Is Ryan Seacrest Gay? Simon Says: "Come Out!"

MARCH 15, 2007: Following his rather embarrassing attempts to get everyone to think he was dating Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher last season, the host of FOX's "American Idol" and Los Angeles radio celebrity Ryan Seacrest may be getting ready to follow in the footsteps of "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. Knight and "How I Met Your Mother's" Neil Patrick Harris. Or is he?

The stars of "American Idol" Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell have been known for their frequent, sometimes genuinely funny, sometimes rather repetitive, forced and tedious homoerotic comebacks for years.

But the bar was set a lot higher last Tuesday night when Simon Cowell told a bewildered Seacrest he should know better to give contestant Melinda Doolittle advice on high heels (poor girl seemed rather embarrassed caught in the crossfire.)

"Stay out of my closet, Simon," responded Seacrest, followed (after a long pause) by Simon's cheeky and quite audible: "Well, come out." The awkward exchange ended with Ryan saying "This is about the Top 12, okay? Not your wishes." Oh, snap!

Now what was that all about? Was it a carefully staged innuendo designed to capitalize on the ongoing speculation about Ryan Seacrest's personal life, or did things really get out of hand?

One of the theories is that the host of the blockbuster program may finally be setting the stage for coming out in public and is no longer careful about being seen in public shopping for groceries with his boyfriend, as evident in these recent candids made in the gay mecca of West Hollywood. Given the fact that half of Hollywood is gay, it would be about time.

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Ryan Seacrest to Host Super Bowl on FOX

The juggernaut power of "American Idol" and "Super Bowl" will collide during next year's FOX telecast of the TV event of the year as the network tapped of KIIS FM DJ Ryan Seacrest to host the red carpet feed as well as the infamous half-time show.

This is the first time a network assigned a host to serve as the master of ceremonies at the big game. Super Bowl is set to take place in February at the University of Phoenix stadium in Arizona.

The network has yet to announce its plans for the half-time show. In February 2007, Prince performed at Orange Bowl in Miami soaked in rain. The show is designed to pull in non-football fans and increase the already massive viewership.

Last Super Bowl (XLI, aired on February 4, 2007) was the second most watched Super Bowl ever as well as the third most watched program in the history of American television (behind series finale of "M*A*S*H" and Super Bowl XXX).

The telecast averaged 93,15 million viewers.

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Ryan Seacrest's Ladies' Night

"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, whose Teri Hatcher stunt remains in vivid memory, was spotted on Saturday night hitting the Los Angeles club scene with an unidentified female companion.

The TV and radio host generated some publicity earlier this week with yet another faux on-air feud with his "American Idol" nemesis Simon Cowell accusing him of causing the show's ratings slide due to his overexposure.



Appearing on Seacrest's morning show on LA's KIIS FM station, Cowell responded by saying when he used to get more airtime - 34 million tuned in; when Seacrest did all the talking - 12 million tuned out.

Ha-ha-ha... You, guys... Stop that. That's funny. Seriously.

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