Jack Mackenroth Offers Insight into Dale Levitski Reality Romance

Project Runway's Jack Mackenroth, who revealed his positive HIV status on last week's episode of the show, offered some clarification on his blog as to his new boyfriend Dale's negative HIV status in order to clear up misconceptions about HIV and rumors on the internet.

Said Jack on his blog: "I guess there are a lot of rumblings in the blogosphere about me and Dale and some concerns about our different HIV status. First I think its interesting that people just assume he is HIV negative–which he is. Just an observation. Anyway–I feel the need to address the issue since I am so open about my status. First of all safer sex is VERY easy to practice and doesn’t detract from the experience in any way. Beyond that if you are educated about HIV then you know that there are a myriad of things that two people of different HIV status can do sexually with no risk. I’m not going to delve into our sexual proclivities but all is good on the Jack/Dale front. Furthermore my viral load is undetectable which means that when they do a blood test they are unable to find any virus in my blood. That low level of HIV is due to the medication I take and regularly monitoring my status. This combined with safer sex practices allows two people with different HIV status to have a full, healthy relationship. I would also like to add that in the past I had 2 boyfriends for two years each and both of them were and are still HIV negative. Thanks!"

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Jack told them: "It's very baby steps. I really like him a lot. And geography is a bit of an issue, but we'll see where it goes. I like him a lot. I assume he likes me a lot. Unless he's lying...(laughter)... He's adorable. I like keeping it incestual, keep it in the Bravo family."

Said Dale: "Yeah, we randomly met over Myspace. And then we bumped into each other at the OUT100 party and clicked. He's hilarious. We're just gonna roll with it and see what happens. And he's cute as %&#@. We have the same sense of humor. We giggle a lot, and you know, anytime you end up going through the Bravo-reality-show...we just looked at each other and said, 'yeah...'"

To be completely Bravo cliché about it, let's watch what happens and hope they can make it work, otherwise Dale may have to pack up his knives and go.

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"The one thing you have to keep in mind is be yourself. If you want to play a character then play a character. I wanted to cook and be myself and have as much fun as I possibly could, and learn as much as I possibly could and have a once in a lifetime experience. If the public loves me or hates me, it doesn't matter. I had an amazing experience...Being a gay chef, there's a preconceived notion of being the big, snappy queen and that's what I've fought against my entire cooking career. I've been cooking for 15 years now and that's the last thing I am in the kitchen...I've walked into kitchens feeling a little under the gun, thinking about what other people are going to think about me being gay, and you definitely have a little bit of insecurity about it. I don't want to say I've overcompensated, but I've become a better chef because of it. It's like, 'Fine, I will be just as good as you. I will prove to you that it doesn't matter. I'm not going to be that little sissy you might think I am. I'm going to be better than you.' And it's worked out for the best."