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#QueerQuote: “My Brother Hates Gay People – Hates Us. ‘We Should Take All You Gays and Stick You on an Island.’ ‘Well They Have, Frank. We Call it Manhattan’.” – ANT

By Stephen Rutledge on May 11, 2019 4:44 am

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His given name is Anthony Steven Kalloniatis, and he goes by ANT (spelled in caps). Hyper, irreverent, fearless and fabulous, ANT has been carrying little morsels of comedy up the hill of showbiz for several decades becoming one of the most successful gay comedians. A regular guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Tyra Banks Show, ANT is the only comic to appear on all five seasons of the NBC series Last Comic Standing. He is the host VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and the LOGO series, U.S. Of ANT.  His comedy album Follow My Ass! have sold tens of thousands of copies and is available on Amazon.  He also has a popular, fun video blog, The ANT Colony.

After his partner died and his sister was killed, and his best friend committed suicide and his father died, ANT started slamming heroin and crystal meth. ANT:

Even his own dealer told him he needed to cut back on his drug use. It was then that he knew something had to change. Since then ANT has been in treatment and is now open about his addiction problems: smoking, food and drugs. ANT:

I think the pain of losing my partner was so great, I was trying to kill myself.

Even his own dealer told him he needed to cut back on his drug use. It was then that he knew something had to change. Since then ANT has been in treatment and is now open about his addiction problems: smoking, food and drugs. ANT:

I was making millions of dollars a year. I had multiple homes; I had a boyfriend who was gorgeous. The fame was getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and the stakes were getting higher and higher and higher.

Today, he works as a drug and alcohol counselor while continuing his comedy career at night. His podcast, Second Chances which he hosts with his friend Greg Baldwin, features interviews with celebrities and normal folk about their second chance in life; heroic, inspiring, comedic true-life stories.

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