Oh no not him too

[Tropicana]

I'd never heard of him. I stumbled across him and I was just getting ready to post him in the eye candy section:




Tamati Coffey

He hosts New Zealand’s Got Talent. He was the host of Breakfast in New Zealand and he won one season of Dancing with the Stars New Zealand.



So far so good. I even read

Coffey was.......announced as a finalist in the sexiest man category in the Best on the Box People's Choice Awards

Yet, it took all of 20 seconds for my heart to be broken.

Without Googling him, can anybody guess why?

[Pepper]

He's gay? His wife is blond? He insists on pre-marital sex?

[Tropicana]

Now how did you guess and so quickly too?

[Tropicana]

I was SO shocked when I read this:

Tamati Coffey announces engagement


TV ONE weatherman Tamati Coffey and his partner Tim Smith have this week announced their engagement.
They are understood to be planning to hold a civil union near the end of the year.
Coffey took to his Facebook page to announce the news on Valentine's Day.

Plus this

Few mother-son bonds could be stronger than that of charming TVNZ weatherman Tamati Coffey and his gorgeous mum Rangi. The pair has a strength of love many families would envy – and it comes from them facing one of life’s biggest challenges together.
As a confident 15-year-old, Tamati made the difficult decision to tell his parents he was gay.
Then a popular high school student in Wellington, the Breakfast presenter knew that to live a happy and full life, he had to be honest with his parents and himself.
“We live in a world where heterosexuality is the norm, and when your child comes out and says, ‘Actually, I’m not like that’, parents don’t know how to react – that’s the turmoil my parents faced,” says Tamati (31) in a New Zealand Woman’s Weekly exclusive.
Rangi says the news was a huge shock both to her, and Tamati’s father Gerald.
“I went through the emotions of not being happy and not liking it. But at the end of the day, he’s my son,” she says.
“As a mother, once you get past the emotions, it’s actually not that bad.”
Hearing his mum talk about that moment, Tamati reminds her of the advice she gave him that changed his life.
“I remember you saying you loved me no matter what, and if you didn’t support me then you’d lose me, and you didn’t want that. That’s when things changed for me. I came out, and I felt like my life had started.”
Rangi and Gerald loved and supported Tamati wholeheartedly, even when he decided to take his boyfriend at the time to his high school ball.


Today, Tamati’s confidence has helped him become one of New Zealand’s most loved TV personalities. Although camera-shy herself, Rangi was caught beaming in the audience when her son sashayed his way to victory during the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars.

[Tropicana]

My gaydar is definitely WAY off.

[Pepper]

Now how did you guess and so quickly too?

Only thing I left out was... Is he an atheist?

Your profile says you have been posting here since March 2002...that's over 10 years. That's how I guessed so quickly.

[Blackstar*]

My gaydar is definitely WAY off.

I could tell right away from that first picture.

[Tropicana]

Oiay clearly I need schooling. What was it about the first photo that altered your gaydar. I just saw and attractive and exotic looking man likely with Asian and Black heritage.

[Tropicana]

Okay what about him. Any alarm bells go off? I haven't researched him yet.

[Tropicana]

Here is a comment on an article about him:

Mark Dacascos is a gay man! I met him last month in a bath house in Istanbul. We talked briefly about his Iron Chef USA career then proceeded to kiss then have sex. Very nice man, very showy (he loves to flex and show off) loves to flirt with the ladies, but a bit frustrated in his personal life. He is a bottom




who definately knows what he wants! I guess I should of said Mark Dacascos is bissexual instead of gay he’s on the down low.

http://www.squarehippies.com/2009/09/mark-dacascos-in-the-brotherhood-of-the-wolf/

I am getting the idea that any really attractive guy who looks exotic and seems sophisticated is gay.

Seems I need a new gaydar. Mine is broken.

http://gay-or-straight.com/Mark%20Dacascos

[Tropicana]

Hey Blackstar where are you?

[j-kid]

Aren't all parents looking happy children?

[Tropicana]

Aren't all parents looking happy children?

re: question...try again.

[j-kid]

Yuh cyan goh by looks deese days, yuh haffi duh deep background check fi sort ou who ah man, who ah ooman, who deh in between, an who ah straddle di fence an cyan mek up dem mind, an even den yuh still cyan bi certain.

[Tropicana]