Oh. My. GOD!

You sly devils! You snagged John Paulis! You ROCK!!!!

OH look... iTunes just finished downloading... I'll comment again in just a little bit.

If you don't win that Podcasting award, I'm gonna have WORDS with someone. :)

Said by: RcktMan at August 11, 2006 01:02 AM

oh my goodness. I'm sitting here in anticipation waiting for the whole podcast to load. This is so exciting. I already know you guys did a fabulous job with this one.

*sits nervously*

Said by: Mary at August 11, 2006 01:03 AM

Hahaha. Okay favourite parts
Marc "cheap lube!" and "sulu"(sp?).

Hahaha.

Fausto with your crazy questions about the moms getting together and him being invited to Lances for christmas.

I love you queens.

Said by: Mary at August 11, 2006 02:37 AM

Show number 365; that's a whole years-worth of Feast of Fools! A FOF a day keeps the quarter turns at bay!

Said by: meshaped at August 11, 2006 05:35 AM

Your guest John Paulus sounds a little mentally lacking.

Sweet Jesus - Get a grip.

Said by: jankees at August 11, 2006 05:44 AM

my fav interview ever!!!!! you guys are great and deserve to win the podcast award! (psst, any chance of getting Dangerous Muse back to the show?)

Said by: jar at August 11, 2006 06:49 AM

great interview guys - interesting to hear John speak for himself, but his story was a little all over the place dont you think? He is very cute though and being a native North Carolinian myself Ill have to check with my peeps and see if we can dig up some info on him as well. I think more than the mere fact that Clay is gay (helloooo), the shocker that everyone should truly be reeling from is the claim that he is a top! *ROFL*

Said by: Juantana at August 11, 2006 07:04 AM

I think John had had too much coffee or something on this interview, but maybe he's just very high strung. Great show guys! (I just went and voted by very last vote today.)

Said by: Daryl at August 11, 2006 10:02 AM

How come no one wants to talk to me
about my 3-way with Charles Nelson Reilly and Rip Taylor? It was HOT!

Said by: Curt at August 11, 2006 10:26 AM

I am in my last year of law school, so I thought that you guys might find this interesting.

FYI - Truth is an absolute defense against defamation. You cannot succeed in a defamation (slander or libel) cause of action if the source of the suit is true. It would have been devastating for Clay to sue if he knew about the cumrag.

Celebrities are judged by the New York Times malice standard which means that to sue a news report for defamation, you need to prove that the publication knew the information was false or showed a reckless disregard for truth. (Very hard to prove - if the reporter has any reason to suspect what he is writing is true, he can get off.)

O.

Said by: O. at August 11, 2006 11:27 AM

The level of hatred and violence on John Paulus' comment board directed at him for coming forward with his story is outrageous and shameful.

(You can read it at:
http://clayaiken411.blogspot.com

It sounds like an angry mob at at KKK rally. I thought hating gays, women and african americans went out with the eight track player! This is 2006 not 1959. Come on people, you are all better than this.

Clay has every right to stay in the closet and make millions of dollars from his asexual public image, just as John Paulus has every right to say whatever he wants to say about his affair with Mr. Aiken.

Mind you, his publicists state he is NOT gay on wikipedia, despite the overwhelming evidence we have all seen. (Photos of him posing shirtless on Manhunt)

Clay has every right to choose to be where he wants to be, but has to realize that people everywhere will speculate on him if he doesn't come forward. That's the nature of fame and entertainment. YOU want people thinking about all aspects of your life, because you're in the business of selling your image.

If this is the level of hatred that is being directed at someone who had sex with a closeted gay pop star and REMIND YOU, has DNA evidence to back up his words, imagine what it would be like for Clay Aiken himself if he actually chose to come out.

Maybe Clay is scared. I would be.

If you say Clay Aiken preaches a message of understanding, forgiveness and acceptance, it seems like you're not really listening to the words in his music.

Where is Dr. Phil when you need him?

Said by: Fausto at August 11, 2006 11:39 AM

ewwww! I feel dirty after listening to this episode~~~ NASTY~~~!

Said by: Glenn at August 11, 2006 12:26 PM

Great interview guys. It's the best interview I've heard with the exception of the Takei interview. That one is simply genius! I love you guys. Keep it up. You make my work day much much better. :)

Said by: Ben at August 11, 2006 12:53 PM

Great interview guys... and yeah John Paulus (sorry John, I misspelled your name above) was a little kooky, but you know what, he's not your typical celebrity. I still think he answered all the questions the best he could... especially the "lightning round" questions.

OK I've gotta go... and VOTE FOR FEAST OF FOOLS ONE LAST TIME!!!

Said by: RcktMan at August 11, 2006 01:07 PM

Give me Takei over this guy anyday... I loved the interview, but this guy seems fishy.

There are some Clay Aiken webcam pics however (when he was allegedly on a gay website):

http://thelatestcelebritygossip.blogspot.com/2006/05/clay-aiken-gay-sex-scandal.html

Some other text:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/35439/clay_aiken_gay_sex_scandal_rocks_american.html

Said by: Kevin Ballie of NYC at August 11, 2006 03:41 PM

AWESOME INTERVIEW!!! I was half-expecting to check your comments page and find a bunch of Claymates spamming it up with homophobic bitchery. Maybe I'm checking too soon?

Quarter turns! Quarter turns! Hope you guys win the podcast awards!

Said by: Frank at August 11, 2006 03:47 PM

John, hunny....from one CT homeboy to another (i saw you on wikipedia)....

you are a attractive and nice human and no man...famous or not...should be so rude to you.

BIG HUGS TO YOU

Zach :)

Said by: Zach O'Connor at August 11, 2006 05:56 PM

I find it amazing that all we can do is speculate (ha) about Clay Aiken's sexuality and whether he is really a top.

More fascinating to me is this person's obsession with both being a victim and his 'brush with fame'.

Said by: jankees at August 11, 2006 06:30 PM

Wow, great show guys. As always, your talents shine durning interviews like this.

Said by: Mike Hunt at August 11, 2006 07:46 PM

Interesting that no one has considered the very real possibility that the reason Aiken doesn't respond to this famewhore's claims is that he had no reason to. The story pretty much stayed in the gossip & tabloid world & the mainstream media found it unworthy of comment, as much as Paulus tried & is obviously still trying 8 months later to get attention. It's funny to goof on, but in reality, a doubtful, delusional fan fiction. I find it very hard to believe that even a nerdy guy like Aiken would find that ugly-ass johnboy attractive, when his money could get him a much classier date. As a proud gay man who struggled for years with coming out, I find anyone who outs someone against their will, especially out of vindictiveness as Paulus all too readily admits, to be the lowest form of scum. I enjoy you guys, but don't appreciate your giving obvious opportunists the limelight.

Said by: Rick Campbell at August 11, 2006 08:27 PM

First of all, congrats on getting Jon-Paulus on the Feast of Fools. You guys are amazing!

The interview only confirmed what a dork this Jon-Paulus is...what a loser! I have no sympathy for him. I mean, what does he think if you trick out of Man Hunt? Finding True Love? His self righteousness on Clay's behavior toward him was laughable. This hook up was about sex. Sounded like two guys wanting to get some and did. He got it in the ass( without protection) and then cried that Clay treated him bad. His little victim distraught act is something I don't buy at all. When he went to that hotel room, he knew what he was getting into it. If he didn't want to do it, just say no and leave! Clay Aiken is about as threatening as Chicken Little.

Jon-Paulus is just a bitter queen looking for his 15 minutes of fame. If Clay is gay and promiscuous ( which sounds like a gay man at least some part of their life)...So what? He is simply a closeted boy with some fame...I mean that is a like a lot of guys in Hollywood and in Music.

This is an old familiar story, gay or straight. When it comes down to it, Clay will continue his music career and Jon Paulus will simply fade back into a blip on the radar.

Anyway, thanks for entertaining us and reminding us that "If you want to screw with a famous person, don't expect a ring ... and remember to use a condom."

Jon-paul

Said by: Jon-paul Leddy at August 11, 2006 10:58 PM

I just read John's comment board and wow, people are vicious.

Said by: Ben from MI at August 12, 2006 12:42 AM

Perhaps this is how it really happened: Mr. Paulus meets his Idol, Mr. Aiken, on an internet personal site for gay men on drugs. The two agree to meet in person and have sex. The meeting takes place as planned. Mr. Paulus leaves, with Mr. Aiken’s cum rag in hand, and rushes home to sign back on to the internet. At which point he is shocked and outraged (and rightly so) to see that Mr. Aiken has signed back on so soon after their encounter. Mr. Paulus’s numerous attempts to chat with him go unresponded, as it seems Mr. Aiken does not love him and does not want to be his friend. Now incensed, Mr. Paulus sets about creating 5 fake profiles on the gay drug personals in attempt to lure Mr. Aiken into chat and ridicule him. Having no luck, Mr. Paulus then creates profiles using Mr. Aiken’s likeness on every gay personal site possible, touting Mr. Aiken as a “Poz cum-whore seeking loads.” Still unable to get Mr. Aiken’s attention, Mr. Paulus responds with a stroke of genius! He calls the Enquirer and shares intimate details of their encounter, even inventing a bizarre sexual fetish (i.e. Quarterturns) to humiliate Mr. Aiken. With the story published and Mr. Aiken disgraced, Mr. Paulus can now go to bed at night, still clutching the treasured cum rag, knowing that he has shown Mr. Aiken who is the better man. Mr. Paulus, you are my Idol!

Said by: Matt G at August 12, 2006 01:26 AM

I just wanna enjoy my Clay time in peace, is that too much to ask? I don't want to know all this bullshit. We all want to just enjoy his music.

Said by: Carrie at August 12, 2006 02:07 AM

Maybe all the claymates are scared to come to the site? We're not THAT scary, are we?

Said by: Fausto at August 12, 2006 02:13 AM

Jesus what a sleaze. Should this self promoting wanker be given air time? I've no time for god bothering stars, but realy, do either of them come out of this looking very good?
Back under your stone John and take that rag with you!

Said by: Gary at August 12, 2006 02:19 AM

Fausto, why do you choose to chide the handful of misguided Aiken fans at Paulus' site and completely ignore the MONTHS of vulgar filth and frightening hatred directed toward Aiken and his fans by Paulus himself and a small group of evil hangers-on that he has acquired? Why are you ignoring the fact that Paulus stated very clearly on his original BigMuscle page (where he claims Aiken found him, not Manhunt) that he was all about "SexSexSex anywhere and anytime" and that he enjoyed it "rough and hard." As soon as Clay's fans pointed that out, Paulus deleted it and changed it to say that he "likes to get to know someone before having sex." Paulus has been caught in SO MANY LIES and every time he's called on it HE CHANGES HIS STORY. Guess you haven't been following very long. But I'm sure you know that Paulus made a very public "mea culpa" that was picked up by all the usual gossip sites and rags, claiming he was sorry for all the hurt he'd caused Aiken and his fans and vowing to actually get a life and stop Stalking Aiken. But HE NEVER STOPPED, just deleted a lot of the evidence of his Stalking behavior off of his blog. Now here he is again, dying for media attention, still calling radio stations and newspapers and TV stations and internet outlets and begging for someone to keep his name out there. Now he's vowing to make tons of trouble for Aiken all during the promotional phase for the new CD. And all because he had a bad date (if you can believe any of his story, which at best is specious). And you, Fausto, have the gall to try to make him out to be some kind of victim??? Cry me a river, buddy. It's become increasingly obvious that Paulus has SEVERE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS and Aiken has been very smart to ignore him. There are plenty of celebs who face shit like this every day and their security and lawyers wisely advise them to NEVER give the Stalker an ounce of encouragement. Yet here you are, laughing your ass off at this looney's antics ... well, enjoy it. But what are you going to say if this creep ever does anything to physically harm Aiken or anyone in his family as he has threatened? Oh, yeah, threatened and deleted as he always does so there's no evidence. Even if every word of Paulus' story is the absolute truth (and you know there is NO WAY that is so because every story has two sides and people never see events between them the exact same way), he is still just a freaky, obsessed one-night-stand, stalking opportunist. There is NOTHING noble about ANYTHING this loser Paulus has done in the past year. Say what you want, but Aiken has plenty of gay fans, and some of us have listened to your podcasts in the past, but your position here is an exceedingly shaky one. If Aiken is indeed gay, then good for him and it's no one's business. How would you like every crass detail (or I should say embellished or created detail) of your last romp in the hay spread all over the net by a lover (or hater) who just cannot let go? I'm guessing you wouldn't. You've made yourself something of a celeb .... so is it OK if I go ahead and tell everyone about how lousy you are in bed because I just can't seem to forget that infamous night in hell between us?? I only laid you because I was overwhelmed by your fame, you see. And I have some ugly headless torso shots to "prove" it was you. Which were taken, btw, at the Wyndham hotel in Boston where you've NEVER STAYED - what does it matter if your fans already knew you were in another swankier hotel where you always stay when you're in Boston, but hey, the tabloids never did care anything about FACTS, did they?

Said by: Sam at August 12, 2006 04:59 PM

Damn Sam, way to vent. not that I totally agree with you on it, but still.
***

I get that you (some of you guys or gals) find paulus "icky and a meanie"(my words, not yours) for giving his 'play-by play' of what 'happened'. While I don't know if I should believe in it or not I came to a conclusion. Most people don't care.Our western society is one that our memories (and ability to spell) have gone to crap and are overworked. The outcome of a claim, real or not...doesn't affect anyone who's read it in the yellowpapers(star, the globe, enquirer. etc) about it. Its always seen as tabloid fodder for a few weeks then fades off, unless more 'proof' or examples are given (whitney, anyone?).

The fact that claymates and other fans who I think are a lot more scarier then this Paulus guy are willing to send threats and shit(50+ naked ladies spread open? no thanks) to a guy who does freak me out a bit with his blog update, but how many other non-claiming to be with clay people (i know, a difference)are doing clay blogs, or other celebrity information sites on the favorite or respected celebs? Why aren't you getting pissed at chicks who give play by plays on who rockers and other people fuck?

I think as much as people disagree with John Paulus, you ( the colective you, not sam) being pissed about it and visiting his blog to get more angry about it is just keeping it in your head. if you don't like it and don't want to beleive that hes gay and/or he was with John, then don't visit it. if you however, find it interesting , go ahead. I can't tell you want to do, but if people stopped bringing it up it wouldnt be such a issue and I know why(at least i hope i do ), Fausto and Marc did a interview with him, aside from the 'Quarter turns!' part which many people didn't even know the reference; is because this was a story that they where one of the first on and got a lot of hits for because its gay related, hense the gay fun show? just like 1-2 days before Lance came out, they where commenting on Lance rumors perhaps being gay, its related to GLBT news.

I will agree trying to out anyone before their ready is a shady move, but clay hasn't come out, or chossen not to publicly so i think just take the john paulus intereview and 'incident' as steaming juicy gossip that has yet and may never be 100% proven or denied. Because getting that pissed about a person you don't know much about (clay, john, etc) is pointless because you don't know them in real life, you know how they present themselves in real life, not on stage, online, or in a classroom/work setting.

And yes, I know this is long and annoying comment and I'm not trying to piss you off sam, you were just the last one to comment about how pissed you where. I just don't see why a guy claiming he did it with a guy is that fucking shocking to people anymore, its not like clay is with someone.

and yes, i know i'm a bitch.

Said by: Rochelle (from MN) at August 12, 2006 11:57 PM

You are an AWESOME bitch. I couldn't have said any of that better.

Said by: Ben from MI at August 13, 2006 02:54 AM

Totally get where you're coming from, Rochelle, however you have to realize that Paulus' blog is not your standard talkaboutcelebs site. It has always been a daily hate-filled diatribe against Clay and the Clay fandom in general. He actively solicits haters of Clay to send him every even slightly negative story they can find or make up and then embellishes it with the worst possible spin and presents it as fact and reason for more people to hate Clay. He also actively solicits these haters of Clay to write to Clay's record label, his management company, any TV show on which Clay is set to appear, any radio station that plays Clay's songs, any charity Clay is endorsing, any organization that hires Clay, anyone even thinking of having anything to do with Clay ... he instructs these people to send them the tabloid stories and pretend to be disgruntled patrons of the organization or disgruntled Clay fans, demanding that the label or TV show or charity or whatever have nothing to do with Clay. He also takes things happening in Clay's daily life, such as a trip that Clay blogged about on his fan club that he took to Eastern Europe with a female friend, and sends fake stories about it to Page 6 and TMZ and Perez Hilton, such as Clay was spotted at a gay disco in Prague during that trip (yeah, right, while his girlfriend waited out in the cold). He laughs about these things on his blog, his followers do his bidding and then they laugh about getting another Clay story into the gossip circuit. He vows that Clay's CD will never be released if he can do anything about it, that he will never tour again because they will protest to every venue that signs him, etc. The latest scheme is for everyone who hates Clay to hit all their CD retailers on the week his album drops and hide all the Clay CDs so they can't be purchased. You get the drift. And they don't just talk about it, they do it.

Any threats Paulus may have received from nutty fans (and you'll find those in any fandom, I promise you), he brought on himself. He threatens Clay and his fans constantly - in fact, he dares people to confront him, he loves it, it gives him something to whine about. He once posted his travel itinerary, dared Clay's fans to picket him at the airport and then called the local news claiming he'd been threatened and the reporters should come to the airport to see for themselves. Problem for him was, no one showed up. But if you honestly believe that 50 women sent naked photos of themselves to Paulus ... please ... you sound like an intelligent woman. How can you believe anything that comes out of that idiot's mouth when he has been caught in so many lies already, as someone above already so correctly stated? Didn't he just a couple of months ago swear to the public press that he was sorry for hurting Clay and would stop .... but has he? He was even caught setting up a fake profile pretending to be Clay on a gay hookup site - caught redhanded in the middle of the night!!! Paulus is a habitual liar and hypocrite and egomaniac and exhibitionist. I mean, seriously, would you want an employee of yours selling a sex story to tabloids and posting naked pics of himself all over the internet soliciting sex partners? No wonder ReMax fired him - it didn't take Clay fans to do that. He has no one to blame but his own shameful actions.

Said by: Matthew (aka Rick Campbell) at August 13, 2006 04:06 AM

Well, Fausto & Marc, you've really hit a raw nerve here! What does all this say about our culture which idolizes celebrity and money? Seems like there's a lot of vengeance going around; eye-for-an-eye behavior just takes everybody's eyes out and then no one can see...

Said by: Patricia Fernós at August 13, 2006 09:19 AM

JP didn't sound too sincere to me. ::shrug::

Said by: Enzo at August 13, 2006 11:34 AM

Let me start by saying that I do believe something hot and sticky and sweaty most likely happened in that hotel room. But for all we know, it may have been Half Turns. Or even full on Three Quarter Turns. Maybe even a little Sit and Spin (probably the most plausible, since it sounded like someone was pretty spun out). John Paulus sounds sincere, but honestly, certain elements of the story seem to be cleaned up a little. I'm just not sure about the motivation to leave with a hotel towel - isn't that what housekeeping is for? Was his state of mind really condusive to that level of caretaking (evidence removal) for someone who he perceived just treated him so badly? I probably would have just bolted out into the lobby triumphantly singing "Quarter Turns" or, "Anyone want to see Clay Aiken's ass juice on my cock?" And it sure sounded like Clay had been singing with Tina that night (and the next night, and the next night, and so on...). And I'll have to hurry out and try one of those energy drinks before it gets banned by the FDA. And for someone to incur a financial loss so seemingly easily recoverable (via a settlement), and just brush it off hoping for a bullshit apology. Kind of a sad situation all around, regardless of the details. The universal theme being how fucked up it must be to experience the wrath of claymates, whether it's through their groupie-esque obsessiveness or ignorant hatred. I'll look forward to watching the made for TV version! On Lifetime.

How Gay Is This?

Said by: J-ho at August 13, 2006 01:08 PM

Oh, this is extremely gay J-Ho.
I refuse to really talk about it anymore because its about a celeb. I don't want to give a person I don't know, that much of my thought processes and opinions when I could be doing something more productive, or at least more interesting.

but all the other comments up here are interesting to read, so thanks for that at least.

Said by: Rochelle (from MN) at August 13, 2006 06:39 PM

Did anyone see Clay Aiken's Christmas with Manilow special? How about him singing a duet with his gay fan Michael Sindecki on the last season of American Idol

Said by: Daryl at August 14, 2006 02:56 PM

Kudos to you, Fausto, on your interview with John Paulis. I was really glad you didn't give him a "free ride" and make it sound like Clay was all villian, and John was the poor victim. Everyone hunting for dick on Manhunt and elsewhere leaves themself "open for the possibility of friendship and relationship", but also understands what a hookup is, and what's up when you are renting a hotel room to meet a celebrity on the downlow.

If you rent a hotel room to spend time with another gay guy from a sex site, you are COMPLETELY planning on having sex. If you are a bottom and show up ANYWHERE without a condom, you're just plain not that worried about it, and you're stupid.

It's a mistake, but it's one thing to claim, "All right we don't have a condom, I want to just feel you inside me for a few seconds" (still a bad decision).
But if you bounce up and down on a dude's prick for over an hour, executing sex choreography ("quarter turns"), you are there for a bareback hookup for the sake of a starfuck, and you know what you're getting.

How could he have thought this was the beginning of a friendship or relationship, when he found Clay largely unattractive ("paunchy" and "manboobs" I believe he said?), and Clay disrespected him enough to bareback him for over an hour?

I'm not defending Clay. But I was glad you dug a little deeper, and revealed John Paulis to be (at the very least) a willing participant, not a wronged innocent.

Said by: Barry Rocklin at August 16, 2006 10:54 AM

Wow. JP really lacked sincerity and seemed to be making up a lot of his answers at the time! You would think that if you slept with a celebrity you would be able to get you story out without saying uhm and uh about a million times!

Said by: Matt at August 17, 2006 11:03 AM

What does Barry Manilow have to do with Clay Aiken being gay or not?

Said by: PAula at September 12, 2006 01:25 PM