WE PUT THIS ON HOLD, AND THAT’S FAIR. I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THG. SO NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT’S THE MOST MON MISNCEPTN PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT LNAIR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: I HAVE THE GREAT ABILY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I GREW MY PANY AND I VELOPED MY WORTH MYSELF, SO I’VE EXPERIENCED LIFE ON BOTH SIS AND I’VE EXPERIENCED MANY YEARS OF DATG WHEN I WAS MAKG A NORMAL SALARY LIKE EVERYBODY, SO I SPEAK WH AN UNRSTANDG OF BOTH SIS OF THE FENCE. I THK THE GREATT MISPERCEPTN IS THAT WE AREN’T NORMAL. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHG GIVEN TO AND WE N DO ANYTHG WE WANT AND YOU N BUY HAPPS AND YOU N BUY LOVE AND YOU N BUY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: DO BEG A LNAIRE PLITE DATG? DO PEOPLE KNOW OM THE START THAT YOU’RE A LNAIRE OR IS THAT SOMETHG THAT UP EVENTUALLY AND HOW DO THAT SORT OF E DISPARY AFFECT A RELATNSHIP? THAT SEEMS LIKE WOULD BE VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG: WELL, IS PLITED AND NO, ’S NOT SOMETHG I BRG UP. EVEN WHEN PATTI WOULD ASK THOSE TYP OF QUTNS OF ME, WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ANSWER THEM TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOUR WORTH IS AND SOME OF THEM I DIDN’T ANSWER BEE ’S NOT FORTABLE FOR ME TO ANSWER THAT, THOSE TYP OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT BEE I THK ’S PRIVATE; THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT ME TO BE ABOUT. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DATE ME FOR THAT TO BE THE FOC OR THE KEY TAKEAWAY. I THK YOU’D HAVE TO BE PRETTY NAïVE TO GO OUT WH ME FOR A FEW TIM AND NOT REGNIZE WHAT I HAVE BEE IS WHAT IS, ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU THAT ’S NOT EVER A FOC OF NVERSATN OR THAT’S NOT THE TYPE OF GUY THAT I WOULD EVEN WANT TO GO OUT WH IF THAT WERE THE FOC OF THE NVERSATN. IT ABSOLUTELY UP BEE WHEN YOU START TALKG ABOUT LIVG THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PLAC, BE PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

On HLN’s “The Joy Behar Show, ” Stanger said she apologiz if GLAAD – the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn – was offend and then touted her rerd of support for gay datg and marriage durg the five years of her matchmaker show. “‘I didn’t mean to offend you’ ≠ ‘What I said was bigoted and wrong, ’” Matt Algren of Dayton, Oh, tweeted, while another post said: “More homophobic generalizatns.

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