Harvey Levin Details how he Lost his Ex Lover
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Bill Maher and Harvey Levin randomly riff on the Alec Baldwin case, Harvey’s 9-11 documentary (there was an extra plane), the generational differences at TMZ, when Harvey’s staff realized that he’s older than chips, the concept from Real Time of the national divorce, and Harvey’s heartbreaking, never-before-told story about why Cher is his favorite celebrity.
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My brother was diagnosed in 1983. He refused to take AZT. 90% of his community in West Hollywood died. He’s alive and well and his HIV thanks to other meds is undetectable. ❤
How sad Harvey. Kevin sounds like a wonderful guy and I’m sorry to hear this. We all carry many wounds with us through life.
Amazing story. Got Bill to be quiet. Rare.
I so appreciate Harvey sharing this story as heartbreaking as it is
Me I was in grad school at the time NYC. Lived in a huge 5BR apt. owned
by the University (Columbia). Two of those I was placed with were Gay --
so many of their friends visited. A few years later almost no one was left.
It changed the partying/bar behavior in NYC. I know it changed mine.
(no more hookups I decreed)
He brought back that time. My partner and I lived with this terrible plague all around us in Dallas. Friends, even best friends, were struck like bolts of lightening, and it just took their energy. Young men were wasting away with ashen looks, many spotted with marks that made it a certainty. If they even maneuvered out, it was with the help of friends. Families rejected their sons and brothers, while others were sure this was all deserved. My partner and I had forty years together before he passed away. We did not have the disease, but we lived with it. The story shared by Harvey is so personal. It’s also too real. I’m so sorry he lost his partner so young.
Thanks for sharing, that was lovely. I often wonder if I would be loving and accepting like Cher or cold and judgemental, coming from a place of fear in those early days. I'm glad you and your partner were spared and that you experienced love. I have yet to find that in my 30 years but hope to❤
@@chantalsimpendingheartatta9355 Thank you. I do hope you do find what you richly deserve. ♥️
I was in graduate school when this broke. It was preceded by an
Upper West Side HERPES scare - i.e. Herpes allegedly being in ALL
of the nyc bars. It made you THINK TWICE about having sex. Okay
once. .
Men who were with women instead of men were much more likely to be safe!
I once interviewed a couple who catered celebrity parties at concert and theatre venues. They identified Cher as their favorite celebrity client--always kind and down to earth, cooking in the kitchen beside them. And when one local theater venue insisted that she use another caterer to oversee a post show dinner, she threw a special party afterward to round out the evening--just so her preferred caterer could serve the food at that event and make some money.
Still waiting for that person to come forward with a "Cher is a nasty person story". I am a 56 yr old lefty punk rocker, she has been there my whole life and I am pretty sure I will happily die without ever hearing that story because apparently she is nice....and that...unlike a lot of her music...rocks.
Respect for Cher. The '80s were rough.
Cher is so pure. I just love how genuine she's always been. A beautiful woman inside and out. God bless her.
She believed Mt. Rushmore was a natural occurrence, “Sonny Bono”.
The Cher story is so very touching. Just one good person comforting another.
The love Harvey expressed for his partner is just so pure❤ thank you for sharing
Having been a Cher fan for shit… 20 years now (omg) - I think a lot of people would be surprised to learn all of the things she does anonymously or privately. I had the privilege of meeting her and she was so KIND and sweet. She does so much good. She cares so deeply and I hope someday, not after she’s gone, it all comes to light.
Thanks for telling us about Cher. I'm not surprised at all that she had done this. I've enjoyed you and your staff since a bit after the TMZ show started and have watched it daily again the last 5 years or so. I'm sorry you had this happen to you and your partner.💔 The illness always seemed like a horrible, HORrible thing. Love ya, Harvey. 💝
IHAD NO IDEA HARVEY WAS GAY. WOW
Not as horrible as sodomy
I didn't know Harvey was gay.
😂
@@triplet4547 What????,I didn't.
I didn't either. Mainly because I never cared.
@@johnjr757 I still don't care,I just never knew.
Liberace was too
I love the realness and honesty of Club Random. It's still so heartbreaking hearing stories about early years of AIDS epidemic. I have a gay friend who lost a few close friends back then and he still is so emotional when he talks about them. 😢💔
Two genders
@@villyrivera6856 really?
That is a nice story you shared Harvey. I'm sorry for your loss. Rest Easy Kevin
I was pleasantly surprised because I've never known Harvey to
go there. i.e. Become too personal.
That was a beautiful Cher story. Thank You for sharing it.
Had a friends and family that died at this time. A kind soul goes a long way.
Human compassion is a priceless gift no matter who you are. Ty for sharing.
WOW Cher is Beautiful INSIDE and OUT! 🥺
You never know what people are going through. Good interview.
Touching interview
I watch Harvey& his co host everyday, I love their show. I also love when the whole crew are included, I get a good laugh.
Thanks Harvey! 93yr. Old in Toronto, Ont. 🇨🇦🙋♀️👍🏻❤️
Ya 80's AIDS is heartbreaking. How many people suffered at such a young age. Seeing my mom's friend die was one of the most poignant moments of my life. I hope that history does not overlook this period.
AIDs is still around. The period is not over yet
@@marcK599. Thankfully it's not the Death sentence it used to be though.
That’s the Armenian soul. Good hearts. I’m sorry Harvey for having to go through all those losses.
Geez! This interview got me a bit teary eyed….so many lives where taken by the disease. Medical has come so far since those days. Harvey is a man who has lived. The stories he could share would be endless.
Harvey is a real one, RIP to those lost
Harvey is gay?? I never knew. How heart breaking for him to have to watch his partner die from such a terrible illness. I remember when AIDS was first diagnosed and talked about and how it was a death sentence and how horrible people with AIDS were “treated” because as a new nurse I saw how other nurses and doctors didn’t even want to go in the room. I always treated all my patients like I wanted to be treated with dignity, compassion and above all RESPECT.
Harvey now has a longtime partner- a very handsome (and younger!) chiropractor.
Cher is an icon. You will never be able to replace her. She has been the best performer and great example of a loving human being
What a sweet story. Thank you.
Classy, generous behavior all around.
Cher has always been a person of awesome character. Nice story.
Good to hear Cher is a good soul
I had a family member contract aids from her husband around
the time period Harvey is speaking about. It was horrid to say the least
for anyone with the disease at that time !!!!! When my family member
was hospitalized there were doctors, nurses, other hospital employees
who refused to get near the patients. Except for a few angels disgusted
as doctors and nurses! They were overwhelmed. I seen very young men & women
In the hospital all alone suffering. They were abandoned by everyone they knew.
I can't & won't describe the terrible things I seen. It actually scarred me....
I am so happy there is a effective medication now! And no more stigma!!!!
How well I know !!! I took care of my friends during the 1980's and never thought this could ever happen… Now I am 70, looking so hard for joy and have worked so hard..
What a moving clips, damn. I, like so many, always loved that lady too as well as Sonny- still good people out there in the industry.
Deep, honest, heartfelt. 🥺♥️🙏
My hubby worked on Cher's tour and she is one of the nicest to work for. She was great to her crew. Not all legends like her are who you think they are.
See ... you really do learn something new every day. I never knew this about Cher or Harvey ✌❤
Such a touching story.
Love the show
He is such a nice guy, who keeps his life private. Sending prayers and strength to him, sorry about his loss.😢😢
In the documentary about David Geffen, he said he has a packed Rolodex he's never thrown away full of the contact info cards of all his friends who died from AIDS in the 80's & 90's.
That was such a beautiful story. I feel you so much on so much loss
Cher is a class act! What a story❤
I appreciate knowing a little bit about this portion of Harvey Levin’s life. I’ve been a fan for a long time and have always wondered what he does when he’s not People’s Courting or TMZing. Glad Cher was there for his partner Kevin and him. What she did for the two of them sounds just like something she would do. 👍🥰🥰🥰👍
I saw Cher in concert 3xs and it was the best experience of my life. My niece is seeing Taylor Swift tonight and she said it is a once in a lifetime. I said I had that 3xs already!
I saw Frank Sinatra hundreds of times in Las Vegas and Los Angeles and New York City over 22 years -- THAT is the once in a lifetime entertainment experience.❤
@@cathynewyork7918 I am so Jealous! I grew up watching S&C and when it was over it was my bedtime 🤣 Love F.S. Too Fly Me to the Moon was my favorite song as a kid along with Up Up and Away 5th Dimension. I would sing on buses as a kid those to song’s entertaining the riders 🤣 found out later in life I am tone deaf!
@@janina8559 Fly Me to the Moon is a great song! I love almost all of Frank Sinatra's song catalog, except for the album he did with Antonio Carlos Jobim. I don't care for that style, but I love all the rest of Sinatra's song library. You have good taste! The 5th Dimension had some great music. I am tone deaf too - so I rely on the professional singers to do my music. The other bus passengers probably enjoyed your performances -- most people like cute little kids doing things like that.
I always liked Harvey!! He seems like a fun person to call a friend.
I was able to see one situation. Back in '96, I was 20 and went out with a man older than me.
We took a trip to D.C, where he had lived for many many years.
He took me to see his dying friend at a hospital.
We said, this man was one of the most beautiful man. Everywhere he went he was admired for his great looks.
He was on his last breath.
I just took it in.....
Deep mutual respect between these two media giants
(Bill and Harvey).
Harvey is a great man, he doesn’t have to be a stereotype to let people know who he is.
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Wow what a beautiful and touching moment. ❤🙏🏾😊
What a beautiful, incredible story! And Cher? What an absolutely HUGE heart, what a deeply good and caring person!
Had no idea Harvey is Gay… you learn something new everyday
I am so sorry. Yes, it was horrible back then. So many died. It's was just horrific. We had a patient that got sick in the office. Blood everywhere in the restroom. He ended up passing. Bless you! I have known he was gay for years!! ❤ Harvey
What a lovely story. I'm a Boomer, too, and there wasn't much about that time that was good.
I had to check if Cher was still alive because they keep saying "was".
Exactly
WOW I like Cher so much more now. She seemed like a kind person but wow.
I was a new RN then and my first job I chose to wear to on an AIDS floor.AZT came out the next year . So tragic,big reason I worked with Act Up
It was like living in a nightmare that you could not awake from!
I watch TMZ on You tube sometimes, I do like the show, I never knew Harvey was gay. It is really to bad he lost his partner like that. So sad .. It does not surprise me about Cher at all she is a very genuine person I think.
I doesn’t matter if someone is gay or not, love is love.
I lived through those times. My 3 best friends spent suffered & passed away.
I remember that time frame. Aids was a terrifying sickness then. If you were diagnosed it was a death sentence. And I remember gay or straight or whatever your preference was. If you had sex at all with more then one person in 40 years you were getting checked. I lived in a small farming community back in the eighties. We were about 6 years off the popular trends. I was 20 years old and sexually active a few years and legal drinking age was 19. A friend had a few lesions on her back, weakness in her joints and she just felt off and tired. In a town about 45 minutes away from us. They had a community health clinic. You could get tested for sexually transmitted diseases or actually anything you were concerned about. And get free Medical attention if you needed it. So that friend made appointments for our friends group to all get free tested for Aids. She was the first to go in. She showed them her lesions and told them EVERYTHING. They tested her for EVERYTHING. It turns out all of us were good. No Aids no other sexually transmitted diseases. Except our friend who set it up was diagnosed with M.S. If she hadn't gone in because she was concerned it was Aids she wouldn't of found out about Multiple Sclerosis. In that disease early diagnosis is the key to slowing the progression. And being able to treat the small things quickly before they become a huge thing that could hurt her and aggregate her health. She now walks with a cane. But she's doing great.
AIDs is still around. Not everyone can use ART and it has side affects. It’s still a terrifying sickness
I just googled harvey levin . He is 72 . He looks great
And the Band Played On is an excellent movie about the early days of AIDS
The book is good too
@@sondragramse1770 Good to know, never read it but the books always tend to be superior!
Lover? How about partner? Makes it sound shallow
Cher is lovely
check out the episode that "Cher {as Laverne} visits Liberace", at his hollywood home in 1974 ...its is a great video from her old show ,that someone uploaded here on youtube
I have seen Harvey on tv many times over the years, never had a clue that he might be gay
I’m 58 and gay. I remember those days. Our regional AIDS Center was UNC-Chapel Hill, NC. I lost so many friends, we didn’t know how it was transmitted and we were all so scared because it was mostly only us gays and if you got it, you died. AZT was almost as bad as the actual symptoms. My partner was more promiscuous and he got HIV but by that time, Combivir and Sustiva were available and he reached undetectable levels and is still around today although we’re not together. And he left me for the same reasons he got HIV infected.
So sorry, Harvey.
I’m a older lady and I have a huge crush on him
I was raised with gay people but him I had no clue he was gay I think he’s awesome ❤❤❤
WE NEVER KNOW WHAT SOMEONE S GOING THROUGH
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Wow, never knew Harvey was gay. Sorry for his loss.😢
Lovely lady God bless Cher. Sorry good luck Harvey.
All of my friends passed away from aids in the 80s. Not one of them left😢
Always loved Cher
We don't say, "Lover" anymore.
We say, "significant other", for discretion.
Boyfriend/girlfriend, or husband/wife..
The drug treatment was worse than the disease 😢
His ex lover probably got tired of him putting the k/j before him!!
How many non celebrities also did that.
I've always respected you Harvey ...always
I've always liked him too. I remember the interview he did with Trump after he was elected but not yet sworn in. It was excellent, mostly about Trump's deceased brother.
I went through it in texas! I, too, was going to was going to a funeral a week
I was 10 in the 80s and I am a straight woman my neighbor Andy was gay and died of AIDS and I just remembering being so scared for him and his partner and my parents trying to explain to me what AIDS was at such a young age.
Harvey, we will always love Ya.. ❤
I am not surprised about Cher she is a great person
beautiful...
Had no idea the man was Gay, had No idea
so sad
I didn’t know Harvey was gay either, he obviously is a very private person, even though he heads one of the “let me into your private life “ kind of firms lol . I can certainly empathize with him, everything he said is spot on. I lived through that horrific time and lost a great deal of friends and lovers .It is a horrible disease and you just watch your friends fade away into nothing. I can still see some of my friends who suffered so badly. you hear so many stories about the government and it’s so called involvement with AIDS that you don’t know what to believe anymore. All I know is that I truly miss my friends, I think about them so often a heart aches. 💔
The irony og Harvey Levin now making a living exposing people when in their most vulnerable state is not lost on me.
I remember his coverage of Britney Spears in her darkest hour.
LOVE HER OR HATE HER.... CHER HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHER!...❤
I didn’t know that Harvey is gay. Sorry to hear about is ex. Cher is a class act through and through.
I've always like Harvey, n I wasn't surprised to know he's gay, I felt it long time ago thru my gaydar
Thank you for sharing your survival history and message of hope 💪🏾🏳️🌈
had no clue
I always wonder if you were married ❤
☮💜🙏
Wow Harvey i get it my brother died from this..I know exactly what you went through..so sorry
I never had a clue that he was gay?!
Watch your back Harvey Lavin.