On the April 9 episode of the HBO hit The Sopranos, mobster Vito Spatafore ( played by Joseph R. Gannascoli ) was outed, according to the Associated Press.
Dressed in leather-bar attire, Spatafore—who was closeted—was seen by a couple of wiseguys who came by theS&M club to collect their protection money. 'It's a joke,' Vito says. He then pleads with the wiseguys to ' [ d ] on't say nothin'!' By the end, he's checked into a motel with a gun, looking suicidal.
However, in the April 16 episode, entitled 'Live Free or Die,' Spatafore goes to the state with that motto—New Hampshire—where he attempts to locate a cousin, even as Tony Soprano and others are told that Spatafore was seen at a gay bar, according to HBO.com . Ultimately, Soprano says that his top earner has 'gotta go' after talking to his own therapist about Spatafore being gay—and the pressure of the wiseguy losing everyone's respect.
Last season, fans of the series were stunned when Meadow's boyfriend, Finn, saw a security guard sitting in the driver's seat of a truck—and then Vito's head popped up.
NPR To Air Story of So. African with AIDS
NPR newsmagazine All Things Considered will broadcast a new half-hour documentary that captures the year-long audio diary of a 19-year-old South African living with AIDS on its April 19 edition. The special broadcast is the latest in the series of longform documentaries.
South Africa has the largest number of people with HIV/AIDS in the world, with young women between 16-25 years old counting as 75 percent of all new infections. Thembi Ngubane, who lives in the township of Khayelitsha, tells this story from the personal side—which involves positive and negative interactions with her family, friends and boyfriend.
The documentary is also available as a free MP3 download on www.NPR.org .