Man Closets Self on MTV

What would you do if you were as young gay man who didn't want his straight friends to find out about his sexuality?

If you were 23-year-old Chris of Pontiac, Mich., naturally you'd go on national television and out yourself.

The young bartender was featured on an episode of MTV's "True Life," focusing on people who are leading "double lives."  He hasn't told any of his straight friends for fear that they would be "grossed out."  But as is usually the case, some of them know anyway.

In this clip, you'll see Chris frequenting both gay bars and straight bars.  The main difference between the two: "If I were going to the gay bar, I'd probably shave."

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Comments

[Damon]

I really wish they had a more masculine guy presented in this segment of True Life because that dude right there is a hundred footer and something tells me that his straight guy friends are gay friendly and they just don't want to bring up the obvious...

:)

[Nick]

^^ Speaking from experience, that's probably the case...

[ThatGayConservative]

Oh Mary!
You call that pretending to be straight?

[Robbie]

LOL, I haven't even watched it yet, and I could've spotted his homosexuality in a London fog.

[LikeOMGFab]

Hi. Long time lurker.

Helen Keller would know he's gay.

Furthermore- What a wimp! He needs to grow a pair, and confirm what his friends already know.

[MT]

How does anyone not know that guy is a total mo?

[John]

Um, so don't get me wrong. I adore queeny boys. But, there is no way he is playing it "straight."

[Mike]

I have met this guy's friend, who is also on the show, and he told me that MTV staged most of it. Like the scene where he is behind a bar pouring drinks (a gay bar in Royal Oak, Michigan called Pronto) in a pronto work shirt, but he has never worked there (which I already knew because my ex used to bartend there). The whole thing is a joke.