Gawker
Page Six steps up to the plate this morning with some hard—and, no doubt, extensively vetted—gossip. Seems that Jann Wenner
has been stepping out on his long-term life partner and co-father of his young son, Matt Nye. The publisher of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal - who dumped his wife, Jane, of 28 years for pretty-boy fashion designer Nye in 1995 - has been spotted around town with Neal Boulton, the editor-in-chief of Men's Fitness magazine. Boulton is married, to a woman, with kids.So much to work with here! First, how much do we love that "married" now needs to be followed up by a specification of spousal gender? Next, it's great that the Post gets a moment in the sun where they sound gay-friendly (which probably explains the lack of a Sean Delonas cartoon today).
"It isn't clear whether Nye is aware of his partner's cozy relationship with Boulton," the Page Sixers typed, although we're pretty sure he's got some idea of it now.
In any event, so many questions, particularly "Do men's magazines make you gay, or will men's magazine editors do anything to kiss Wenner's ass?" And who is Neal Boulton, alleged Jann paramour?
Well, for starters, he's a 1989 graduate of Washington College. In an article he penned for the Spring '05 issue of that institution's alumni magazine, Boulton reveals his love of words, specifically the words 'Neal Boulton'.
"Secretly," he notes, "my favorite pastime is hitting the magazine racks—in grocery stores, airport newsstands, and tiny Manhattan sidewalk kiosks—and spotting all the magazines with my name in them." Something tells us Neal's gonna have a busy week.
WENNER'S NEW FITNESS FRIEND [NYP]
Determined From The Git-"Go" [Washington College]
Comments
Sounds like he's a top:
"... and spotting all the magazines with my name in them. When I do, I rearrange them, physically placing mine over the covers of my competition."
Also, I've been reading US ever week, waiting for any mention of Wenner-Nye's new kid. Nada.
Wax sculpture hot
Also, great use of the "who's zooming whom?" tag
Obviously if he's "stepping out with" Jann Wenner he's got to be a top. But "stepping out with"? I guess it's sorta Winchell-y and quaint. Or something. Overall, this development is far too juicy for us to be left with no additional shoe-dropping. More reportage, please.
Actually, we do love that people can be married to someone of the same gender, where the set of "we" corresponds to the set of "sane humans not driven mad by the thought of others' pee-pees and what they are doing". Just so you know, Balk. Next time, we'll make sure you're on the cc list.
Okay, now let's get to the elephant in the room--boyfriend looks exactly like Lance Bass. Why doesn't Jann just get himself a piece of Bass (now that he's broken up with Lenny Riefenstahl or whatever that guy's name is) and stop the homewrecking?
Boyfriend looks like he's made of ashes.
I met Neal Boulton and all I can say is that he is truly the epitome of a douchebag. I think he'd make a great life coach ala Tony Robbins.
Also, men's magazine's don't make you gay, men's fitness magazines do.
"Co-father"?
"Wild magazine ambitions" would make a great tag.
Maintains balance on apple boxes in wind-tunnel test.
I know Neal Boulton well. I can verify that he is an enormous douche bag and and a total fraud.
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