Blind item pioneer -- Michael Musto

[Dean James]

Mods please move if this shouldn't be in Blinds but Michael Musto gave an interview on my local NPR station and he said a few things that were slightly notable.

- He can still be sued for Blind Items, so lawyers have to check them very carefully before they go to print.
- Ed Koch is gay.
- Every BI answer of his is Courtney Love, lol.
- He's in cahoots with Perez Hilton, he supports him and his 'work' 100% and sees Perez as carrying the torch.
- Thinks gay-living peeps like Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper should be out in their public lives too.
- Said Rosie O'Donnell forgave him for outing her but hates him again for dissing Taboo.
- Said Ellen didn't care about getting outed and used it as a springboard for coming out in her life and show.
- Said he'd out anyone but the Pope.

[pacific breeze]

Always irreverent. He's a good writer, too, which is rare in the gossip world.

[Dean James]

The segment's been uploaded. Listen to it here: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2007/01/19

Titled 'When Gossip and Politics Collide'

[LynnieD]

Always liked Michael Musto. When he used to be a guest on the Geraldo Rivera show every Friday for Gossip and on E!....and his columns. He just seems like a human. And I love that he said all his BI's are about Courtney Love!! Hilarious!

[Chilly Willy]

I alway thought he was very intelligent. His praise for Perez makes me reconsider.

[irishpig]

I like him too, but I'm not really a big fan of outing anyone. What I do, or you do, in our bedrooms isn't really anyone's business, unless it involves hookers (it is a financial transaction, and no longer private) or underage kids. Or if you are a big fat hypocrite, being all holier than thou and aligning yourself with the religious right while you are secretly engaging in the behaviour you are publicly condeming..then you should be outed in the most public, humiliating way possible.