Ant, but no picnic."When I came out of the closet as a kid my parents said, 'You're a fag and you'll never amount to anything,'" says Ant. "Becoming famous was my way of saying 'Fuck you!'" Mixing his queer personality with a touch of his mother's--plus a generous helping of sass from all the black women who saved him from ass whuppings in high school--the comedian never played it straight because "No one on a sitcom was going to take me seriously in a relationship with a woman," Ant says. "So I played what I knew: me." Ant's career took off after he hosted two seasons of NBC's Last Comic Standing Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that premiered in 2003. The objective of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC television network and a special first to air on the cable-TV . He now has an album through Comedy Central's record label, a summer special on Logo, and a standing contract with VH1 to host the reality show Celebrity Fit Club Celebrity Fit Club may refer to:
The second season of CFT CFT complement fixation test; see under fixation. CFT complement fixation test. , a show that focuses on famous folk trying to lose weight, premieres July 10, featuring Jackee Harry, Gary Busey, Willie Aames, and plus-size model Toccata toccata (təkä`tə, tō–) [Ital.,=touched], type of musical composition. Early examples were written for various instruments, but the best-known form of toccata originated about the beginning of the 17th cent. Jones from America's Next Top Model “ANTM” redirects here. For the Australian series, see Australia's Next Top Model. America's Next Top Model (often shortened to Top Model or abbreviated as ANTM . So how did Ant prepare for this season? "I'm on NutriSystem, eating my macaroni and cheese with hamburger bits," he proudly proclaims. "The stars [on the show] don't seem to be losing weight, but I'm doing really good. I've lost 31 pounds!" |
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