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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
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Readers of the Houston Voice got a little news on the opinion pages this week: Hard-nosed Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith is -- well, if he's not gay, he's pretty damn gay-friendly.

Kevin Naff, managing editor of the Washington Blade, a sister paper of the Voice, wrote a column on celebrities who refuse to answer questions about whether they're gay. As part of the column he wrote that Smith once tried to pick him up at a Manhattan piano bar and invited him back to his place.

"We sat at the bar chatting and drinking martinis until 3 a.m., our conversation interrupted only when [Smith] paused to belt out the lyrics to whatever showtune was being performed," Naff wrote.

Come on -- straight guys like showtunes, too, don't they? Don't they?

We tried to reach Smith, but a Fox spokesperson didn't return messages. Naff says he's been getting a lot of mail, both pro and con, about the column.

"And a lot of people have said, 'Oh, you're violating their privacy, and who they have sex with, that's private,' " Naff says. "Well, yeah, who you have sex with is private…All I'm saying is, the very fact of your sexual orientation should not be a secret. It should not be something to be ashamed of and hidden."

Well, maybe. But what about the important stuff: Why did you (allegedly) turn down Smith?

"I am not single, so I was not able to take him up on his offer," Naff says.

So he wasn't a jerk?

"No, he was a nice guy and we had a nice chat," he says.

Damn. We thought all Fox anchors were jerks.

http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2...hairballs.html

1 This is not on topic for PB.
2 This is not only the most nfh-like post you have ever made (for awhile your news story posts were at least offbeat), this actually would be the most nfh-like post nfh ever posted.
3 How exactly do you think your post will attract newbers?