Barry Manilow's Broken Honker
Barry Manilow's having a little work done.
But it's not what you think insists the crooner, who claims to have walked into a wall and broken his beak.
(Note to Barry: It may have been less embarrassing to claim cosmetic vanity.)
Manilow dinged his prominent proboscis at his Palm Springs residence after spending two weeks in Malibu, where he was producing an album for longtime friend and collaborator Bette Midler.
Disoriented when he got up in the middle of the night and believing he was still in Malibu, Manilow zigged when he should have zagged.
"Too many hotels," said the veteran entertainer in a statement released Tuesday. "In the middle of the night, I veered to the left instead of the right and slammed right into the wall."
The late-night encounter with the offending wall left the 56-year-old singer unconscious for four hours, though not seriously hurt.
But a swollen shnoz has the star thinking surgery. "I may have to have my nose fixed and with this nose it's going to require major surgery!" joked Manilow. "My luck I couldn't have broken my knee like Liza?" quipped the musician, referring to his famous profile.
Despite his damaged honker, Manilow intends to finish the album for Midler, a tribute to the late Rosemary Clooney, and his own two-disc live collection Two Nights Live.
He's also set to begin rehearsals on a revival of a stage musical featuring his music. Harmony kicks off in Fort Lauderdale in October and hopes to make it way to Broadway by early 2004.
Manilow, a '70s sensation for syrupy hits like "Mandy," "I Write the Songs" and "Copacabana," said he'll seek his doctor's advice about surgery.





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