“Among our friends, we’re rare in that we don’t have an
open relationship.  It’s just something we discussed very
early on, and he’s all I need, and I’m all he needs.  Also,
I think, we’re both…well, I’m jealous, so that wouldn’t work
at all.  He doesn’t like to admit that he is, but I think he is, too.”
– Nate Berkus on his relationship with Jeremiah Brent.  I have SO
many questions…the first of which is, I’d like to meet their friends!

Will America ever be ready for a gay dating show?  Logo tried to coax the masses into watching one back in 2016.  Here’s how I summed it up at the time: “When I look back on my life, I suspect I’ll regret every moment spent watching Logo’s reality dating show Finding Prince Charming.”  What the powers that be somehow missed (or perhaps not) was that their wealthy interior designer suitor was actually a medium-priced hooker.  Robert (said suitor) was also known to send paramours such questionable items in the mail as used condoms, pubic hair, and undergarments of dubious cleanliness.   And then there’s this detail I reported: “Once there are videos of you drinking someone’s semen out of a used condom or shoving a shampoo bottle up your ass, I think you’ve lost the right to the holier-than-thou attitude.”  Those columns (complete with photos and videos) are archived on BillyMasters.com.

Back to Finding Prince Charming – you throw a bunch of hot gay men in a house, you’ve got to expect some hanky and/or panky.  That brings us to Chad Spodick – an unfortunate name for a very sexy man.  He quit the show dramatically in week six after some explosive behavior one might now consider foreshadowing.  He did return for the reunion show, where we learned that he slept with one contestant on his first night in the house, and attempted to sleep with the guy who ended up winning the show – which I think puts him ahead of the suitor.  Well, boys will be boys.  After the taping, he wrote the following on social media:

“Since the word ‘authentic’ was used so many times on the show Finding Prince Charming by that fraud of a bachelor, I think it’s time that someone takes heed to their own advice.  How about being authentic that you’re still hooking?  It’s been proven many times that you are…How about being authentic about the fact that you actively pursued me, Brandon, Eric and Paul right after the show wrapped.  How about being authentic about seeing your Johns just before and AFTER the show finalized shooting.  Oh, and last but definitely not least, how about that time you pursued me a DAY after you were with Eric to try and hook up with me in Chicago during market days after saying you were not with anyone.  Just to be very clear, none of us knew about Roberts past and consequently, his present about being a rent boy.”  It is kind of ironic that, in some ways, Chad was the moral center of a show that was almost completely devoid of any morals.

Fast forward nine years.  Chad, still as handsome as ever, was making news – with his death.  While his family withheld the manner of death due to the ongoing police investigation, Robert, as douchey as ever, wrote this: “Out of respect for his family, I am not going to speak on the cause of his passing, because it has not been confirmed publicly.  What I do want to talk about is mental health awareness.”  So, gee, what do you think caused Chad’s death?  A pile-up on a highway?  A freak accident involving an escaped animal from a zoo?  Oh, wait – could it have something to do with his mental health?  Robert ends his plea for us to all be better, kinder people by reiterating that he did not really know Chad, didn’t keep up with him, and didn’t sleep with him.  Great – so at least we can now cross “contagious disease” off the list of potential causes of death.  Thanks, Robert.  Buh-Bye!

Of course, it turned out that Chad had taken his own life.  What does this tell us?  That everyone has problems.  The quiet ones, the boisterous ones, the fat ones, the fit ones, the douchey ones, and everything in between.  None of us know what challenges anyone else has.  But we do know one thing – there’s more to everyone than meets the eye.  And I’ll bet you dimes to donuts, the prettier they are to the eye, the less you know about them.  Here’s something we found out – Chad was helping support his mother.  What better tribute than to check out the GoFundMe page set up to raise money for funeral costs and his mom’s support.  We’ll link to it on our website.  I’m sure we all eagerly await news of Robert’s donation.