# Minnelli-Gest, Part Whatever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887 "2003-10-22T12:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/1 "2003-10-22T12:09:56Z")
For those who thought, “oh good, we’ve heard the last of them…” – too soon, bucko. Okay – before you click the link – any guesses about who started it this time? [The answer here.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031021/ap_en_tv/people_gest_minnelli_6) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/2 "2003-10-22T13:59:37Z")
The image of a drunk-off-her-ass Liza heaving a hotel lamp at her hubby’s head is too delicious. I read elsewhere that he is currently staying in Hawaii with his good friend, Jim Nabors. Well, golll-leee! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/3 "2003-10-22T14:09:44Z")
I think he might have some sexual identity issues that he hasn’t been entirely forthcoming about. Either that, or he wanted some money. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/4 "2003-10-22T14:28:43Z")
“Producer David Gest sued Liza Minnelli (news) for $10 million Tuesday, accusing his estranged wife of alcohol-fueled violence that caused neurological damage and headaches.” —Well, that explains his\* face\*, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/5 "2003-10-22T17:40:30Z")
NOW I understand what David meant when he was talking to the guys at the local bar, saying Liza loved to beat him off. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/6 "2003-10-23T00:36:07Z")
I thought his face got that way from that revolting wedding kiss when they were gnawing on each other like hungry badgers. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/7 "2003-10-23T11:59:45Z")
[Liza files for divorce.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031023/ap_on_en_mu/people_gest_minnelli_17) No snide comments today, it all just seems so sad. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/8 "2003-10-23T12:04:24Z")
Someone else remarked “A Liza bio should be called Straight Eye for the Queer Guy.” ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/9 "2003-10-23T12:23:25Z")
I’ve have listened to reports about this on the radio today. The one thing I’ve noticed is how most reports are done in a jocular manner. I wonder would it be as funny if Gest has of been the one doing the damage. BTW the two of the are twits of the highest order IMO and who didn’t think it was all going to end in tears very very quickly? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/10 "2003-10-23T13:03:42Z")
She’s going to focus on “[her] work, [her] sobriety, and [her] fans” – doesn’t that just scream of pathos? (OTOH – good one, **Annie Xmas**.) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnelli-gest-part-whatever/208887/11 "2003-10-23T13:27:11Z")
Aw, **Annie** , she’s just following in her mama’s footsteps. Vincente Minelli, David Gest… “I want a man just like the man who married dear old Mom…”