Meet the Cast of MTV's New Gay Realy Show 'The Real Friends of WeHo'

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• IS IT TIME FOR BRAVO TO CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE ‘REAL HOEWIFE’?
• BRAVO: FIRST STRAIGHT. THEN GAY. NOW ROCKED BY A REALY SUICI. WHAT’S NEW? HOW MANY? WHO’S PRODUCG?

IS IT TIME FOR BRAVO TO CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE ‘REAL HOEWIFE’?

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BRAVO: FIRST STRAIGHT. THEN GAY. NOW ROCKED BY A REALY SUICI. WHAT’S NEW? HOW MANY? WHO’S PRODUCG?

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He also wants Ameri to see that the ritur on most scripted televisn shows don't accurately reprent gay culture. "It sounds more like How to Date a Htler, bee the motive [of the nttants] is to be emotnally and physilly attractive to the gay guy, " observ Brad Gooch, thor of Datg the Greek Gods.

"Confg the other 15 sgl one hoe sounds like the makgs of a gay porn vio, not Derek Hartley, who dispens relatnship advice at 's "Fantasy Island. " This dynamic, so ditive of the relatnships of many gay men and their straight women iends, should help provi a hook for straight viewers while givg the show some affirms his iend's importance.