Wednesday, February 18, 2009

My boyfriend Barry and I

WHO’S the one person who can turn hilariously foul-mouthed insult queen Lisa Lampanelli into a softie? Pop icon Barry Manilow, reports The Post’s Mandy Stadtmiller. “No one is off-limits – no one except for Barry,” Lampanelli told the Friars Club as Manilow became an Honorary Friar. “He provided the entire soundtrack to my life, and how can you thank someone for that? He’s one of the three people I’ve ever been speechless in front of: [Don] Rickles, [Howard] Stern . . . and then Barry.” Manilow thanked the club for the tribute, adding, “Most of all, thank you so much for not roasting me. I have been roasted every day since ‘Mandy’ came out.”

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Goumba alert

WATCH out, Matt Lauer“Goumba Johnny” Sialiano is out to get you. Just named the winner of the Friars Club “So You Think You Can Roast!?” competition, the WKTU host is prepared to destroy the “Today” host – joining fellow roasters Katie Couric and Martha Stewart - at the Friars Club lunch Oct. 24. Sialiano told The Post’s Mandy Stadtmiller: “The only thing I can say about roasting Matt Lauer is it’s similar to running over Bambi. No matter how good you do it, he’s gonna look helpless.”