Gay Singer Getting OWN Show?

Gay actor and singer Ryan O'Connor will be one of 10 people competing for their own talk show on Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network, reports Playbill.

Your OWN Show: Oprah Winfrey's Search for the Next TV Star premieres on Friday with O'Connor as one of the contestants; judges include Dr. Phil and Gayle King. O'Connor wants to be America's best friend, he told the Associated Press.

O'Connor hosts a musical revue in Los Angeles called Ryan O'Connor Eats His Feelings and has appeared on the Neil Patrick Harris show How I Met Your Mother.

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