Hoda and the crew gifted Willie Geist with a skim chai latte from Starbucks and a strawberry pina colada to boot – complete with a curly straw and tiny umbrella – to help him feel at home while he was co-hosting TODAY.
Willie was man enough to admit that he likes “girlie drinks” in a recent interview with New York magazine.
“I'm not a coffee drinker, so my drink is kind of like a girlie skim chai latte. I'm not proud of it, but it's really good. Whatever those big, tall sizes are. I refuse to use the language. The XL. That's 5:30, when I have to be on the set of the show. Then around 7:15 it gets more girlie. I have some type of smoothie situation. Strawberry. Or sometimes it's a mango smoothie. I love a woman's beverage, what am I gonna say?"
This led me to wonder, at what point does a drink become girlie? Why are men who love Midori Sours forced to imbibe in the shadows, for fear of appearing emasculated?
I have several male friends who order beers or hard liquor when we go out, but later, in the privacy of their own home or in the company of a close female friend, will admit that, yes, they actually love sugary drinks with colorful monikers!
Even an ex of mine was a closeted sweet cocktail lover. Whenever we’d hit a bar, I would order a cognac, and he would have me order his Fuzzy Navel. Without fail, the bartender would always place the cognac in front of him and the Fuzzy Navel in front of me, and my ex refused to switch the drinks until the coast was clear.
What do you think? Is it acceptable for men to order Fuzzy Navels, Screaming Orgasms, Sex on the Beaches or the Chocolate Choo-choo featured in this classic "Kids in the Hall" sketch?