• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Travel
  • Sports
  • Law/Justice
  • Celebrities
  • Film/TV/Stream
  • Republicans
  • Madonna
  • Books
  • Men
  • Trans Rights
  • Tech/Science
  • Royals
  • Monkeypox

Andy Cohen Dishes About New Gay Angles On Love Connection Revival

Adam Rhodes May 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

Andy Cohen Love Connection

Fans of ’80s camp and Andy Cohen alike are in for a treat. Cohen’s revival of the classic dating show Love Connection premiered Thursday night on Fox and as the show continues, it will include gay singles looking for love as well, according to media reports.

The revival boasts some departures from Chuck Woolery’s classic dating show, including that in this iteration, if the audience prefers a suitor that the contestant does not, the suitor can go with the audience pick for $10,000, TooFab reports.

“There’s a little love or money twist in the end,” Cohen teased in a first look.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Love Connection FOX (@loveconnectionfox)

 

Contestants will also date each of the suitors, with a $500 per-date budget, and each will give a score based on their first impressions, Cohen told TooFab.

While that $10,000 is a nice prize, Cohen also revealed an important upgrade for the show: this go around, there will be plenty of gay contestants.

“It’s 2017, and they should just be treated the exact same way as I’m treating everyone else,” Cohen told the Advocate about the gay and lesbian contestants. “I think it’s just kind of this post-gay world that we live in, where it’s just another part of this dating show.”

The choice to include gay singles was Cohen’s idea, the Advocate reports, and the suggestion was met with an emphatic yes.

“The more visibility, the better,” Cohen continued. “A network show where you have gay people dating? I think it’s great.”

More than anything, Cohen said that this go around, viewers can expect more diversity and variety in the contestants and their stories.

“We’ve got a great lesbian group of daters, one of whom comes out to her mother on the air. We’ve got a man who is in his 70’s who went on his first Tinder date, but the woman stood him up so we set him up with three dates. We’ve got gay guys. We have a lot of big ones,” Cohen told TooFab.

You can watch a complete first look at Love Connection below:

video
Link
typorama 6 copy

Topics: Film/TV/Stream, towleroad, World More Posts About: Andy Cohen, Dating, Fox, Love Connection, Television

Related Posts
  • Chase Chrisley Posts Cryptic Message About ‘Getting Through’ Tough Situations After Todd Allegedly Paid Blackmailer
  • ‘RuPaul Drag Race’ Finale Finally Crowns a Winning Season 14 Queen
  • LGBTQ employees at Fox Corp. speak out against Fox News’ ‘hateful’ anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
  • U.S. Supreme Court asks Maryland to bar protests at justices’ homes

    U.S. Supreme Court asks Maryland to bar protests at justices’ homes

    Published by Reuters By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s top security officer has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce laws barring picketing outside the Maryland homes of high court justices, saying …Read More »
  • New York moves to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution

    New York moves to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution

    Published by AFP The New York state senate — seen here in June 2011 — took action on Friday July 1, 2022 to add the right to an abortion to the state's consitution. New York (AFP) …Read More »
  • As ‘don’t say gay’ law takes effect in Florida, confusion reigns over classroom rules

    As ‘don’t say gay’ law takes effect in Florida, confusion reigns over classroom rules

    Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — The new Florida law dubbed “don’t say gay” by its critics kicked in Friday, banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in primary grades — and creating fears …Read More »
  • What charges might Trump face for trying to overturn 2020 election?

    What charges might Trump face for trying to overturn 2020 election?

    Published by Reuters (Corrects paragraph 15 to attribute testimony about Trump throwing a plate to Cassidy Hutchinson, not Kayleigh McEnaney; corrects name of judge in paragraph two to David Carter, not Andrew Carter) By Luc Cohen …Read More »
Previous Post: « Chris Salvatore Turns ‘Fire Island’ Into Crier Island [RECAP]
Next Post: ‘You Live In Trump Country Now, Faggots’ Hate Crime Suspect Could Avoid Jail »

Primary Sidebar

News

  • Trump foe Liz Cheney has not ruled out 2024 US presidential run

    Trump foe Liz Cheney has not ruled out 2024 US presidential run

  • New York bans guns in many public places after Supreme Court ruling

    New York bans guns in many public places after Supreme Court ruling

  • Ohio police officers shot fleeing Black man dozens of times, lawyer says

    Ohio police officers shot fleeing Black man dozens of times, lawyer says

RSS Partner Links

  • Happy Fourth of July!
  • Weekend Tennis Roundup
  • Jay Hernandez Thanks Fans After 'Magnum P.I.' Gets Picked Up By NBC
  • A Second 'A League of Their Own' Movie Almost Happened & Here's What It Would've Been About
  • Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck Support Local Artisans During The Holiday Weekend
  • 'Married At First Sight' Couples Still Together Today - Only 14 Out of 54 Couples Are Still Going Strong!
  • OMG, Priscilla Presley breaks down 15 looks from 1960 to now with ‘Vogue’

Most Recent

  • Silvio Berlusconi’s ex-partner Francesca Pascale marries singer girlfriend Paola Turci amid global Pride celebrations

    Silvio Berlusconi’s ex-partner Francesca Pascale marries singer girlfriend Paola Turci amid global Pride celebrations

  • U.S. Supreme Court asks Maryland to bar protests at justices’ homes

    U.S. Supreme Court asks Maryland to bar protests at justices’ homes

  • New York moves to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution

    New York moves to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution

  • As ‘don’t say gay’ law takes effect in Florida, confusion reigns over classroom rules

    As ‘don’t say gay’ law takes effect in Florida, confusion reigns over classroom rules

  • What charges might Trump face for trying to overturn 2020 election?

    What charges might Trump face for trying to overturn 2020 election?

  • Kenny Goss: I didn’t want to be Mrs George Michael

    Kenny Goss: I didn’t want to be Mrs George Michael

  • Adele feels ‘mortified’ over Las Vegas residency

    Adele feels ‘mortified’ over Las Vegas residency

  • Biden predicts states will try to arrest women who travel for abortions

    Biden predicts states will try to arrest women who travel for abortions

Most Commented

Social

Twitter @tlrd | Facebook | Instagram @tlrd
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy
[towleroadmr] [towleroadtn]

Footer

Copyright © 2022 · Log in