{"id":95239,"date":"2026-07-05T23:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95239"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:30:26","slug":"where-theres-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/07\/05\/where-theres-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Where There’s Smoke…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMarry her, Charley.  Just because she\u2019s a thief
\nand a hitter doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s not a good
\nwoman in all the other departments.<\/em>\u201d 
\n\u2013 <\/em>Angelica Huston <\/strong>to Jack Nicholson <\/strong>in Prizzi\u2019s Honor<\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, Karamo Brown <\/strong>(from Queer Eye<\/em><\/strong>) revealed that he is \u201cdating a celebrity\u201d.  The next day, photos were published of Karamo out with none other than Jussie Smollett <\/strong>(from late-night strolls on the streets of Chicago).  Still, if I were sleeping with everyone I was photographed with, I\u2019d be awfully busy…and sore.  The photos were snapped at various times during a day in LA \u2013 hiking, running errands, having lunch.  Nothing unusual about that.  What about photos of an LAX <\/em>liplock?  And there\u2019s your smoking gun.  Adding fuel to the fire, Smollett performed at Harlem Pride<\/em>\u2019s 17 Shades of Pride<\/em><\/strong> event, and a special someone was there to cheer him on.  It should be noted that Jussie and Karamo have known each other for years.  In fact, Smollett called Karamo \u201cmy dear friend, my brother, my comrade\u201d when he presented him with the HRC Visibility Awards <\/em><\/strong>in 2018 (a video which you can see on BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>).  Normally, I\u2019d think it\u2019s unlikely that two gay men who have been platonic friends for years suddenly started dating \u2013 unless they were both always hot for each other and unavailable.  Of course, I never was interested in someone who had been with two Nigerian bodybuilders!  On a podcast, Karamo said that he was \u201cone hundred percent sure\u201d that this beau is \u201cthe one\u201d.  \u201cI\u2019ve met my equal…That\u2019s the reason why we\u2019re taking it slow and \u2013 not taking it slow, we are deep in love \u2013 but why we are not public yet, because we don\u2019t want comments.  We are protecting the love we have, because I do believe this is going to be my husband.  I believe this is going to be my forever person.  I feel it every day.\u201d  He added, \u201cIt\u2019s not like we\u2019re hiding.  We go out, we do whatever.  We\u2019re together, we hold hands everywhere.\u201d  Bing, bing, bing!<\/p>\n

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In even more shocking news, David Geffen <\/strong>has been spotted with his ex, David Armstrong<\/strong>\/Donovan Michaels<\/strong>.  Not only were they spotted together, but they were on Geffen\u2019s yacht in Mallorca, Spain.  You\u2019ll recall that their divorce (finalized in April) was quite contentious.  Rumor has it that Geffen had to pay out roughly $15 to $30 million.  Maybe he negotiated something in return for those payments \u2013 you know, like that prenup Ari <\/strong>made with Jackie<\/strong>.  A sort of \u201cpay-for-play\u201d situation.  I\u2019ve always suspected Geffen didn\u2019t necessarily want a hubby, but wanted something that the husband could, shall we say, \u201cprovide\u201d.  Photos will surely turn up on our website.<\/p>\n

Since I\u2019m weighing in on other people\u2019s lives, I suppose it\u2019s time for me to make a confession.  As you know, I\u2019m always on the road, or at my sumptuous beach house in Fort Lauderdale, or with Big Mama Masters <\/strong>in Boston.  You know where I rarely am?  At my West Hollywood abode.  So when my good friend Armie Hammer <\/strong>became homeless, I had to help.  \u201cArmie,\u201d I said months ago, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you crash on my sofa?\u201d  He wondered why he couldn\u2019t sleep in my bed since it was empty, but there are limits to my friendship.  I thought this was just a private arrangement, but last week he spilled the beans.  According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, \u201cFor a stretch, he was couch surfing, staying in friends\u2019 places while they traveled.\u201d  You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMarry her, Charley.  Just because she\u2019s a thief and a hitter doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s not a good woman in all the other departments.\u201d  \u2013 Angelica Huston to Jack Nicholson in Prizzi\u2019s Honor. Last week, Karamo Brown (from Queer Eye) revealed that he is \u201cdating a celebrity\u201d.  The next day, photos were published of Karamo out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95248,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95239\/revisions\/95248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}