The "basis" for Evan being gay?

[John]

I've done a bit of research...Apparently the original basis for presuming that Evan is gay comes from this Newsgroup posting.

From: Dame Delia Dampcrotch (dame_delia@hotmail.com)
Subject: Is "Joe Millionaire" a Gay Escort?
Newsgroups: alt.showbiz.gossip, alt.gossip.celebrities, rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.survivor
Date: 2003-01-08 12:50:47 PST

The hot story flying around Hollywood today is about Joe Millionaire's real job: is he a construction worker or an underwear model or... a gay escort?

Many of the print and broadcast tabloids, as well as "People Magazine" and "Entertainment Weekly," have been flooded with calls since the show premiered on Monday from gay men on the West Coast who say they've retained Joe's services as a male prostitute.

And today, the letters started arriving at the tabloids and magazines with clippings from back issues of a gay escort rag, published by "The Advocate," with ads featuring "intimate massages" offered by a man who looks exactly like Joe Millionaire with a Dana Point telephone number.
(For those who want to try the #, it has now been disconnected.)

For those not in the know, the alleged $19-thou-a-year "construction worker" lives in Dana Point, one of the most exclusive suburbs in ritzy Orange County, south of Los Angeles, and owns a Porsche. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that someone who makes $19-thou a year can't afford to live in Dana Point and drive a Porsche. Perhaps it's more like Joe makes $19-thou a month.

The Fox network is elated about the show's high ratings but also has been in a spin crisis since it was revealed that Joe made his living as an underwear model in catalogs and websites catering to gay men, and only moonlighted on occasion as a "construction worker." The network now is in a panic, realizing all too late that many male "models" use modeling as a cover, when they're really gay escorts.

A friend inside Fox told me this morning that PAs at the network have been sent all over town to buy gay porn magazines to search for other ads with pictures that look like Joe. Why? If the story goes wide, the network wants to be prepared.

"The network's PR line will be," my friend says, "just because you
give a massage doesn't mean you're a prostitute."

Right. Sure. If you believe that, I'd like to show you something in a
lovely bridge.

Yours sincerely,

Dame Delia Dampcrotch

Now, I'm going to mention some things here from a skeptical viewpoint (as I'm maintained all along).

1) If he has a Porsche, let's see pictures of it. There haven't been any.
2) If he's appeared in The Advocate, let's see pictures of that. There haven't been any.
3) We know why he only made $19k in 2002 already.
4) This is a newsgroup posting (untraceable) from a lady who calls herself Delia Dampcrotch. And people believe this crap?
5) He doesn't live in Dana Point, he lives in Capistrano Beach.

Referencing this newsgroup posting as "proof" doesn't quite work. Even the tabloids haven't gotten any more "proof" than to say that this post was made.

[Bill]

Well, on top of that, this would be the first time I have ever heard of Orange County being called "ritzy".

Though, I suppose Capistrano is about as close to that as it gets.

[fluff]

This evidence is shaky at best imo.

[longboarder]

The show's ending is so clear now: Joe, who is really gay, marries the Butler, who actually has $50 million, and the two live happily ever after in Orange County running a "massage" service for construction workers. Why couldn't I have seen this all along?

[fluff]

I like that idea

[John]

I think longboarder has cracked the code.

[fluff]

I hope so.
That would be the satisfactory ending we were promised imo.

[eny]

Now that would be a great ending !If only ...