Admittedly, the first reports came from National Enquirer and People so this could be fake, but now Time is also reporting:
QuoteBarry Manilow Has Married His Manager Garry Kief
Daniel Boczarski—Getty ImagesBarry Manilow performs on stage during the One Last Time Tour at United Center in Chicago on Feb. 14, 2015
Looks like they made it.
Barry Manilow and his longtime manager Garry Kief tied the knot last year in a private ceremony, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.
"It was a surprise," a friend of the couple says of the wedding, which was held at Manilow's Palm Springs, California, home and attended by "20 to 30 guests" who had been told they were attending a "lunch."
Though the couple chose to keep the wedding completely private and did not sign any official paperwork, Manilow and Kief both wear wedding bands and "are committed to one another and have been for a very long time," a Manilow source says. "They have a great relationship. Garry has always been there for Barry."
News of the nuptials may come as a surprise to some Manilow fans, but the source says the "Copacabana" singer has never tried to hide his sexual orientation.
"He's at a point now where he's got his career and personal life in a great place and he really doesn't care what people think," the source says. "He's in love and happy."
Manilow's rep is not commenting on the marriage. The National Enquirer was first to report the news.
Maybe Manilow and Ray Davies met the same "Lola". :hmm:
Quote"He's at a point now where he's got his career and personal life in a great place
Is over for the past 30 years a great place?
Barry Manilow... GAY!?
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But he sang about Lola. :(
So did that other dude. Lola turned out to be a guy, remember? :)
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2015, 06:42:38 AM
So did that other dude. Lola turned out to be a guy, remember? :)
No, I don't know the other story. :)
It's a song by The Kinks.
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [LP version: Coca-Cola]
See-oh-el-aye cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
El-oh-el-aye Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me
Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Next we'll find out Liberace was gay. I mean, the ladies loved him.
Oh Garry well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Garry!
Old male celebrity marrying age appropriate partner? Woah.
Quote from: Valmy on April 09, 2015, 08:36:57 AM
Oh Garry well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Garry!
Old male celebrity marrying age appropriate partner? Woah.
I'm more impressed by an artist marrying his manager.
I mean, artists get fucked by their managers all the time ... but they don't go around marrying them. :P
*cough*Ozzy Osbourne*cough*
My wife loves Barry Manilow.
She has all his records and shit, and saw him live years ago.
She loves Barry Manilow, Air Supply, Abba, and Bee Gees.
I'm like:
"Wow, you have the taste of old people!
Are you sure you are 7 years younger than me?
I think you are 7 years OLDER than me!"
She does not like that.
ABBA is cool.
I never knew Barry Manilow was a fag, until I saw who posted this thread.
Mandy was probably a dude too. Like Mandy Patinkin. :hmm:
What's a wrong with Kentuckee?
Quote from: Siege on April 10, 2015, 03:58:38 PM
What's a wrong with Kentuckee?
It's a retarded enclave of special people who cling to guns and religion.
Quote from: The Brain on April 10, 2015, 04:00:24 PM
Quote from: Siege on April 10, 2015, 03:58:38 PM
What's a wrong with Kentuckee?
It's a retarded enclave of special people who cling to guns and religion.
and basketball.
Now that I think about it, I believe Siege lives in Kentucky too (or is it Tennessee?) :hmm:
I think he was stationed in Ecotopia for a bit after Ft. Hood. Don't know where he went after that.
I had no idea he was gay. Admittedly I'd never really thought of Barry Manilow's sexuality (:x) but...
I'll post the same pic when Richard Simmons comes out of the closet, k? :D
Quote from: Caliga on April 10, 2015, 04:10:32 PM
Now that I think about it, I believe Siege lives in Kentucky too (or is it Tennessee?) :hmm:
I'm stationed at Fort Campbell KY, but I live on the Tennessee side, in Clarksville.
Fort Campbell is right on thw border between Kentucky and Tennessee.