In the Village Voice, issue September 6-12:
gossip columnist Michael Musto (in his La Dolce Musto)
talks about Keo presenting an award at
the Next Magazine Awards in NYC.


 


"In the backstage waiting area, the set list was being
frantically restructured because two Project Runway
queens and WENDY WILLIAMS hadn't gotten into their
heels and shown up (though Wendy was sweet about it,
explaining that she couldn't get a sitter for her son that
night. Thankfully, JOHN MARK KARR wasn't available.
By the way, I love where Karr drew the line: "I'm a
pedophile and I swear I killed JonBenet, but I'm not gay!
How dare you!"). Playgirl cover model JULIAN FANTECHI
and Dante's Cove actor CHARLIE DAVID did show, but
according to recording artist KEO NOZARI, Fantechi's
manager strangely told him the model wouldn't say a word
onstage. (Was that to protect Fantechi, the audience, or both?)
And he sure didn't! He and dazed David missed their cue,
leaving co-presenter Nozari as alone up there as KEITH
URBAN
on the day of a Botox sale. "Both of these guys
had handlers," Nozari relates, "yet I--who was by myself--
was the only one with the presence of mind to get onstage
and present when the category was called!"