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>>> YOU KNOW TIM GUNN FROM HIS
EM NI MOM NATED ROLE ON "PROJECT
RUNWAY" CHALLENGING DESIGNERS
TO, YOU KNOW IT, TO MAKE IT
WORK.
>> HE WANTS TO DO THAT FOR
CANDIDATE CHRISTINE QUINN.
GUNN SAYS HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY
BEING JUST WITH HIMSELF.
LISTEN.
LET'S START WITH THE NEWS THAT
YOU MADE ABOUT YOUR ENDORSEMENT
OF CHRISTINE QUINN FOR MAYOR OF
NEW YORK.
>> SHE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY
VISION FOR THE CITY AND SIMPLY
WANTS IT TO CONTINUE TO ASCEND
AND GET BETTER.
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THE
ISSUES THAT THE CITY FACES ARE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHANGING, SO
IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT QUALITIES
OF CHARACTER DOES THE PERSON
LEADING THE CITY POSSESS TO HELP
MAKE EFFICACIOUS, VIABLE,
CORRECT DECISIONS.
>> AND YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT
QUALITIES OF CHARACTER AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP
WITH THE CONVERSATION OF ANTHONY
*** AND HIS RUN FOR MAYOR.
DO YOU THINK THAT POSSIBLY IS
HIS ACHILLES' HEEL?
>> WELL, NO DOUBT.
I MEAN, IF ALL ISSUES ASIDE IF
WE'RE SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT
QUALITIES OF CHARACTER, I
BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME
PROFOUND QUALITIES MISSING IN
MR. ***, AND I AS A CITIZEN
OF THIS CITY WOULD NOT TRUST HIS
DECISION MAKING.
GOING BACK TO CHRISTINE QUINN'S
CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK,
FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST LESBIAN.
HOW FABULOUS WOULD THAT BE?
BECAUSE IT JUST -- IT JUST
REMOVES THE STIGMA THAT'S
ATTACHED TO SO MANY OF US.
>> IN THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY
CONVERSATION, IT'S INTERESTING
WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION
ABOUT MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
YOU ARE HAPPILY SINGLE.
>> I AM!
I AM VERY HAPPILY SINGLE.
IT'S NOT THAT I FEEL THAT
THERE'S NO ONE GOOD ENOUGH OR I
WOULDN'T WANT TO SHARE MY LIFE
WITH ANYONE.
IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL, IT'S JUST
THAT I'M VERY CONTENT BEING WITH
ME.
>> BUT I READ THAT YOU'VE BEEN
CELIBATE FOR DECADES.
>> I HAVE.
>> FOR 30 YEARS NOW?
>> 31.
>> 31 YEARS.
WHY?
>> I'M NOT WITHOUT FEELINGS AND
EMOTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THERE JUST ISN'T ANOTHER
PERSON INVOLVED.
>> BUT THIS STARTED FOR YOU IN
THE EARLY '80s.
>> YES.
>> AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS
CRISIS.
>> THE PARTNER I HAD FOR A LONG
TIME DECLARED TO ME WHEN WE
SPLIT UP AND IT ALL HAPPENED IN
A SPLIT SECOND ONE NIGHT, HE
DECLARED TO ME THAT HE HAD BEEN
SLEEPING AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS, AND AFTER I GOT OVER MY
JUST -- THE DEEPEST HURT I THINK
I HAVE EVER FELT, AFTER I GOT
OVER THAT HURT, I WAS FURIOUS.
I WAS SO ANGRY.
I THOUGHT HE COULD HAVE GIVEN ME
A DEATH SENTENCE.
>> SO A PORTION OF THIS WAS
FEAR.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I THOUGHT TALK ABOUT THROWING
THE DICE.
>> YOU LIKE BEING ALONE OR YOU
LIKE BEING WITH YOURSELF?
>> I LIKE BEING WITH MYSELF,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING
THE DISTINCTION BECAUSE THERE IS
A DISTINCTION.
YEAH, I LIKE BEING WITH MYSELF.
>> WHAT A CANDID INTERVIEW.
>> YEAH.
HE DEFINITELY CAME TO SHARE.
31 YEARS.
AND AFTER THAT WE ACTUALLY DID