'Yes, I met Ice Saranyu at the RCA nightspot - but we didn't have a bitchy catfight!' says actor 'Son' Yuk Songpaisan.

Yuk agrees he met singer Ice at RCA over the Songkran festival. However, he denies arguing with him. Supposedly, they were having a slapfest over a third person who took their fancy.

'We chatted, that's all,' says Yuk, who insists he likes girls, not guys, despite persistent rumours to the contrary. See the Yukkie file here.

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TV presenter 'Champ' Peerapol Euariyakul has come up with an innovative way of dispelling persistent gay rumours about himself.

Champ, a huggy metrosexual, is close to gems dealer Chuchai Chairitthilert, who is gay. 'Gays have to keep it hidden away. But when I meet Chuchai, I hug him, give him a cheek kiss, no problem. If I was really gay, would I show my affection so openly?'

'Having said that, the fact that we hug does not mean we have anything going, either,' he said.

I know why you hug the man, dear Champ - you reckon Chuchai is a lonely gay soul who likes stars to show him affection.

In return, he buys you diamonds for your birthday, as he has done at least once already. Tell me it ain't true! See the Champ file here.

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Pity singer Mum Laconic, a Thai kat**hoey who had never had a boyfriend - and then met a man who fleeced her.



In an interview on the Woody Kert Ma Kui show, Mum talks about the man, who she met at a restaurant, and who - on their first day together - asked if he could have one of her two cars.

She gave him the deposit to buy his own.

She also gave him an allowance of B50,000 a month - and for what? They were together six months, but he gave away little about himself.

'I knew I had some money extra, so thought I would throw it at a man for a while, to see what happened. I now realise that was wrong,' she says.

The young man took it without complaint, naturally, but said Mum had no business asking about is past, his family. She didn't complain, but did everything he asked.

'He told me his name was this, but when I stole a look at his ID card, it was actually something else.'

'When leeches suck our blood, normally they hurt,' says Woody, comparing the man to a leech. 'Did you never feel that way?'

'I thought I'd keep watching, to see if things would get any better - or how much blacker the heart of a man could get,' she replied.

She reckons that even after one month, she realised she was being used.

'He might say he was going out, or back home to the provinces. I never asked him when he'd be back, where he'd been, nor did I attempt to follow him, or hire someone to track his movements. Men don't like women fussing, so I stayed mum.'

'Can you find a man without having to support him?' asked Woody.

'I can do it, but it's hard to find a man who doesn't want money, especially if you are a kath**oey,' she said.

Women of the second gender have to compete for me with real women, so might have to pay where ordinary women do not.

The two have now parted, after the young man picked an argument with her on Valentine's Day over money.

Mum says it is common for hi-so gays to keep young men on the side, whom they support financially. She hoped viewers would take her story as an example of what not to do.

Before she met this man, Mum paid for enjoyment by the night, with prozzies. Until the right man comes alone - assuming Mum can spot him - they might still be a safer bet.

Watch the interview (in Thai) here, via the Thai ladeez-B (ladyboy) blog. Read more about Mum, and hear her sing, here.