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| Z100's Elvis Duran (ABC Photo) |
He’s a 50-year-old openly gay man named Elvis Duran, reports ABC.
Duran’s show, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show on WHTZ 1003, FM Z100, is the No. 1 Top40 across men, women, young people and even celebrities. The comfortable atmosphere Duran creates on his morning show, which he hosts with two women, has made it a magnet for the biggest stars on Earth. Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus are just a few celebrities who have professed their love for “Elvis Duran and The Morning Show.”
“One of our rules for the show, I guess the filter we try to pass everything through, is it’s a safe place for women to be,” Duran said. “It’s not a show for women, because we’re basically 50/50 men/women in our audience, but it’s a safe place where women win. Women never lose on our show. I think that’s very important. It’s very unusual.”
“When Kim Kardashian’s rear-end pictures came out, rather than going on the air, [as] I’m assuming other shows did, and making fun of it, I came on the air and said, ‘Hey, you know what, this is a great time for us to celebrate the booty,” Duran said.
Duran invited ABC's Nightline to spend some time behind the scenes with his whole cast, including mother of two Danielle Monaro, new girl Bethany Watson, and a menagerie of merry characters with names like Froggy, Skeery Jones, Greg T and Carla Marie -- all familiar voices to the show’s seven million listeners each day.
Even though A-listers love Duran because he’s both respectful and wildly popular, he’s not afraid to give his candid take on them. He thinks Mariah Carey is “fun, interesting, complex, beautiful” and also “lonely.” He called Lady Gaga, who grew up listening to his show, someone who “always gives everything” she’s got. Katy Perry is “fun” but “a little guarded,” Duran said, and said he had no problem telling her to show up on time.
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