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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I was at that show when he auctioned his sweaty tight black t-shirt to the audience for Equity Cares. Well, it came down to the group of middle aged house wives from like Topeka who apparently had had too much wine at intermission vesus the gaggle of mad queens who were loaded when they walked in. I think the shirt went for like $5,000 or something like that. Well, he then turns to the queens and says something like "if you'll match you last offer, I'll get another one sweaty for you"  |
Why doesn't my daily life ever involve sweaty Australians auctioning off their clothing? 
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