John Gone
Tonight on Top Design, John, 40, from Chicago was sent home. His room was a “work in progress,” missing a floor and not transitioning well from his original plan for an adult to the new plan he had to come up with for a child.
The real story tonight, however, is not how the rooms look, but John’s stunning confession that he is HIV positive. He talked about his recent outbursts as a result of the testosterone injection he had to get before leaving to come on the show.
His room might have sucked, but I admire the courage he had to talk about his disease with the other contestants and to tell Michael he was sorry.
HIV and AIDS…As far as topics go, this one hasn’t been getting a lot of airtime. I’m glad that John brought this to the forefront of viewers’ minds, and people will continue to talk about it and find ways to help.
You can learn more about HIV and AIDS by visiting the following websites. Let’s do our part to help those in need.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:21 am
[...] but a life-threatening contagious disease is. By allowing HIV positive contestants, like Jack and John from Top Design, participate, Bravo is showing that they are not, in fact, discriminating. They’re simply [...]