Bumping into the photogenic Thomas Roberts...
I attended the LifeWorks Mentoring fuindraiser Saturday evening in West Hollywood and will write all about it in a post thbis afternoon. Thought I'd do a little write-up first on Thomas Roberts who was there with his boyfriend. When I spotted him, I thought he might not wanna talk to any media so I just asked, without identifying myself, if I could snap a photo of him. He said, "Sure. But don't I know you? You're Greg, right?"
Gulp.
But no worries. He could not have been nicer and we had a chat. Thomas, the former CNN Headline News anchor, was let go from the entertainment show "The Insider" several months ago. But he seemed remarkably not bitter about it and optimisitc about the future although he couldn't yet reveal any details about what might be in the works.
When we went our separate ways, I looked at the photo in my camera and while Thomas looked sensational (how could he not?), I did not. So later, we ran into him again and it what followed was a hilarious photo session with my friend Eddie snapping our photo then Thomas and I looking at it then requesting another and another and another. He thought he looked kinda constipated in one, I had too much of a double chin in another. But we got a few that we both liked, finally...
Earlier posts:
-- Thomas Roberts surfaces...on the cover of The Advocate!!!
-- Whatever happened to Thomas Roberts?
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While I'd seen something before about Thomas being let go, I haven't heard why. Did the show/network say? What gives. I'd been wondering about Thomas and it looks like he's doing okay. He looks great in the pic.
I've been trying to get in touch with Thomas for months. We used to work together in Lincoln, NE at KLKN TV. We chatted on the phone a few times when he was at CNN and I had him do a radio call-in for some of my friends at a morning show in Ohio. Then...all this press...and the grand 'coming out'...and I haven't heard from him since. I just want him to know that we all love him and miss in him in Lincoln and he should get in touch with his old friends! btw You 'gulp' when you see him...just try being a hetero female and working with that fine hunk of a man ALL DAY! He's beautiful inside and out. If you have ANY way to get in touch with hiim...tell him to get in touch with ME! Suzette (huskergirlforever@yahoo.com)