John Amaechi has become a household name since coming out, but he's hardly the first. Former (American) footballer Esera Tuaolo and baseballer Billy Bean also used their post-game lives to spread the good, gay word. Now the boys have come together for a very special Radar-endorsed sit down with Jack E. Jett.

Here's a snippet:

JJ: John, I read somewhere that you and Tim Hardaway are going to be doing something on TV together?
JA:: There's an enduring rumor out there that we're going to do Oprah together.

JJ: My hope was that it was going to include a no-holds-barred wrestling match.
JA: In terms of basketball, he can beat me soundly, but in terms of wrestling, I think I've got him.
ET: Believe me, dude, you'll have some backing.

A bit of a sporty love connection happening?

Read the entire conversation here.

Michael Brown headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coastline, demolishing as many lives as it did homes. Not to mention forever tarnishing our nation's image as the great provider.

Following the disaster, President Bush famously said, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” Of course, this is coming from a man who created his own special semi-savant vocabulary. As days progressed, we discovered that, as usual, no one in the White House knew what the fuck was going on.

Instead of spending time and energy to focus on the emergency at hand, they focused on who would take the inevitable fall. The spinning blame game is something that this administration has taken to an Olympic level. It is fairly obvious that Mikey became the Satan of Katrina, because we all know “he’ll eat anything.”

Our favorite trouble-maker, Jack E. Jett had a little chat chat with the man many accuse of being responsible for the decline of western civilization as we know it. A brave chap, Jett wanted to face the alleged evil head on and find out more about his “strategery.” From what we hear, they boys got on famously and Jett remarks, "I found Mr. Brown to be bright, intelligent, far less bitter than he should be and with a great sense of humor".

We should hope so - a stick in the mud would have been washed away long ago.

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Did you know that lesbians love Belinda Carlisle? We didn't - although it makes perfect sense. Carlisle did start her career as a teenager punker turned popster, singing about her sealed vagina with cutie peers, The Go-Gos. We can only imagine what their spandexed crotches did the labia loving ladies. Good things, we're sure.

Anyway, the thought didn't cross our mind until a reader sent us a link to Jenny Stewart's very lesbian interview with Ms. Carlisle. A sappho-journo through and through, Stewart gets all up in the girl-on-girl gossip. After Carlisle gushes over all her die hard dyke defenders and admits a crush on Debbie Harry, she gets a little deeper with these "shocking" revelations:

BC: ...You know something? Believe me -- I've been there and I've done it all. Let's just put it that way.

JS: Wait a minute. What do you mean by that?

BC: Well, without going into too much detail...I think all of us in the band, we've all had...we've all seen the experience you are probably wondering about. And, yeah, like I said, without going into too much detail, we've all been there and done that.

JS: Geez, Belinda.

BC: Well, it's true. And you know, my son is always online and stuff like that, so without going into too much detail...yeah.

Huh? Are we supposed to know what that means? Because we don't. Maybe they're speaking some secret lezzie language or something, because we just see a flimsy hint at a sexual past. "...Been there done that"? Done what? Did you muff dive? Finger some chick? Wear a strap on and fuck the shit out of some boi? We demand answers!

Unfortunately, Carlisle can't hear us through these textual rants, so maybe you guys should just go over, read the interview and draw your own conclusions. Also, while you're getting all worked up over Ms. C, why not relive Jack E. Jett's sit down with the chanteuse? It's better than a warm vagina on a winter morn'. Well, for us, at least...

How many friends from youth do you keep in touch with? Us, we don't talk to any of those fuckers, but that's because we didn't have any friends. It's very sad, yes, but who needs friends when you have...um, well...we'll get back to you on that one.

Regular contributor and sometime punching bag Jack E. Jett, meanwhile, holds friends like we hold water. For example, punk rocker turned pop princess turned parent, Belinda Carlisle.

The friends catch-up after the jump, chatting about everything from Carlisle's new French language album, Voila to The Go-Go's jerking off a coke-head to her husband's collection of Ronald Reagan memorabilia.

We're so overwhelmed that we have no choice but to let Jett take it from here...

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We have to admit, we haven't been keeping up with Sundance Channel's One Punk Under God, the reality series that follows upstart preacher Jay Bakker. It seems, however, that our old friend Jack E. Jett's been tuning in - or, at least has some interest: he recently sat down with Mr. Bakker for a bit of a chat. Despite our past needling, Jett offered said chat to us. Sure, he says it's a friendly gesture, but we've got a sneaking suspicion he got turned down elsewhere. Oh well.

Anyway, see what the boys had to say, after the jump. In case you're wondering, yes, we did edit it a bit. Don't worry, we didn't snip any naughty bits, just how Jack loves Bakker's wife and how Bakker's sister has been tending to his mother, Tammy Faye. As you may or may not know, she's been very ill. Bakker appreciates all your good wishes for the great mascared one.

(PS: Jett wants you to know that the episode of Queer Edge featuring Sandra Bernhard can now be seen over at World of Wonder. Ch-ch-check it out.)

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We were absolutely astonished to receive an email from Jack E. Jett last night. As you know, we had a little fun with his Mike Jones interview, so we really didn't expect to be hearing from our favorite homo-journo television performer.

We hesitated before opening it, fearing some nasty tirade. Then we remembered that Jett's a totally sweatheart - a fact made all the more evident by his offering of an interview with Jeff Gannon.

We've had such a scandalous year, it's easy to forget Gannon's contribution to the annals of queer history: Gannon infiltrated the White House, questioned the President's conservative values, only to be revealved as an imposter and rentboy. While he no longer gets invited to the White House, Gannon's spirit lives thrives on his conservative blog.

After the jump, the boys discuss everything from politics to Anderson Cooper to Gannon's drink of choice. Seriously, it's packed to the brim. (Oh, it's worth noting that we've only edited two things: we uncensored the word "ass" and inserted the hypothetical "were". Way cutting edge.)

Thanks, Jack. We heart you like whoa.

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How could anyone forget Jack E. Jett's interview with Ted Haggard's rentboy-toy, Mike Jones? It shook the very foundations of society, giving us a peek inside the fallen Evangelical's sordid, secretive sex life. Jones' words on Haggard's drug use, fagalicious fantasies and humdrum apology have been imprinted on our memory, not to mention our hearts.

Imagine our elation and subsequent disappointment when we came across a New York Blade interview with Jones only to find out that it's the same interview. Well, almost. From Radar:

JJ: Anything else of note?
MJ: Okay, I'll tell you one little tidbit, and I haven't said this too much so you are going to get a bit of an exclusive: He loved to have sex in the dark. We would have one little candle going.

From The New York Blade:

JJ: Anything else of note?
MJ: He loved to have sex in the dark. We would have one little candle going.

Obviously the Bladers had to edit out the bit about it being a "bit of an exclusive" because, well, it's not. Also gone are references to Jones' penis, discussion on whether or not Haggard is a power bottom and the levels of kinkiness involved in their trysts.

It looks like The Blade's not only republishing month-old interviews, they're desexualizing the entire affair. Perhaps they don't want to get mixed up with their slutty sibling, HX Magazine?

For today's installment of The Totally Frightful Issue, we're handing the reins over to performative character and all-around nice guy, Jack E. Jett.

While those of you in Australia and Canada may know him from his talk show, Queer Edge, soon everyone can enjoy his eccentric, yet socially conscious humor when he launches his new Internet television channel, FU-TV, on Monday, October 30th on World of Wonder, ManiaTV! and The Akimbo Service.

Before that, however, read his ruminations on the rise of AIDS, how fear helps forge new directions, and how the hell he came up with Jack E. Jett in the first place.

In case you're too scared to figure it out together, you can find his piece after the jump.

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