The J.P. Calderon we saw come out on ‘The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency,’ and in the February issue of Instinct magazine, was a much different, humbler man than we saw on last season’s ‘Survivor.’ Is he hot? Hell yes! We saw that in every episode of ‘Survivor,’ but his adorableness wasn’t seen until he revealed his true self to us on Oxygen.

It’s not really a surprise that he’s gay, but what is a surprise is how some have been critical of his coming out. Okay, I’m the first to admit that I co-wrote the book on bitchy, opinionated queens, but everybody is different. Given the same circumstances, each person will deal differently. Should we not admire and respect those who have the balls to put themselves out there, opening themsevles up to the world rather than admonish them?

I suppose I have a lot in common with him and found his story to be very moving. He was clearly struggling with the decision that had to be made in an instant – whether to reinforce or shed the facade he had built up to protect himself. When you don’t like yourself, everything is augmented – how you think other people perceive you, how you interact with other people and basically obsessing over everything involved with interacting with others and the resolve to keep the walls up and the facade going of who you think others think you should be.

We all should have such courage and fortitude. WTG J.P., you d’man!