Ali's closet opening fair game

Nobody asked me, but... I think it was a fair enough of the Herald on Sunday to recently out TV presenter Alison Mau
There is no doubt it's a cruel, cruel world when a good looking chick like Alison Mau(pronounced Moore)is outed as gay. Officially she has not said anything yet. However, the fact that photos of her and her girlfriend and news about their relationship were splashed across the front of the Sunday papers last week and Mau's deafening silence about the revelations - means the closet door has been kicked wide open on this one.
Like most red blooded males, my initial reaction to this earth-shattering news was: What an utter waste! Despite the claims by the management that Ms Mau is not attractive, I along with probably the entire male population of the country would beg to differ. There is little doubt her blond bombshell looks and long limbs make her an attractive proposition to most blokes and the thought of her batting for the other team such a pity.
Ordinarily, no matter how regrettable I may think Mau's change of lifestyle may be, it is would be her choice and none of mine or any other of the people's - or the media's - business. However, while this may be so if Ali was plain old Joanne Public, or had never discussed her love life and family in gossip magazines previously - this is not so in her case
Alison Mau - along with her former TV news reading partner and husband of 13 years Simon Dallow - over the years have happily trotted out their story and family numerous times for the cash offered by the women's magazines. The couple - unkindly referred to as the Ken and Barbie of TV news (ie shallow and plastic) have also dined out on and used their celebrity to be seen at all the right parties and cocktail functions.
So in my opinion, it is somewhat hypocritical to complain now about the intrusiveness of the media. People cannot court the media when it suits them and then demand privacy later on. It is a classic case of being hoisted by your own petard.
Apparently the gossip columnists have long been hinting at someone in the media being in a lesbian relationship. But I doubt anyone would have picked Alison Mau.
Poor old Ken, ditched by his wife who is now with another woman. That has got to hurt!But then again, I always thought he was possibly the most boring man on the planet anyway.
Sorry Ali, like it or not this is a fair enough story for the media to latch on to. When was the last time in New Zealand there was a high profile, beautiful woman outed as lesbian?
Not only that, but you have happily posed for the rags in the past when it suited. S you have to take the good with the bad.
It will be all over soon enough. Either when the reef fish in the media get bored with your new, trendy lesbian lifestyle or some other so-called celebrity does something they deem more newsworthy.