Oprah's New Green Thumb Has Stripper Past

Oprah's new gardening guru, Jamie Durie, got a wild ovation last week when he was introduced on her show. It's not the first time Durie's entrance sent a group of women into a shrieking frenzy.
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It turns out, as noted by celeb blog Faded Youth, that the meatcake had a successful career as a stripper in ManPower, Australia's equivalent of Chippendales -- and he was even the "Dance-Team Captain" of the troupe! He later hosted a popular home improvement show in Oz called "Backyard Blitz," which along with his physique and dazzling smile, made him something of a phenom Down Under.

Like Oprah's interior design guru, Nate Berkus, the same is likely to happen to Jamie here. Berkus has his own home-design line at Bed, Bath, & Beyond, and bestselling books, thanks to his Oprah exposure. When Oprah told her audience, "You may not have heard of this guy, but wait until you see what he can do," she may have had his rippling quads in mind.

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31. Oprah is officially out of control. This guy should get on a train out of town with Rachel Ray, Gayle, Stedman and Dr. Phil. YUCK.

Posted at 10:20PM on Nov 30th 2006 by WhatIsTMZdoing!?

32. Jamie is pretty big here in Oz - he is a bit of a beef cake. We have him up on a pedestal here (well his tv station has him hosting EVERYTHING)

He is good quality though, has his own tv shows, books and once upon a time a strip show!

Posted at 10:23PM on Nov 30th 2006 by misty

33. Ummmm who cares he is still hot!?! I would do him!

Posted at 10:20PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Leora

34. CORRECTION! Nate's line is at Linen n' Things, NOT at Bed Bath & Beyond!

Posted at 10:25PM on Nov 30th 2006 by David

35. He also hosted an TV show called "THE BLOCK" it was a good show

Posted at 10:39PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Tray

36. HE IS NOT GAY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE IMPLYING.

but Oprah SUCKS

SHE THINKS SHE CREATED THIS WORLD

BITCH

Posted at 10:55PM on Nov 30th 2006 by leslie

37. gawd he's hot!! If i wasn't married,oh the things we could do...

Posted at 3:42AM on Dec 1st 2006 by nika

38. I'm firing my gardener. Tomorrow.

Posted at 11:23PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Aspen

39. that oprah has even better gaydar than me, and i'm gay! sh*t, when's steadman coming out with his line of skincare for the black man in your life?!

Posted at 1:27AM on Dec 1st 2006 by ur mama

40. - most of you haters are just angry that she can BUY and THROW your asses away! Grow up people!

Posted at 6:17PM on Dec 1st 2006 by marie

41. Oprah is a fat ignorant pig with fake hair, fake teeth...asswipe.

Posted at 11:47PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Jedi

42. Why isit to be black and successful equates being an oreo or does this only relates to Oprah.

Posted at 11:57PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Lindy

43. Joey & Will - jealousy will get you nowhere. How many millions, oops, billions do you have, & what have you given to whom recently? GO OPRAH, GO OPRAH we need more people like you in this country & world.

Posted at 1:30AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by V

44. no he's not gay, or at least he hasn't come out, he was engaged to an australian female tv presenter. and it's old news that he was in man power, they used to joke about it all the time on his shows, and showed pictures of him, with his stripper group.

Posted at 12:09AM on Dec 1st 2006 by Tess

45. no he is not gay, has a little daughter who lives in the US with her mother, also has qualifications in landscape gardening and a big business here designing gardens etc. is actually a really nice guy not just a hunk

Posted at 12:17AM on Dec 1st 2006 by sasha

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