MIKA and Paul de Leeuw

[Tjerk12]

Every day at eight o'clock in the evening I watch the news on Nederland 1 (its the official -non commercial TV station from The Netherlands). At 8.30, so absolutely at prime time. there was a show from the most popular (and best paid) Dutch show master Paul de Leeuw. He never made a secret of his homosexuality; tells about his marriage with a man and how things go with their adopted kids.
His show is a bit of everything. Serious things (Neelie Smit Kroes, one of the top commissioners in European Union was a guest), cabaret and music.
Tonight was one of his guests Michael Holbrook Penniman, artist name MIKA. He admitted that he was gay too. Their whole conversation was really adorable. I am a bit old to keep up with all modern stars, so I had to google to find out that MIKA is a big star.
They sang a song from Paul de Leeuw together. A love song in which they declare that they love each other. They even kissed each other on the mouth. I found on youtube in fact immediately after the show this little video . It is only a part of all what happened. Watch this video and enjoy how accepted homosexuality is in The Netherlands.



I also discovered a little video of both from 2009. I did not see that show. I think it is also nice. Enjoy also the ability of Paul to speak English. As bad as mine.

 

[mutatedjunky]

Dank je wel lieverd!

 

[sunandmoon]

I like Mika and I envy Dutch guys for the great country they call home

 

[logan222]

I just saw MIKA two weeks ago in concert in Hollywood. He was amazing!

I've been a fan since his first album. Back then, he was not openly gay. He did the whole "I don't want to label myself" thing, and then he claimed to be bisexual, and this year, he came out as gay. Ironically, as you can notice in the videos that Tjerk12 posted, he clearly dressed up a lot more flamboyant back when he was closeted. Now, he has butched up a bit, and is a lot hotter!

If you listen to his first 2 albums, you'll notice some cleverly hidden gay motifs in his music (i.e., Billy Brown, Dr. John, Toy Boy, etc.).

He's got great music; there are only 3 or 4 songs of his that I don't like of his...which is incredibly rare!

If you haven't heard of MIKA, I recommend you listen to:
Rain
Grace Kelly
Happy Ending
Relax...Take It Easy
Blame It on the Girls
We Are Golden
Popular Song
Emily
My Interpretation
Lollipop
Billy Brown
Lady Jane (this is a lyrical marvel that is ultra-beautiful)

Ah, they're all good! lol

 

[RuG]

whoaa Mika is actually quite good looking. definitely he buffed up a bit ;-) hey .. i am not complaining!

harstikke bedankt Tjerk!een mooie nummertje van Paul en Mika