“This poor gay cruise ship just couldn’t find a home. 
It was like the Grindr version of The Odyssey.” 
– Bill Maher weighs in on the Atlantis Cruise which was
turned away from both Turkish and Egyptian ports.

Another week in Ptown, and the strangest encounter of the summer – perhaps of the year (so far, at least).  I was chatting with some people at the delightful ScottCakes, with the equally delightful proprietor, Scott himself.  As I enjoyed a mini ScottCake, Scott was telling some people about my column and other things I do.  That’s when one of them turned to me and said, “Are you Lady Bunny?”  I was never more simultaneously flattered and horrified – although, when you think about it, under her distinctive “look”, she really could be anybody!  Scott set them straight by saying, “He’s Billy Masters,” and happily the other person didn’t look blankly and ask, “Who?”  He was impressed, so I slept with him – ‘cause, you know, I’ll do anything for a fan, or a stranger…or for a ScottCake!

I was in town to see Joy Behar being interviewed by Judy Gold onstage at Town Hall, courtesy of producer Mark Cortale.  Judy did a fantastic job hosting the show, which also included a number of questions from the eager audience.  Fun Fact – in the summer of 2015, Joy was in Provincetown enjoying her retirement after the second time she was fired from The View.  She was looking around for a drag show to attend (which is really quite easy), when her cell phone rang.  It was the producer from The View, asking if she would be interested in returning to host the show on Fridays.  She said, “I’ll think about it – I have to go see Varla Jean Merman.”  The rest, as they say, is history.  Speaking of history, around 30 years ago when I was doing stand-up on a more regular basis, I opened for Joy Behar at Catch a Rising Star in Cambridge.  After the Ptown show, I showed Joy a photo of us from that time.  “My God, I’m so young!” she said.  “What about me?” I asked.  “Please, you look exactly the same.”  While I disagree, I’ll post photos of before and after on BillyMasters.com and you can decide for yourself.