Comments on: Is Matt Drudge Gay?

Question: Is Matt Drudge Gay?

the fire you left me — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:34:54 -0800

Is Matt Drudge gay?

By: taumeson

taumeson — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:42:51 -0800

yes. there have been some pics of him and his boyfriend out around town. i think some of his conservative buddies bought them.

this was back during monica, though. i don't know if i can find a link.

and it was kind of an open secret in south florida, out of those folks who knew him.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:59:29 -0800

As far as I can tell, he's gay.

I remember learning this only about six months ago, when someone was talking about how a gay-bashing guy was going to out him to his employers (a news organization), and this crackpot CC'd drudge hoping for a headline. Then the news org guy CC'd all and said asking drudge to out him would be barking up the wrong tree. From there I looked at a few links and there's a lot of he said, she said kind of stuff, but never a sniff of a denial from Drudge.

Knowing this for the past few months, it has definitely colored my view, as I can see Drudge avoiding gay issues like a giant fat blindspot. You don't see gay marriage come up all that often on the drudgereport.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:17:07 -0800

Sure looks like it.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

By: reklaw

reklaw — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:38:34 -0800

Disinfopedia:

Jeanette Walls, a rival gossip-monger at MSNBC, gave Drudge a taste of his own medicine, reporting that he is gay in her book, Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip. Drudge denied the allegation, but former right-wing journalist David Brock also describes Drudge as gay in his book, Blinded by the Right. Brock, who is openly gay, describes receiving flirtatious emails from Drudge and going on a date with him to a gay bar.

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:28:15 -0800

Why does this matter?

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:29:34 -0800

Would it be rude to ask why you wanted to know?

Is your interest professional, theoretical or, um, personal?

By: shoos

shoos — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:48:20 -0800

He's got a gay-issue story up there today.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:38:05 -0800

I don't see Drudge avoiding gay issues--I think he posts about them quite regularly, maybe even a bit moreso than your average newspaper. And he routinely posts AIDS-related news, especially stories tracking the progress towards a possible vaccine, and stories tracking the latest STD trends and outbreaks (i.e. syphillis outbreaks in San Francisco), which are of especial interest to gay men.

In other news, the very handsome CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is also a member of the team, and he's Gloria Vanderbilt's son.

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:10:34 -0800

STDs are a special interest of gay men? Wha?

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:46:59 -0800

Anderson Cooper, gay? Don't tell Puffy!

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:08:56 -0800

STDs are a special interest of gay men? Wha?

A number of the outbreaks, including the aforementioned syphilis outbreak in SF, were spread among men who were meeting via gay online chat services. (Link) And I'm sure you're aware of the devastating toll AIDS has taken on the gay community...right?

By: angry modem

angry modem — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:17:19 -0800

Is the Time Cube guy gay?

By: padraigin

padraigin — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:56:03 -0800

Shouldn't that hat have disqualified him?

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:25:17 -0800

That Cooper/Combs exchange made me laugh out loud. Thanks, Guy.

What about Tobey Maguire?
theoretical, chico

By: joeclark

joeclark — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:28:23 -0800

A Toronto Star story prompted a published correction that I cannot put my hands on.

By: ScarletSpectrum

ScarletSpectrum — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:36:09 -0800

Anderson Cooper is gay AND Gloria Vanderbilt's son? I am so out of the loop sometimes.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:21:56 -0800

Who's the Time Cube Guy?