# My break-up with Kyan (but I'm OK) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881 "2004-01-05T21:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/1 "2004-01-05T21:52:43Z")
I could live with his closet full of armless shirts, his constantly calling me “bro” and the neverending mantra of “work the product in from the back” and “shave with the grain”, but I’ve seen [too](http://www.gaytoday.com/people/120103pe.asp) [many](http://kyanfan.com/fans/obsessed.php) [gossip](http://pub88.ezboard.com/fqueerasfolk87597frm13.showMessage?topicID=76.topic) [columns](http://www.chicagopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/996304) announcing that he’s currently dating [Queer as Folk](http://www.sho.com/site/queer/) star [Robert Gant](http://www.sho.com/site/queer/dayinthelife.do?content=robert) to continue looking the other way. Sorry Kyan- I just can’t be shared and so I’m going to have to let you go. (Of course is Robert Gant and Kyan ever do the Paris Hilton/Rick Solomon or Tommy Lee/Heather home video thing, who wants to bet that there are enough gay men and straight women in America to make it outgross ET and Finding Nemo combined?) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/2 "2004-01-05T21:59:33Z")
Oh to be the fillin’ in that sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/3 "2004-01-05T22:19:27Z")
I forgive my sweet sweet Kyan this momentary indiscretion on the grounds that presented with the opportunity to nail Robert Gant I would in a heart beat. My sweet sweet Kyan will come back to me. He will not, however, come back to that backstabbing wanna-be husband thief **Sampiro** because he was never yours, Sampiro! Never! :::grabs bottle, smashes it against table and brandishes jagged neck::: ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/4 "2004-01-05T23:40:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Oh to be the fillin’ in that sandwich. \*\* aaaahhhh… Oh that man’s reach should exceed his grasp or what’s a heaven for? > [@](#): > > \*\*I forgive my sweet sweet Kyan this momentary indiscretion on the grounds that presented with the opportunity to nail Robert Gant I would in a heart beat. \*\* Strangely he doesn’t really do it for me. Great bod, but of the openly gay members of that cast I think that [Peter Paige](http://www.peterpaige.net/) is the hottest. (It’s odd seeing them on talk shows and realizing how much of their performance really is acting; Randy Harrison is IRL much nellier than his character [Justin] while Paige is much “butcher” than Emmett [though that’s not hard].) Third Season’s on DVD now, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/5 "2004-01-05T23:45:21Z")
I would also nail Peter Paige and Randy Harrison. There are also various hetero-male members of the cast with whom I would engage in nailing. I don’t discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. ---
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/6 "2004-01-06T00:40:04Z")
I would just like to point out that, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197496&perpage=50&highlight=Kyan%20and%20bitches&pagenumber=2) back in July, **Otto** did call dibs on Kyan. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*I watched both episodes and enjoyed them both thoroughly. And Kyan the Grooming Guy is my new husband so the rest of you bitches just _back off_! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/7 "2004-01-06T02:05:19Z")
“No nose hair, **ever**!” Is it true that his real first name is (gasp) Eddie? I read that somewhere, and my head almost exploded. Say it ain’t so. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/8 "2004-01-06T02:09:32Z")
I’m sorry, but that cuisine/cooking guy on _Queer Eye_ is just **too** dullsville to be “fabulous.” Hmph! I’ll bet he doesn’t even have sex with men. ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/9 "2004-01-06T02:25:01Z")
**tracer** : Ironically, he’s also the only one in a long-term relationship to my knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/10 "2004-01-06T02:30:32Z")
See? **Long-term** relationship. I’ll bet he and his long-term partner even argue over doing the chores. How fabulous can **that** possibly be? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/11 "2004-01-06T02:31:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*I’m sorry, but that cuisine/cooking guy on _Queer Eye_ is just **too** dullsville to be “fabulous.” Hmph! I’ll bet he doesn’t even have sex with men. \*\* I hope not, so he could be MINE! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/12 "2004-01-06T04:39:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sampiro \* > \*\*I think that [Peter Paige](http://www.peterpaige.net/) is the hottest. \*\* Completely agree, and I’ll even include the rest of the cast. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/13 "2004-01-06T04:39:55Z")
Yep, Ted is in a relationship (8 years, IIRC). Eh, but I’ve gone off Kyan. Sure he’s hot and all, but he strikes me as just a tad, well, shallow and probably boring to talk to–one can only fuck for so long, you know. FYI, last spring my bf and I were in NYC and we saw Robert Gant on Sixth Avenue with two really cute guys. I played it cool until we had passed him, and then I squealed, “OHMIGOD, that was Robert Gant from QAF!!” My bf replied, “Robert who?” (He doesn’t watch the show). He also doesn’t watch “Queer Eye,” and when I have on occasion dragged him to the TV and pointed out Kyan to him, he says, “Eh, he’s not that good looking.” ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/14 "2004-01-06T04:49:29Z")
Yep, Ted is in a relationship (8 years, IIRC). Eh, but I’ve gone off Kyan. Sure he’s hot and all, but he strikes me as just a tad, well, shallow and probably boring to talk to–one can only fuck for so long, you know. FYI, last spring my bf and I were in NYC and we saw Robert Gant on Sixth Avenue with two really cute guys. I played it cool until we had passed him, and then I squealed, “OHMIGOD, that was Robert Gant from QAF!!” My bf replied, “Robert who?” (He doesn’t watch the show). He also doesn’t watch “Queer Eye,” and when I have on occasion dragged him to the TV and pointed out Kyan to him, he says, “Eh, he’s not that good looking.” ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/15 "2004-01-06T05:49:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beckwall \* > \*\*“No nose hair, **ever**!” > > Is it true that his real first name is (gasp) Eddie? I read that somewhere, and my head almost exploded. Say it ain’t so. \*\* I read this as well, and that “Kyan” comes from a nickname someone gave him: “Cayenne,” because he’s so hot. As a straight woman, I don’t even know why I watch this show. I must have some kind of complex. Of the five guys, there’s not one I don’t think is absolutely adorable. I seem to alternate favorites, though - I’m fickle that way. Lately it’s been Thom, because I love love love a quietly bitchy snarkmeister. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/16 "2004-01-06T14:11:41Z")
This straight guy would go with Thom (I think), the wonderful home fixer-upper guy. What an eye for color. Plus he has a wonderful sense of humor. And he could install all the crown molding I want for my house. Funny how nobody is picking Carson- nobody have a taste for drama? You _know_ he goes to the best parties. . . ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/17 "2004-01-06T14:38:32Z")
His real name is Douglas Kyan. My friend David in New Orleans knew him ten years ago when he (Kyan, not David) was a waiter at a coffee shop. Everyone would go there, order, and leer at Coffee Boy. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/18 "2004-01-06T15:10:04Z")
Did you all read Robert Gant’s bio on that QAF page? He has an undergrad degree from UPenn and graduated from Georgetown Law…hot _and_ a smarty pants! Mmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/19 "2004-01-06T15:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*His real name is Douglas Kyan. > > My friend David in New Orleans knew him ten years ago when he (Kyan, not David) was a waiter at a coffee shop. Everyone would go there, order, and leer at Coffee Boy. \*\* Hate to bicker with you, Eve, but according to this site: [http://kyanfan.com/kyan/bio.php](http://kyanfan.com/kyan/bio.php) he was once Eddie. Although New Orleans shows up in most of his bios, so perhaps he’s just used the name for a long time? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881/20 "2004-01-06T16:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by constantine \* > \*\*I would just like to point out that, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197496&perpage=50&highlight=Kyan%20and%20bitches&pagenumber=2) back in July, **Otto** did call dibs on Kyan. \*\* True, but it was never confirmed by a 2/3 vote of the Senate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-break-up-with-kyan-but-im-ok/222881.md?page=2)