stay tuned for "larry king live" with wanda sykes and kathy griffin. >> that sounds like a great show. and you know what? tomorrow is going to be a great show here as well. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. see you tomorrow night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight -- bullying. it led five young men in the span of one week to commit suicide. because they were taunted and tormented for being gay. kathy griffin, wanda sykes, tim gunn, lance bass, and nate berkus are here with their stories of personal pain and heartache and the drastic action one of them considered as his only escape. next. on "larry king live." good evening. wanda sykes is an openly gay comedienne. she performs october 15th and 16th at planet hollywood in las vegas. kathy griffin is a gay activist, comedienne and actress, the star of bravo's "my life on the d-list." tim gunn stars in "project runway." tim is gay, and he attempted suicide at age 17. and lance bass, openly gay, performer, former performer with 'n sync. he says, get this, that in high school he made fun of gay kids to hide

kathy griffin, wanda sykes, tim gunn, lance bass, and nate berkus are here with their stories of personal pain and heartache and the drastic action one of them considered as his only escape. next. on "larry king live." good evening. wanda sykes is an openly gay comedienne. she performs october 15th and 16th at planet hollywood in las vegas. kathy griffin is a gay activist, comedienne and actress, the star of bravo's "my life on the d-list." tim gunn stars in "project runway." tim is gay, and he attempted suicide at age 17. and lance bass, openly gay, performer, former performer with 'n sync. he says, get this, that in high school he made fun of gay kids to hide his own secret. lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual parents -- their peers, rather. and the trevor project staffs a national 24-hour toll-free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. just remember this. 866-4u-trevor. 866-4u-trevor. why -- why are they bullied? why are gay people bullied? for what purpose? >> for the purpose? >> larry: i m

live on. >> larry: we're back with wanda sykes and kathy griffin.. in may she became the first major country music performer to nuance that she's gay. she's a spokesperson for the gay, lesbian, and straight education network. also with us is nate berkus, host of "the nate berkus show." he hopes that his own experiences with coming out can help others. chely came out recently and talked about her sexual orientation in an upcoming documentary. watch. >> country music has been described as being about god and family and country. and for some reason people think that you can't be gay and have those beliefs. and that's why i have to do this. i have to be one to step forward to say, really? you think you know what gay is? well, i'm your -- i'm your "people" magazine's 50 most beautiful. i'm your american legion woman of the year. i was the first artist of any genre to play in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. i was the first. and i'm gay. >> larry: chely, do you think it's tougher being lesbian in the country music field? >> well, i think it's tough

others include hillary clinton and comedian kathy griffin. >>> a victim of the san bruno waits to rebuild. announcement comes today whether pg&e will rebuild the broken gas line through thissed neighborhood. we'll explain. >>> the ride is over. the surprise that greeted some pg&e workers when they surfaced from a manhole in the north bay. pg&e is promising the people of san bruno it will try to relocate the natural gas pipeline that exploded last month and reroute it away from the devastating neighborhood. >> reporter: yellow paint marking the underground pg&e gas line makes people nervous. kathy was home when the gas line exploded on september 9, just a few blocks from her house. she says if pg&e rebuilds the transmission line. >> i will leave. if the pipe goes back in, i'm out of here. definitely. >> reporter: today san bruno mayor and state senator met with pg&e and say the ceo is committed to relocating the line. >> mr. john has made the commitment to me on behalf of pg&e that they did not -- he did not want that peline reconnected through the glenview neighborhood. >> reporter: it wo

. >> larry: you helped our dear friend, kathy griffin.and she was fantastic. >> wasn't she great? >> larry: does she have the ability, do you think, to be a terrific actor? >> yeah, i do. >> larry: what does she have? >> mystery, humor, passion and pizzazz. so she's got all of that going. she's so wildly -- >> larry: did you watch "law and order"? >> yes, i did. >> larry: a lesbian who wasn't a lesbian. great performance. what about the snickers commercial which remade betty white's whole life? and you and aretha franklin, two pretty good talents -- >> thank you. >> larry: -- are in that car. >> that was funny. >> larry: did you have fun doing that? >> yeah. >> larry: did you like the concept? >> it took six hours. i thought it was funny. i didn't know how they were going to do it, but i thought it was very funny. so doing it was a pleasure. >> larry: they're great commercials. >> thank you. >> larry: come on, everyone, get happy, because she's going to chase all your blues away. we're doing a musical here. this is "larry glee king," and

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