Ronnie Kroell: How is the Playgirl model and gay movie star related to Ronnie Rise Kroell, the anti-gay political strategist? With lots of Ronnie cocks

 

The celebrity cock site posted some photos of a retro Playgirl spread, bringing memories of the days when you could only see pictures of naked guys by buying an expensive monthly magazine.  But the gay ones (Mandate, Blueboy, In Touch) were not sold outside of gay neighborhoods, so you were stuck buying Playgirl, and saying it was for your sister.  

Today, when you can see a hundred naked guys before breakfast, it's hard to remember how special it was.

Is this really a flashback to our mostly-closeted gay past, or a recent homage.  Time to research the model, Ronnie Kroell.  

There's an Instagram for Ronnie Rise Kroell, filled with photos of Ronnie holding hands with his wife and asserting that vaccines cause autism; schools assign gay pornography for homework; and he thanks God every day for bringing us the Orange Goblin.  He's the chair of the election committee for Leo Zacky, running for governor with the slogan "Take Our California Back" (from the gays?).  

I suppose it's possible to pose nude in Playgirl and be a homophobic, transphobic Orange Goblin fan, but it doesn't seem likely.  Surely he knew that many of Playgirl's readers are gay men, and this is a homoerotic shot (he's not looking in a mirror).   Maybe Ronnie Rise is Model Ronnie's son, or  a cousin.

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The IMDB lists an actor Ronnie Kroell: he was born in Chicago in 1983, attended community college, did some modeling, and became famous by competing on the first season of the reality tv show Make Me a Supermodel in 2008. He was runner-up to Holly Kiser.    

A lot of subsequent articles and photo-spreads mention Ronnie and his boyfriend, actor Taylor Proffitt.  Eight acting roles followed, almost all in gay-themed movies:

Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011): They're performing Taming of the Shrew, with love triangles and closeted guys.  Casey (Daniel Skelton) thinks that his boyfriend is too eager to kiss his co-star Benji (Aaron Milon, right) on stage, so he stands in, and the dude gets aroused!  So Casey dumps the boyfriend and rebounds into the arms of fellow camper Beau (Ronnie)

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