A few years from now, Robert Sepulveda Jr. will be shrugging off reports that he was once the star of LOGO’s”Finding Prince Charming“. But for now, he’s coming clean about his hustling days.
“The past is the past,” he says, gamely discussing his escorting history with Huffington Post‘s Noah Michelson. “I was young and it helped through college.”
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The star of the upcoming reality show, which is effectively “The Gay Bachelor,” was more than happy to address stories that emerged last week that tracked his old Rentboy and XTube accounts. (Links NSFW.)
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“What I want people to focus on is who I am today as an entrepreneur, as an activist,” he explains. “I started a non-profit, and, you know, focusing on the show. That’s really what I want people to focus on.”
“We all have our pasts,” quips host Lance Bass, subtly diffusing the situation.”I was in a boy band.”
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ingyaom
Ask your doctor if Sepulveda is right for you.
Xzamilio
All I can say is, after I heard about his past and saw the videos on Str8UpGayPorn, there are some red flags in my own mind. I don’t know… kinkiness has no face, but it’s a little jarring for me to see a devilishly handsome man like him doing some of the gross stuff he was doing. He’s talking about getting through college. You don’t need to suck jizz out of stale condoms or inject another dude’s sperm into the tip of your penis to get through school… there’s something already there.
ChrisK
@Xzamilio: They’re going for a certain narrative which is shrinking every day that new stuff comes out. Literally.
oregonduckbrad
I literally don’t care. And not in a supportive way. Wish this show would go away already–it’s cringe-worthy…
richard_hartzell
@ingyaom: absolutely BEST news story comment of the month! Sometimes ‘simple and clever’ really is the best. I salute.
gskorich
are the contestants aware he was once a cum guzzling prostate or would they find that out after their test results? really? in jetting someone else pre cum in your dick is not being young, its being stupid and lance bass to say he was in a boy band, wasn’t he the doo wop? did he ever sing lead vocals?
graphicjack
He was young? I thought there were reports that he was escorting as recently as a few months before this was filmed. Do I care if he was an escort? No. I don’t believe it’s my business or anyone else’s. But it sounds like he’s a liar, which is somewhat understandable because he knows people are going to judge him on his past, but this is not really “coming clean”, is it?
Dr Bob
Why is he Prince Charming? I saw the other contestants or “suitors”‘, some of them are MUCH more attractive than he is. Honestly I wouldn’t have looked at him twice. I think the other contestants would be more likely finding a good man by looking at each other.
Jaroslaw
@Xzamilio: “Devilishly handsome” (and rich people) often do crazy kinky stuff because people have been fawning over them since they were 3 years old. They have had the opportunity to do all the “normal” sexual stuff at very young ages and only the kinky stuff is left.
AdrianS
he’s a low life scum, pervert also in the eyes of other gays, and his slimy behavior patterns are now presented on TV for the whole world to see. Just when we needed more positive role models, this creep pops his ugly head out from under the crib. Yiakas.
SportGuy
This show is already crap. No self respecting guy who is actually looking for love would actually be on this show and secondly he isn’t attractive. This will turn into a show filled with drama queens and people sleeping around on each other. Nice way to prove the general public right.
Caprice Goldberg
Yeah, I dunno, I just think this makes him more of a normal homo in my eyes.
Kind of makes him far more relatable for most of us….
Josh447
I have to say though I don’t discriminate against prostitution, holding one up as a gay representative in the international media is just plain stupid dangerous and irresponsible. A highly foolish act.
In a culture where gay kids are committing suicide due to right wing religious rhetoric, this is the last f#cking thing we need to hand emotional rapists. This is not the time to be breaking down these types of borders. Not now. Things are far too volatile as it is. This is more irresponsible than not wearing a condom when you KNOW someone is hiv+.
Dr Bob
I just watched his xtube video where he was jerking if and suck cum out of a condom. YUCK! Were the other guys informed about his past before they went on the show? Logo sure didn’t do their homework!
DCguy
I thought this show was a train wreck when I saw “Hosted by Lance Bass”, but now just like any other show where they draw contestants from the Los Angeles area, you get what’she there.
Who else but a rent boy wannabee actor can take the amount of time off from work to be on a show like this. And if he is the best Prince Charming they could find, I think it’s time to depose that royal family and replace them with a Republic.
DCguy
@Caprice Goldberg:
It’seems funny when right wing Trolls pretend to be real.
Kangol
I have no problem with his having been a sex worker, having made porn videos, any of it. I find his past r@cism abhorrent, but that’s me. I also find the fact that he was set up as some sort of clean-living socialite (“interior decorator,” “activist,” etc.) really cynical. What I really want to know was, did Lance Bass or one of the producers trick with this guy, fall in love with his handsome face and horse-hung d!ck, and decide to create a show around him?
Kangol
Also, Bass & company should be ashamed of how they tried to sensationalize the fact that one of the participants was HIV positive. It’s 2016, not 1986, so they should know better. For that alone, and not the faux “Prince Charming,” this crap should just swirl right down Logo’s drain!
ChrisK
@SportGuy: You mean that were all shallow like you? I think he’s good looking. However, that’s not my problem with the show. Kangol brings up the best points.
jdboston617
All I can think is that the production team either FAILED in finding a decent “bachelor” (which seems hard to believe) or they INTENDED to pick a guy with a checkered-rent-boy past to increase the hype of the stupid series.
I think all of these bachelor-type shows are a disgrace but this takes the cake. Unlike our straight friends, the gay community has so very few positive examples of male-to male dating, love, partnering, etc. Finally there something to watch and they make it into a hallow mess of fake, shallow, gold digging, fame seeking garbage.
I’m happy it’s going to sink down the drain with the A-list or whatever it was called.
SportGuy
@Kangol: so the best gay bachelor they could find is a raci$t skank prostitute who isn’t even attractive. Nice way to represent the community logo.
jdboston617
@Dr Bob: I’m betting they knew. LOGO needed free press to get the show some additional interest. (If true, Barf)
jdboston617
@AdrianS: Agreed.
Picking this scum bag only hurts the LGBT community. It’s the first season so here’s a gross hooker for you because, well, that’s the best gay man the gay community has to offer. ACK!!! Thanks LOGO. 🙁
Prinny
Since when was this place so conservative o.O
Shadeaux
WOW. I really hate I saw this. I didn’t look at the videos, I saw the .gifs. I do know if a contestant had a past like this, they would be eliminated and the family would “not approve.” I was dying for a show like this, so I’m going to try to keep an open mind.
ryantbo
Couldn’t they find a guy with a LITTLE less checkered past? I mean ok he was an escort yada yada but his videos are a bit over the top to say the least. I was willing to give this show a shot but not so much anymore
Josh447
Wow, a prostitute AND a porn star past. What I want to know, is if the producers knew about this when hiring him. The show must -NOT- go on. Airing this will be, hands down, without a doubt, political suicide, and a serious hardship spawned onto the gay community and their strive for equality.
ChrisK
@Josh447: Ah ok. I’m glad you’re out there to protect our honor. Lol This show is a hot mess and that’s exactly why everyone here will be tuning in now. To bitch of coarse but they’ll be watching every single one of them. Good job Logo.
ChrisK
@Prinny: You’ve been gone for awhile. Just the changing of the guard. The conservatives have taken over for the time being.
ramonromano
Could the cube be fake? The person in the video covers his face when swallowing, but clearly put his real name Robert Sepulveda and address up online. Why would he include that? Was this a video sent to his swapping “client”? I couldn’t make out the address clearly but it looks like 34th street and apt 3F. That
bobbyjoe
A person on a reality show has a checkered past? No way.
ramonromano
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UltimateSin
@Kangol: what incidences of ra(i$t behavior are you referring to? Trust me I’m not defending this pig, I honestly I’m curious.
Brian
Many people get through college without prostituting their bodies.
Hussain-TheCanadian
As im reading the comments on this article, I can’t help but grin – You queens are as socially conservative as some of the Muslims I debate with on “IslamonLine” – AND THATS A SALAFI WEBSITE MIND YOU!
The man was a prostitute, welcome to the real world ladies; now we all can get over it and support his show, or boycott it.
Dave Downunder
Why did they have to pick a moderately attractive guy with a sordid background when the world is full of gorgeous gay men with less baggage and better integrity who could have filled the bill. Did they do it on purpose for the headlines?
Stache
@Hussain-TheCanadian: They’ll do what the normally do. Bitch, bitch bitch…Meanwhile they’ll watch every single episode to keep up with their outrage.
One Million Moms are amateurs compared to allot of the commenters on this site.
Kangol
@UltimateSin: On one of the links I read yesterday, people, including a potential past client, pointed out that he refused black clients when he learned they were black. OK, you don’t like black men so don’t date them. But this guy was a sex worker. Clearly Logo convinced him to agree to have some black potential suitors on the show, but given his past, it sounds like it’ll turn out like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. I hope all the “Prince Charming” suitors, especially the black guys, get combat pay!
Kangol
@Dave Downunder: They probably are relishing the drama this is stirring up. I also don’t doubt that someone affiliated with this program paid for this guy’s services, and that’s how they found him. According to one poster on ONTD, one of the producers asked at least one guy he’d met on Scruff to be a contestant, er, suitor.
danciergy
He wasn’t that young, it was only 4 years ago. Ask me how I know.
Dave Downunder
@Kangol: You are probably right. I just wish they could have picked a better representation of the gay community since we are still working on acceptance and accurate portrayals of gays in mainstream media.
Yes I know this is a tacky reality show and so therefore it was never go to be classy but they could have at least made a bit of an effort.
film2212
http://www.projectq.us/atlanta/gay_atlantas_prince_charming_an_escort_with_bad_memory?gid=17990
robho3
If I was ever inclined to to watch this show this clip ensured that I don’t.
UltimateSin
@Kangol: Thanks for the info. Now not only am I never going to watch the steaming pile of excrement that they call a show, now I need a shower after reading about this scumbag. I was a big fan of Lance Bass for years, now I have no respect for him anymore.
DCguy
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Sweetie, it’s about the “Finding Prince Charming” motto of the show. Typically that dies not equal somebody who shows up to your 2nd date still smelling like pissed from a customer who took too much vitamin Brian and who is walking funny because he just injected a customer’s pre-cumulative into his dickens by special request.
Oh, and if nothing else, the botox should disqualify him.
But again, what did you expect when you heard Lance Bass was involved?
Hank
he has butler face.
scooter12
@Caprice Goldberg: Speak for yourself! How the hell does him being a porn star/prostitute make him more like ‘us’? What an idiotic comment.
Stache
@UltimateSin: God. Could you clutch your pearls any tighter.
Stache
Here’s what’s going to happen for the next month. Logo will keep releasing more of his past and Queerty will keep featuring posts from this all to keep everyone outraged and thus lots of clicks and views. They couldn’t of picked a better Prince Charming.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@DCguy: LMAO!! All of your points are valid!!
andre_cartier
Not interested in this crap
It demeans the positives strides we have achieved
Positively and most definitely will not Watch!!
UltimateSin
@Stache: I would tell you to sit and spin, but chances are you would enjoy it too much.
DCguy
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Aaasrrrghhh! F-ing auto-correct!!!!
seeker2114
Ok so everyone who is making negative comments has NEVER done anything in their lives they regret? Take it for what it is and move on.. Some of you pristine Bitches kill me!!!