Rants & raves.

"Well, that's the only thing I put my foot down [about]. I don't want anything too fruity or too out-there. I've got to keep it masculine, got to represent Chula Vista [Calif.] still."

--MARIO LOPEZ of Dancing With the Stars, after being asked if he chooses his own outfits for the reality show, on San Diego's The Jeff and Jer [radio] Showgram, October 31

"Do I give off a girl-on-girl vibe, I wonder? Or is it because I'm tall? I guess the chicks just dig me."

--KATE WALSH of Grey's Anatomy, on her numerous lesbian roles, in the November issue of Women's Health 

"Your hands are tender and they can feel and caress the ball. That's kind of--kind of gay."

--ESPNU commentator BRIAN KINCHEN, speaking during the October 28 Northern Illinois versus Iowa college football game; he was later suspended for the comment

"Nobody in [London's] Soho ever really feels beautiful or desirable, do they? Everyone is oozing sexuality, but they're quite clearly dying for a hug."

--DAN GILLESPIE, front man of the U.K. band the Feeling, after coming out in Attitude magazine's July issue

"A buckeye is a gay acorn, right?"

--JON STEWART, speaking at Ohio State University while filming The Daily Show's "Midwest Midterm Midtacular," October 28