Hard to remember the last time Betty Boop caused a problem in any marriage. But it turns out that a fight over a life-size statue of the campy 1930s-era cartoon character has earned a Tampa duo the distinction of becoming the first – and so far, only – gay couple to appear on Jerry Seinfeld’s unscripted comedy show for NBC, The Marriage Ref.
As David Salinero tells it, husband Michael Wigh has decorated every inch of their Tampa home except for the spot in their kitchen occupied by Ms. Boop. But even he admits it was a challenge to argue to the show’s celebrity panel – 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan, comic Kathy Griffin and Broadway star Nathan Lane – that he should be allowed to keep the statue in its place.
“I think it adds a lot of character and fun to the house… He just thinks it’s tacky,” said Salinero, 44, a managing editor at PricewaterhouseCoopers who met Wigh seven years ago when he moved to Tampa from New York.
Full Story from the St. Petersburg Times
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