Fran Drescher And Her Gay Ex-Husband Are Going To Be On Oprah

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By Nads | | 1:00 pm | 4 Comments
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Fran Drescher and her gay ex-husband are going to be on Oprah tomorrow to talk about their story. I had no idea that Fran even had a gay ex-husband?! I’m sure this may be old news to some of you, but I had no idea. I guess I don’t follow Franny the Nanny too close…

The story goes like this (cliff notes): they were married for 21 years, collaborated on The Nanny together, eventually got divorced, and after they got divorced–he revealed to Fran that he was gay. What a story! This must be all part of Fran’s comeback tour, and she’s coming out in a big way. I was just going to write something about Fran’s story inspiring Oprah, but I don’t want to get struck by Oprah lightning…but you get the point.

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

4 Comments

  1. 1
    georgiababe
    Posted January 27, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    I love this story. I thought I read somewhere that she suspected that he was gay, but she wanted to be there for him anyway so she just let him come out on his own. And they are still great friends.

    More divorcees should end up like these two.

  2. 2
    Snootchy Bootches
    Posted January 27, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Just more proof that she is indeed a gay icon.

  3. 3
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted January 27, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    Fran Dresher played the receptionist/reporter in UHF. So she isn’t all bad.

    Did the ex-Mr. Dresher wear his shirt like that when they were married? ‘Cause, if I were Fran, I would have started to suspect that an alternate lifestyle was being lived right beneath my nose.

  4. 4
    Posted January 28, 2011 at 2:16 am

    Love. I can’t wait to see the episode.

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