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Barry Manilow barely eats and only has a meal when he starts shaking with hunger. The 80-year-old entertainer has opened up about his unhealthy habits admitting he often goes so long without food he starts "trembling" and sees it as his body's way of telling him to eat something while he also revealed he goes to bed at midnight and is up at 4am every day. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I don't eat and I don't sleep. That's also the trick [to staying in shape] ... I often find myself trembling and think: 'Oh I should get some calories in me'." However, Manilow revealed he's managed to quit sm...
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Barry Manilow has explained why he didn't come out as gay until he was 72. The veteran performer kept his sexuality a secret until 2017 when he confirmed long-running rumours he'd married his longtime love and manager Garry Kief back in 2014 and now he's admitted going public would have "killed" his career if he'd done it in the 1970s while he also found talking about his personal life "creepy". In a new interview on 'Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?', Barry explained: "Well, in the ’70s, you didn’t [come out]. It wasn’t the same as it is today. Now, being gay is no being deal, but back in the ...
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Barry Manilow survives on just four hours of sleep a night. The 'Mandy' hitmaker, 80, believes that being from New York - where the lifestyle is so fast-paced - is why he has always had a lot of energy and not needed a lot of shut-eye. He told Parade magazine: "I never sleep. "I get four hours a night. That's all I really need. It's been that way for years." He added: "When you start out in New York, you're always a New Yorker. "I just have a lot of energy; I talk fast, I think fast. Maybe it's because New Yorkers are always moving, scrambling to get a seat on the subway or something." Despite...
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Barry Manilow has become a grandfather for the first time. The veteran musician has revealed his husband Garry Kief's daughter Kirsten has adopted a little girl and he's really enjoying his new role as a grandad after previously thinking he would never have an expanded family. Speaking to People magazine, Barry explained: "Garry’s daughter Kirsten adopted a little girl, and so I’m now a grandfather. I’ve never, ever thought about having a baby or having anything to do with [being] a father or any of that. "I’m watching this little girl - she’s two and a half - grow up and learn. This is a bran...
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Goldie Hawn and Barry Manilow have led tributes to Suzanne Somers following her death. The 'Three's Company' star passed away aged 76 on Sunday (15.10.23) after battling breast cancer for more than 20 years, and she has now been remembered by her famous friends from across the entertainment industry who have shared messages in her honour. In a message posted on Instagram, Hollywood actress Hawn wrote: "Sad so sad," while veteran musician Manilow called her "the sister I never had". He told PEOPLE: "Suzanne and I were friends for decades. She was the sister I never had and my close confidant fo...
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Barry Manilow says it’s “surreal” his musical tackling the impact of fascism is finally headed for Broadway. The 79-year-old ‘Mandy’ crooner has had the ‘Harmony’ show in the works for more than 20 years after co-writing it with Bruce Sussman, 74, and is amazed it is going to open in October at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. He told Page Six: “Standing in front of the theatre is really surreal. It’s really happening!” The show was first staged in 1997 at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and there have been productions over the years in Atlanta and Los Angeles. But it wasn’t until a critically...
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Barry Manilow thinks that continuing to work is the secret to "staying young." The 79-year-old singer will celebrate his 60th anniversary in show business next year and explained ahead of his special Carnegie Hall concert that he "doesn't like to sit around" and has constantly got at least one project on the go. He told PEOPLE: "Well, I don't like sitting around watching television. I mean, I'm just one of the lucky guys that always has something. I've got two albums that I'm working on, then Radio City, and it just goes on and on and on. I think by keeping working, you stay young, or at least...
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George Michael is said by a psychic to have forgiven Barry Manilow from beyond the grave. A clairvoyant made the claim after the singers fell out when Barry, 79, tried to sue George over his band Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ hit. Barry claimed the song sounded like his 1978 tune ‘Can’t Smile Without You’, but George – who died aged 53 on Christmas Day in 2016 from heart and liver complications – insisted his single wasn’t a copy. So-called “celebrity psychic” Jasmine Rose Anderson told the Daily Star Sunday (18.12.22) George has had the “last laugh” as his spirit has told her the row is “water und...
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Barry Manilow's ex-wife Susan Deixler is "glad that he's found love" with his husband Garry Kief. The 'Copacabana' crooner and Susan were high school sweethearts and they married in 1964. However, the union quickly unravelled and they split just a year after they tied the knot, with Susan having the marriage annulled in 1966. They have remained friends over the years, and Barry went on to wed for a second time in 2014 - exchanging vows with his longtime partner Garry. Susan has now told America's Closer magazine she is thrilled her ex found the love of his life, saying: "What happened between ...
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Barry Manilow has admitted he “never even thought” about questioning his sexuality until he met his future husband. The veteran musician, 78, struck up a romance with TV executive Garry Kief in 1978 following the collapse of his marriage to Susan Deixler, which officially ended in 1966. Garry went on to become Barry’s manager and the pair married in secret in 2014 before going public with their love in 2017. Now, Barry admits he didn’t realise he might be gay until he met Garry, telling America’s Closer magazine: “(I) never even thought about whether I was gay (before I met Garry).” He credits...
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