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Wait just one second. Why does the costume-making...

Seth — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:04:38 EST

Wait just one second. Why does the costume-making bear get to come back to Project Runway, while staph-infection Jack Mackenroth does not? One Jack fan refuses to take this lying down, and has started an online petition: "Jack has since made a full recovery but left Project Runway due to illness instead of elimination. This petition is an effort to show support and convince the producers of the show to allow Jack to return for the competition next season." [ipetitions.com via Queerty]

'Project Runway' Rendered A Little Less Fabulous With Departure Of Jack Mackenroth

Seth — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:38:24 EST

At long last, the Most Dramatic Staph-Infection-Related Project Runway Departure Ever aired last night, in which contestant Jack Mackenroth developed a MRSA beneath his mouth (pronounced MER-sa, it stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and this is a great place to start if you'd like to learn more about antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and you!), forcing the Dale Levitski-snugglebum to tearfully excuse himself from the competition.

You know what's funny about that? Nothing! Couldn't we have at least pulled Tim Gunn's inadvertent joke about all the bad decisions he's made at 3 a.m.? What's that? We're informed we could not. So it's staph infections, tears, and failure for you. Enjoy!

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Project Runway's Jack Mackenroth Pledges To Take Good Care Of Potential Boyfriend Dale Levitski

Seth — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:00:45 EST

News that Bravo's kissing reality cousins Dale Levitski and Jack Mackenroth are dating has spread across the internets like wildfire, conjuring heartwarming domestic scenes involving Dale asking Jack to taste his lamb jus, as Jack measures Dale's inseam for a pair of stripey trousers that will eventually find their way beneath the couple's shared Hanukkah Bush. Not everyone is wholeheartedly in favor of the union, however, as some fans have already registered concern that the openly HIV-positive Runway contestant might put the status-indeterminate Dale in danger, a matter Mackenroth addresses in a statement posted to his blog today:

I guess there are a lot of rumblings in the blogosphere about me and Dale and some concerns about our different HIV status.

First I think its interesting that people just assume he is HIV negative-which he is. Just an observation. Anyway-I feel the need to address the issue since I am so open about my status. First of all safer sex is VERY easy to practice and doesn't detract from the experience in any way. Beyond that if you are educated about HIV then you know that there are a myriad of things that two people of different HIV status can do sexually with no risk. I'm not going to delve into our sexual proclivities but all is good on the Jack/Dale front. Furthermore my viral load is undetectable which means that when they do a blood test they are unable to find any virus in my blood. That low level of HIV is due to the medication I take and regularly monitoring my status. This combined with safer sex practices allows two people with different HIV status to have a full, healthy relationship. I would also like to add that in the past I had 2 boyfriends for two years each and both of them were and are still HIV negative. Thanks!

Hopefully Mackenroth's forthright addressing of the matter will put it to rest, allowing the pair to return to the exciting process of discovering each others' likes, dislikes, and bodies according to their own relaxed, "let's just see where this goes and try not think about the millions of busybodies liveblogging every blip of our budding romance" schedules.

Me and Dale [blog.jackmackenroth.com via Project Rungay]

'Project Runway' Contestant Jack Mackenroth Attempts To Make It Work Using No Fabric At All

Seth — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:03:11 EST

Now that we've had two weeks to get acquainted with the gays and ladies vying for the title of America's Next Top Project Runway Design Star, we thought the time was ripe to turn to the internets in search of some contestant nudity.

After some cursory Googling for contestant Chris March in the bearish altogether failed to turn up anything, we settled for Jack Mackenroth—he of the square jaw and chiseled physique, who may or may not have been prematurely ejected from the show for staph-infection-related reasons. Photographer Frank Louis captured the contestant in a variety of poses, including the above study which contained what we can only imagine was a none-too-accidental balls-slip. (Continue to Louis's website for the uncensored photo and the rest of the NSFW series.) While there is much to admire in the portraits, we prefer our images of Mackenroth to be more candid, such as this priceless screengrab of the gasp-inducing moment he first laid eyes upon featured fashion icon guest judge, Sarah Jessica Parker.

franklouis.com via Queerty