A Chippendales Dancer Reveals He’s—Gasp—Gay!
Jaymes Vaughan, a singer and dancer with the infamous Chippendales male revue recently came out in the pages of QVegas magazine.
What?!? Chippendales has singers?
Vaughan (that’s him on the far left, freaking Kelli Pickler on Ellen) is actually both lead singer and emcee for The Chippendales’ show at the Rio Hotel and lead vocalist for the casino’s Show In The Sky—often on the same night.
Vaughan tells QVegas:
“My nights start at 6:00pm and I don’t stop until 12:30am. I start Show In The Sky, run up to Chippendales in time for my first song, run back to Show In The Sky for my next number there, and so it goes each night. There is a four minute break where I run to Burger King, they give me my chicken sandwich and I run back in time to sing my next song.”
Gee, what a lazybones.
If that weren’t enough, Vaughan has also released a new single, “Vampire,” and recorded the accompanying music video. He says he’s always loved the Dracula types, even as a kid, but that the song is really “about being in a situation where you can’t be yourself; where you can’t live a part of your life in the daylight; being in a relationship that I can’t share with my family. “
Coming out wasn’t like facing the harsh light of day: Vaughan was already out to his family and friends—and even hosted Las Vegas Pride in 2011. This is more a case of coming out publicly as one of the few openly gay entertainers on the Strip.
I hope to be able to take advantage of a platform so that my fourteen-year-old self that was sitting in Chesterfield County, Virginia, might find some hope. The fourteen year old that had no one to look up to; whose mama told him he better not be gay; whose church told him he was going to hell; whose best friend killed himself because he didn’t “fit in.” Because he didn’t have any hope. I thought for so long you had to cover up who you were to be successful. I’ve realized you can be more successful by being yourself.”
Well, if being yourself helps you look that fine, Jaymes, you keep on doing it!
Good for him!
Next you’ll be telling us that some of the go go dancers in gay bars are straight!
I wish him lots of luck!
Glad to see they got better looking. Some of those dancers were damn ugly in the 1980′s.
No. 3 · Timmeeeyyy!!! wrote, “Next you’ll be telling us that some of the go go dancers in gay bars are straight!”
Some go-go boys at gay bars probably are straight – you don’t have to be gay to like getting dollar bills stuffed down your undies, particularly if there are a lot of dollar bills.
Am I the only one who does not find these dancers at all appealing??
@pauly d: are you a lesbian?
(just joking)
@MikeE:
no i am not. I am a gay guy but these guys just don’t do it for me. they look kinda fake and dumb
Please… he didn’t have to come out because the drag-queen-overplucked eyebrows on any guy gives it away like having a beacon on your forehead. Harsh, but true.
THE BOY IS HAWWWTTTT!!!!
I’VE MET GAY MALE STRIPPERS THAT WERE SWEET 2 ME (I AM A CHIC) AND I’VE MET STR8T DUDES AND THEY WERE SOOOO STUCK UP. THEY TREATED ME AND MY DOLLARS LIKE THEY WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
@Danny: so true. i favour an unruly brow every time. i’m even partial to mono brow!
but THIS is a bit much even for me! http://blogs.babble.com/stroll.....for-girls/
Queerty you’re way late with this one. He told this to QVegas magazine nearly two months ago. But better late then never I guess.
I think it’s the “Y” in James that gives him away.
@pauly d: They “look” dumb. How does one look dumb? That’s kinda dumb.
Good luck to him, anyone who lands him as a bf is one lucky man
@Iltman: You know absolutely nothing about him other than that he has a pretty face and a nice body. Being fuckable is not the same as being good boyfriend material.
@Daez: True. Some of the best looking guys with nice bodies tend to be the most fucked-up with major issues. But not saying this one is.
Poor Kelly P – I think she looks like an old lady in that pic you posted
I love how Ellen looks amused but disinterested. Yep, she’s gay.
I used to date a male dancer from a Houston club where only women customers were allowed. We had a great time together but he could not pass a mirror without checking himself out…