Barry Diller: "The Truth about Diane and Me!"

Ugly rich people in love.

Pass.

I'm sorry, but did anyone ask?

Pretty stunning for him to get this personal.

I mean he's a hundred years old now, but still.

Thanks for sharing this, it was an all-around interesting read with something for everyone:

[quote]Sam Spiegel had lent me his grand boat, the Malahne, for a cruise in the south of France. He asked me if his friend Irene Mayer Selznick could join us. Katharine Hepburn had introduced us because Irene, the daughter of MGM titan Louis B. Mayer, knew everything about how big studios ran. Hepburn felt Irene might be a help to me. She was, and we became friends.

[quote]I’d brought along David Geffen, and at the first night’s dinner it was quickly clear that Irene and David had an almost physical aversion to each other. Irene regally condescended to young David’s biting Brooklyn brilliance, and it was all tight asses until David said, “You know, Irene, you’re a cunt.” To which Irene gushed out a big laugh, all tension ceased, and all was calm except for the boat itself, which broke down outside St.-Tropez.

Irene Selznick should be a DL icon. Her autobio is fascinating and dishy. She has a very interesting life and was a colossal bitch! Routinely crossed her sons out of her will just for the sport of it. Knew everyone in old Hollywood. Had a delicious feud with her sister. Produced Streetcar. Was a juvenile parole officer for a weird stint. Whip smart and master holder of grudges.

Hands off Diane! She's mine.

Wait, these two idiots are still alive?

Barry Diller Comes Out as Gay After 24-Year Marriage to the Fashion Designer Diane von Furstenberg

Sad, self-loathing closet case til the end.

All about Barry!

I once had dinner with her son Alex in Paris. Possibly the biggest cunt I have ever met in my life.

[quote]Sad, self-loathing closet case til the end.

Was Diller ever involved with any guy? Or did he just use well-paid escorts who kept quiet?

And isn't he supposed to have a huge cock?

Oh, Barry Diller was known to be gay LONG before his marriage to DVF. And her first husband was gay and died of AIDS. I always assumed she was a dyke and the marriage to Diller just made the high life easier for both of them since they were genuinely close and seemed to understand each other.

Great.

Jack Off and Diane.

[quote]Barry Diller, Barry Diller … this name I kept hearing among people … You were a mystery to me, you are a mystery and you probably will keep being a mystery … I probably need you more than you need me and you probably are more of a man than I am a woman … I like your image, your mystique, you are someone people talk about, I like that … and then I like the rest: the real stuff … your heart! I love your heart, I know your heart … I know you have so much to give and I want to get it … D

It's an unconventional relationship for sure, but it certainly seems to work. My husband has worked for them for the last 15 years or so. She was thrilled when he came out a bit late in life, and we got married. Diane's best friend lives in one of the guesthouses on the estate, an older gay man. Both Diane and Barry have basically come out as bi, so this honestly doesn't reveal anything new. Maybe further details when the book is released?

It doesn't seem like he was trying to hide anything.

Alex was pleasant, good looking and kind of breezy in college. We eye fucked a coupled times so I figured he sparkled a bit, like his daddy. But I had no luck getting into his pants. I wonder what made him act like a cunt to you, R11.

[quote]Oh, Barry Diller was known to be gay LONG before his marriage to DVF. And her first husband was gay and died of AIDS. I always assumed she was a dyke and the marriage to Diller just made the high life easier for both of them since they were genuinely close and seemed to understand each other.

Are you new to DL, dear? I'd be more alarmed if you did NOT know he was a pathetic closet case.

[quote]Alex was pleasant, good looking and kind of breezy in college. We eye fucked a coupled times so I figured he sparkled a bit, like his daddy. But I had no luck getting into his pants.

Probably because he's straight, unlike his stepdaddy.

From the article: "The first chapter of our romance ended in the days of Studio 54. The momentary affair she had with Richard Gere and my overreaction to it lit the spark that would separate us."

Cunt, please. No one buys that you had "the hots" for DVF. You were high on coke & Quaaludes 80% of the time FFS!

"It would be ten years until she came back in my life. We’d both had relationships with others that didn’t come close to standing the test of time."

Translation: after being let off "the hetero hook," he joined the Velvet Mafia – along with David Geffen, Calvin Klein, and many other A-list closet cases at the top – and, like his pals, figured out how best to seduce the hottest barely legal boys.

And as it so happens, I got to know one of his former "kept boys" when I was living in NYC, about 25 years ago. (Not romantically, alas.) He was insanely hot, of course, but also the most blindingly obvious gold digger I've ever met: we went on a date, but I didn't "meet his standards" because I'm worth less than $50 million. (At least he was honest about it.) He also explained his "arrangement" with Diller, and it was his understanding that this was how Barry handled all of his "boys" (at least 20 over the years): Geffen sourced quite a few of them through his infamous WeHo pool parties, and Diller typically set them up in posh downtown high-rises – condos or co-ops they got to keep as a "parting gift," including an annuity of sorts to cover their property taxes and monthlies in perpetuity – for periods ranging from six months to two years.

But NEVER beyond then: Geffen was too afraid of intimacy, and mostly only kept the boys on for about a year. They were often lively years: most of the Velvet Mafia summered on the Med, so his boytoy got to spend six weeks cruising around some of the poshest places in the world. They hopped around on private jets & dined mainly on yachts to prevent anyone from discovering the truth.

R2 You’re sorry?

[quote] his boytoy got to spend six weeks cruising around some of the poshest places in the world

And fucking Barry Diller.

[quote] to prevent anyone from discovering the truth

Everybody knew the truth.

I kind of always thought it was something like this; that she knew all along that he's gay and that this situation worked for them. And that's really all that matters here.

Wasn't Richard Gere gay?

No, just the gerbil

Barry Diller is gay, gay, gay with or without Diane..