BARRY MANILOW, GARRY KIEF NOBOMI BABO BOMTSHATO
Imvumi kaMandy uBarry, oneminyaka engama-74, wabanjwa ngokufihlakeleyo kuGarry kwindawo yabo yeehektare ezingama-53 ePalm Springs ngo-Epreli ka-2014.
Lo msitho ubugutyungelwe yimfihlelo kangangokuba neendwendwe zazingazi ukuba ziyeza emtshatweni xa zifika kwilifa.
Kwakukho isivumelwano esicacileyo phakathi kwesangqa esisondeleyo sikaBarry ukuba abayi kungcatsha imfihlo yakhe, kodwa emva konyaka uSuzanne Somers wachitha iimbotyi malunga nomtshato kwi-chat show yase-US.
UBarry noGarry babonwa benxibe imisesane yomtshato ngelixa bephuma kunye emva kokuqinisekisa ukuba batshatile ngokufihlakeleyo.
Esi sibini savela kunye kwi-One Show ngo-Epreli 27, 2017 kwimbonakalo yabo yokuqala kamabonakude wase-UK njengesibini.
UGarry ngumongameli weBarry Manilow Productions kwaye unguMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Stiletto Entertainment, ukususela ngo-1981.
Inkampani idala kwaye iphathe intengiso, iikhontrakthi, iishedyuli kunye nokuphosa.
Ngaphandle kukaBarry, uBrian Culbertson, uStraight No Chaser kunye noLorna Luft nabo bakwiincwadi zeStiletto. I-Stiletto iphinde yaqhuba nomculo wokuqala owakha wadlalwa kwinqanawa, iCopacabana kaBarry Manilow.
Ngaba uGarry wayetshatile ngaphambili?
UGarry unentombi kumtshato awayekuwo ngaphambi kokuba adibane noBarry.
Igama lentombi nguKirsten, uneminyaka engama-40 kwaye usebenza njengomlawuli weeNkonzo zoShishino eStiletto.
UBarry ngokwenene nguthixo wakhe, kwaye ubudala bukaKirsten buthetha ukuba wazalwa malunga no-1976 - nangona kungacaci ukuba uyise wagqiba nini ukuba yi-gay.
Ngaba uBarry wayekhe watshata ngaphambili?
UBarry wayetshate nesithandwa sakhe sesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo uSusan Deixler iminyaka emibini, xa wayeneminyaka eli-19 kuphela kwaye enama-21, ngaphambi kokuba umtshato wabo ubhangiswe ngo-1966.
Efunda ngomyeni kaBarry, uSusan wathi: “Ndimnqwenelela okuhle kodwa. Ndiyavuya ngaye. Ndiyavuya kuba efumene uthando nolonwabo.
“Into eyenzekayo phakathi kwethu, ubudlelwane bethu, yimbali yakudala kwaye andifuni kuphinda ndibambe imbali yamandulo. Yiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo.”
Emva kwexesha elingakanani uBarry wadibana noGarry?
UBarry wadibana noGarry kwisithuba nje seshumi leminyaka kamva ngo-1978, unyaka owaphuma ngawo iCopacabana yakhe enkulu, kwaye inkanyezi yazi ngokukhawuleza ukuba ifuna ukuba naye.
“Ndandisazi ukuba yiyo le. Ndandingomnye wabo babenethamsanqa. Ndandinesithukuthezi ngaphambi koko,” uvumile.
UGarry wagqiba ekubeni aqalise ukusebenzela uBarry nangona isiphithiphithi esasibangelwa ngabalandeli bakhe, yaye uthando lwakhula ngokukhawuleza.
“Ngoyena mntu ukrelekrele ndakha ndadibana naye ebomini bam – kwaye uyindoda ebalaseleyo, naye,” watsho uBarry.
“Xa [abalandeli] bafumanisa ukuba mna noGarry sikunye, bavuya kakhulu.”
Ngaba uGarry noBarry baceba ukuba nabantwana?
Akubonakali ngathi uManilow unezicwangciso zokuba nabantwana noGarry, esithi "akunakwenzeka" ebomini bakhe, kwaye evuma ukuba uthanda ukukhulisa izinja.
Ngo-2012 uManilow wathi: “Kwakungenakwenzeka. Eli hlabathi liphambeneyo endinalo kwaye ndizama ukuba ngutata - ndicinga ukuba ngekufuneka ndikhethe enye okanye enye.
Kodwa, ah, ukhetho aluzange lwenzeke ngokwenene.
“Heyi, jonga, eyona nto ndiyifumanayo kukukhulisa izinja. Nanini na ndifumana enye yezo njana zincinci, ndiyeke yonke into endiyenzayo.
Kwaye ndibanika iiveki ezisibhozo okanye ezisithoba kunye nam. Ndiyabaqeqesha. Inkolelo yam kukuba uyayenza loo nto kwaye ufumana iminyaka esibhozo okanye elithoba enenja enkulu. "
Shiya iMpendulo