Shaun McCarron (left) and Paul Anderson are using their stint in ‘The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency’ to get attention for their ripped bodies and marriage equality. (Photo by Andrew Briskin)
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Friday, December 14, 2007
THESE
DAYS
ON
REALITY
television
you
have
to
compete
hard
to
get
anywhere.
If
contestants
aren’t
literally
fighting
in
shows
like
Discovery’s
“Last
Man
Standing”
then
they’re
metaphorically
duking
it
out
on
shows
like
“Project
Runway”
or
“America’s
Next
Top
Model.”
For
heaven’s
sake,
there’s
even
a
new
NBC
show
about
singing
groups
called
“Clash
of
the
Choirs.”
In
this
rough-and-tumble
reality
environment,
it’s
good
that
gay
couple
Paul
Anderson
and
Shaun
McCarron,
both
25,
found
fame
the
old-fashioned
way:
they
were
discovered.
When
the
co-habitating
pair
was
visiting
Los
Angeles
from
Orlando,
Fla.
—
where
Anderson
works
as
a
massage
therapist
and
runs
a
spa
and
McCarron
is
wrapping
up
his
MBA
with
a
focus
in
hospitality
management
—
they
were
just
chilling
at
a
friend’s
barbecue,
and
who
shows
up
but
Janice
Dickinson,
the
self-appointed
world’s
first
supermodel
and
reality
TV
maven.
“We
were
like,
‘What
the
fuck?’”
says
Anderson.
“We
just
had
a
good
time,
and
at
the
end
of
the
night,
she
asked
if
I
had
modeled
before
and
I
said
I
had,
and
I
left
my
name
and
number
on
her
cell
phone.
She
directed
me
to
a
producer
of
the
show,
and
I
got
a
phone
call
a
few
weeks
later,
asking
what
they
could
offer
us
to
be
on
season
three.”
That’s
the
third
season
of
Dickinson’s
Oxygen
reality
show
“The
Janice
Dickinson
Modeling
Agency,”
which
started
Dec.
4
and
airs
new
episodes
each
Tuesday
at
10:30
p.m.
Of
course,
things
got
off
to
a
predictable
start
on
the
show
with
the
loud-mouthed
Dickinson.
“When
we
first
met
her
…
we
gave
her
champagne
and
she
didn’t
like
it
and
she
spit
it
out
and
took
the
glass
and
tossed
it
across
the
yard.
She
said,
‘What
is
this
shit?
I’m
not
drinking
this
cat
piss,’”
Anderson
recalls.
Luckily,
they
say
they
were
never
on
the
receiving
end
of
her
barb-laden
tirades
against
her
models.
“She
was
always
really
nice
to
us,”
McCarron
says.
“She
really
likes
gay
guys,
I
don’t
know
why,
and
she
adored
Paul
and
I
—
Paul
more
than
me,
I
think.
In
front
of
clients,
she
would
always
say
nice
things.”
ANDERSON
AND
MCCARRON
aren’t
the
only
gay
models
on
the
show
this
season.
Former
“Survivor”
contestant
J.P.
Calderone,
who
came
out
on
the
second
cycle
of
the
program,
is
back
for
another
go.
Gay,
Brazilian-born
Rodrigo
De
Carli
is
also
out
of
the
closet.
What
he
wasn’t
so
open
about
with
the
producers
of
the
show
was
his
past
in
gay
porn,
which
supposedly
wasn’t
discovered
until
after
the
season
wrapped
up
filming.
If
this
hunk
looks
familiar,
check
your
porn
stash
for
a
copy
of
a
movie
starring
Claudio
Martin,
which
was
De
Carli’s
nom
de
smut.
And
while
Anderson
and
McCarron
are
willing
to
strip
to
their
skivvies
to
model
for
companies
like
Go
Software,
they’re
not
up
for
the
full
monty.
“I
have
friends
who
are
porn
stars,
and
I
have
no
problem
with
them
doing
it,
but
I
think
I
would
let
myself
down
and
my
family
down
if
I
was
naked
in
front
of
millions
of
people,”
McCarron
says.
What
they
both
say
they
want
to
do
in
front
of
millions
of
people
is
draw
some
attention
to
the
fight
for
gay
marriage
equality,
pointing
people
in
the
direction
of
programs
by
HRC
and
other
groups
working
to
secure
equal
marriage
rights.
“I
think
[being
a
gay
couple
on
the
show]
helps
open
some
eyes
and
[put]
the
focus
back
on
the
issues
again,”
Anderson
says.
“You
can’t
just
let
things
happen
as
they
happen,
you
need
to
take
action.
Society
needs
that
slap
in
the
face,
saying
to
people,
‘Wake
up,
we’re
not
done
yet.’”
Of
course,
they
have
selfish
reasons
for
getting
gays
the
right
to
marry.
When
asked
if
he
and
Anderson
would
like
to
tie
the
knot,
McCarron
says,
“I’d
love
to
have
that
chance,
but
now
you
really
have
to
fight
for
it.”
Luckily,
now
that
the
filming
is
finished,
they’re
so
busy
fighting
for
the
right
to
walk
down
the
aisle
together
that
they
won’t
be
challenging
others
to
win
some
silly
reality
television
crown.
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