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Paducah man makes jump from YouTube to TV

Herald-Leader Staff Report

William Sledd, the Gap employee from Paducah known for his phenomenally popular Ask a Gay Man online fashion-advice series on YouTube and www.OutZoneTV.com, is taking his Internet celebrity to the small screen.

The Bravo network has green-lighted a new reality series starring Sledd, the network announced this week. The title of the show will take its name from Sledd’s less-than-family-friendly signature greeting: Hey B----es! (Hint: It rhymes with witches.)

According to Bravo, “The pilot will follow Sledd as he contemplates making the leap from his hometown of Paducah to the world of high fashion in New York. If you’ve ever watched one of William’s videos, you know that he can dish it out, but the question is, can he take it?”

No date has been set for the show’s premiere.

Sledd, 24, first garnered attention last year when one of his YouTube videos, called Ask a Gay Man: Denim Edition, got 2 million hits. Since then, he has attracted fans including Broadway star Christine Ebersole, who filmed an episode of Ask a Gay Man with Sledd in his Paducah bedroom, where most of his videos are set.

Find Sledd online at www.williamsledd.com.