How does he pay the rent?

Tyler has No job and goes to auditions daily to make “it” in Hollywood. 

Xoxo GG

2020 will be HOT TEA

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Bottega Louie fires everyone

The long-delayed opening of West Hollywood’s Bottega Louie, which had been scheduled for Dec. 19, now has been pushed until March of next year.  The restaurant’s employees, who have been training for weeks, got calls on Tuesday telling them that they have been laid off.

The restaurant has been under construction since 2016 at 8936 Santa Monica Blvd., once the location of Raffi’s Jewelers, Balliamos dance studio and Unicorn Alley, an “adult” store.  It is an offshoot of the popular Bottega Louie restaurant in the Brockman building in downtown Los Angeles that is known for its Italian menu, gourmet market, and French patisserie.

The City of West Hollywood granted Bottega Louie the required permit in June 2016. Its owners, Chris Bollenbach and Kevin McKellan, partnered with David Cooley, owner of The Abbey, who had taken over the space to open a restaurant named Cooley’s. They planned to open Bottega Louie in 2017.  A number of issues have delayed its opening, including opposition from the West Hollywood West Residents Association. WHWRA objected that noise from the restaurant’s rear patio, which faces West Hollywood Park, might upset homeowners in the area.

One employee of the restaurant, who asked not to be named, told WEHOville that the latest delay is because of construction problems.  He said there appeared to be problems with the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system and that heating for the patio area wasn’t working.

“We got screwed over,” said the employee of the layoffs. He went on the payroll of Nov. 21, although he also had undergone some training in October when the restaurant was planning to open in November. “There are some employees who have no money and no other jobs,” he said. He told WEHOville that those workers whose biweekly paychecks weren’t set up for direct deposit have been told they must show up at Bottega Louie’s West Hollywood location on Friday to pick up their final checks.

The employee estimated that the West Hollywood location had nearly 250 employees. He said they were told that they could reapply for their jobs when the restaurant finally opens but were not offered a guarantee that they would be hired.

The employee praised the managers of the West Hollywood location, including general manager Nick Schultz, for their work in training them. “We were starting to become a little bit of a family,” he said.

The restaurant occupies an 8,900 square foot space and will have an estimated 200 seats and dining on the outdoor patio. Like the downtown location, it will include a patisserie, market, full bar, kitchen and dining area. The menus at Bottega Louie in West Hollywood will mirror that of the downtown location including breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch along with beer, wine, and cocktails.

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When you act rich...

And your sugar daddy is in the background!!

Xoxo GG

YSL sports a look alike

The male model form of Kendall Jenner. 

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Billy Francesca Gives A Message to Promoters/WeHo

We love his advice. But who is he reffering too?
xoxo Poshi Prince

Meet one of our writers

He has tipped the website plenty of times. Then goes into denial. Watch out for him and never tell him a secret. He will expose you. 🦷

Xox GG

Hardest working woman in WeHo

Congrats to Rhea Litre for being the hardest working woman in WeHo!

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Brad Jan quits

Brad Jan and boyfriend/sugar boy from Michigan have it on hold. They stated they both need to work on their mental health before trying again to be together. 

Xoxo Cartlon G

Shawn Mendes goes gay

He has been sourced to dipping in the man pool many of times 

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Hottest Halloween costume

See ya at the WeHo festival!

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Toderick Hall doesn’t pay!

Word on the street he didn’t pay his dancers. We got in direct contact with a dancer for the video and he stated the work hours were gruesome. No pay, no lunch and no water. That is illegal under California penal code!

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RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE' STAR TATIANNA ARRESTED

... For Disorderly Conduct

Tatianna was taken in by cops after she allegedly followed a nightclub employee back into the building through a door she wasn't supposed to use. According to cops, the employee had just snapped a photo with her, and after that ... he went in through an employees-only entrance.

Tatianna allegedly wanted to come in that way too, despite the employee telling her to go around the front. We're told Tatianna ignored him, and came in through the back anyway. That's when cops were called ... and things allegedly got a little outta hand.

Our sources say when officers arrived, Tatianna refused to leave peacefully after being asked ... and had to be escorted out the joint in handcuffs.

Memes of the Week

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Mess of the month

Rhea Litre is a hot mess express this month!

Xx GG

If you have nothing...

...Nice to say, come sit by US. 🍸

Xoxo GG

Rents due!

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Meme of the weekend

XoXo Ag

Detained in Asia for Circuit Party

My bf and I were 2 of 21 detained in Shanghai Police custody a week ago after the raid of a circuit party.

Short story: The Angel circuit party was raided by local police. Everyone was forced to take a hair test for drugs. We were detained from 2am to 9pm the following day (19 hours) with no phone, no outside contact, and almost no access to food or water. We later learned there is a huge crackdown on drugs and the government is not very favorable toward the LGBT community. They don’t want “undesirable” foreigners entering their country and they want locals to give up the names of friends and dealers. I suggest skipping mainland China if you plan to go to LGBT bars/clubs.

Longer story: We had just flown into Shanghai for my work Saturday afternoon. Thinking Shanghai is a large metropolitan city and after finding some LGBT clubs and even a circuit party, we decided to attend.

When we arrived at LG club, we were waved to come in. Once inside, we quickly realized something was very wrong. All the lights were on, no music, everyone huddled in the middle, lots of police standing on the perimeter. We had walked into a police raid. The police spoke almost no English and would not explain what was happening, except that we could not leave. We saw someone trying to take pictures but they took his phone and deleted his recent pics. We gauged the situation by reading the mood of the other patrons who still seemed to be in ok spirits. We thought at most they would take our information and let us go. The locals that were detained with us said something like this has not happened in a very long time. Even they didn’t know what to expect. They noted that the government is not favorable of the LBGT community and believed that we were targeted. We were held at the club for 2 hours until everyone was forced to have their hair tested in small groups (NOTE: we had not done anything in China but we later learned it’s an offense even to have done something somewhere else).

Many in our group were called and told to go outside. We were told to sit down with a small group of guys that were ahead of us. They took pictures of us and our passports. Then we were escorted outside. When I saw the police van, my heart sank immediately and I knew we were in some deep sh*t.

We were transported to the basement of a police station. It was a dirty holding room which held other guys from the same party. Most of the time the 21 of us spent waiting and worrying about what would happen next. We were never given a straight answer for how long we would be held but we were told prison was a possibility. The reality of the situation sank in when a guard came in with handcuffs and took a third of our group away. We later learned this was to take a more complex hair test at a lab. They were brought back and we later got our turn as well. After the results came back hours later, we were forced to give recorded testimonies. Someone took notes in Chinese that we were forced to sign even though we had no clue what exactly we were signing. I tried not complying until they let me speak with my embassy, but was shoved and physically forced to sign and provide my finger prints. They called us pedophiles and laughed at our plight. At one point they told my bf he was going to be transported to prison. They looked through our phones, and had us give them the passwords so they could download the contents. 5 of those detained had negative lab results but they were kept with us the whole time anyway (because, it’s China). They eventually released the foreigners after 19 hours and a $30 fine. However, we were required to wait 3 days for an amended single 10-day visa. I’m not sure of the fates of all the local and Taiwanese citizens, but we heard at least some were put in jail for 10 days.

This has been the most stressful situation I’ve been in, but a few things brought me comfort: 1. Having my bf with me 2. Knowing there were people on the outside that knew what was happening and could get help, and 3. The 21 of us, mostly strangers, supporting each other.

In China you are guilty until proven innocent and virtually have no rights. They can detain you for 48 hours for no reason at all and don’t need to let you talk to anyone during that time. Only right before a trial are you allowed legal council. I feel incredibly sad for the people who have to live in this environment every day under constant fear. If you don’t need to travel to Mainland China, I suggest you pass.

-Circuit Royals Group

RIP Bobby Webster

Xoxo GG