Man about town

(Scott Odgers)

The man who proudly assumed the name Mr. Boston on VH1's reality show "I Love New York" could soon be back on the air. Lee Marks , the 25-year-old Bentley College graduate who competed for the love of Tiffany "New York" Pollard against 19 other eager suitors , was eliminated from the show this month, but he confirmed that he's chatted with producers from the cable net about his own show. ("I can't really talk about it," he said with a VH1 rep listening in on the call . ) The Acton native moved to Los Angeles 11 months ago seeking reality television stardom and found it thanks to his eagerness to tan his ultra-pale derrière in a G-string. Yes, Bostonians, Mr. Boston has done us proud.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Q New York gave you the name Mr. Boston in the first episode. When you were there, did you feel like you were representing the city?

A Yes, I definitely did. I first wanted to go with the name Stud, but she didn't think I looked like a stud. So she changed the name to Mr. Boston. I liked that name because everyone who watches the show from Boston was rooting for me. I had a good sense that I was representing Boston on the show.

Q I need to ask you about your now-famous G-string sunbathing incident, although this is a family paper, so I'll need to tap dance around the language a bit. What on earth possessed you to try to get a tan on your B-side? Did you think that it would be good reality TV, or did you honestly want a rump roast?

A It was partly to make good reality TV, but the other part is that I am pretty [self-conscious] about my pale [behind]. On that particular day, not much was going on. There were no challenges or anything, so I had a lot of free time on my hands. Rather than wearing my regular suit, and not getting my [rear end] and upper legs tan, I decided that it would be a good idea to tan in a G-string.

Q Of course. Perfectly logical. Was that the first time you noticed that your backside was a little on the pasty side?

A I first noticed it in the second episode, at the mangeant [the show's male beauty pageant]. I wore the G-string for that, and I remember doing the mangeant. I was thinking, 'My [posterior] is really white.' Then later on, in my last episode, it was down to six guys. I knew if I kept going in the competition, it could get sexual with New York. Obviously I didn't want to scare her out of the bedroom with my pale [bottom].

Q That's very thoughtful of you, but you could have tried self-tanning lotion. No sun required. Did your folks watch and give you feed back?

A I've kind of been doing crazy stuff like that all of my life. They knew what to expect of me on the show.

Q So you've always been a little unstable?

A Yeah.

Q What do you do when you're not on reality TV?

A I'm actually an accountant. I did the show because I was unemployed at the time. But right after the show I landed a good accounting job in LA in the clothing industry. I can't really say where I work because my company doesn't want me to do that.

Q I suppose if word got out about where you worked, you'd have a line of ladies at the door trying to get to you. Which job do you prefer, reality TV or accounting?

A I'm pretty good at accounting, but I'd much rather be doing reality TV. I'm just waiting for the day that I can quit my accounting job and have my own show. I can't really see myself doing accounting until I'm 65, but I can see myself entertaining people until I'm 65.

Country singer Wynonna Judd said she filed for divorce yesterday from her estranged husband, Dan R. Roach, after his arrest in Texas on sex charges involving a minor. Roach was arrested Thursday in Abilene and charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a child younger than 13, according to Nashville police. He was expected to be extradited to Nashville. "I am obviously devastated," Judd said in a statement posted on her website. The couple were married in November 2003. Judd said she cited irreconcilable differences as a reason for divorce. (AP)

An inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, who died in September while visiting her after she gave birth in a Bahamas hospital, stalled yesterday before a court could pick a jury. Soon after the court convened, spectators and reporters were ordered to leave the courtroom when Wayne Munroe, a lawyer for the estate of the former Playboy Playmate, asked the judge to consider a motion that "relates to the impaneling of a jury to act on this inquiry." Munroe and other attorneys declined to comment upon leaving court. Later, Bernard Turner, director of public prosecutions, said the court would take at least another day to resolve the issue raised by Munroe and the inquest would not resume before tomorrow . (AP)

Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy have been forced to scrap a tour of Britain after authorities denied Snoop Dogg a visa. The duo, currently on a European tour, had been expected to play five dates in Britain. Tour organizers had said the concerts, starting with one today at London's Wembley Arena, would go ahead without Snoop Dogg. In April 2006, Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr. , and five other men were arrested on charges of violent disorder and starting a brawl, and spent the night in jail after trouble flared when some in his party were denied entry to British Airways' first - class lounge at Heathrow Airport. (AP)

SMASH HIT

'Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the Brother can't drive.' Comedian Eddie Griffin, after crashing a Ferrari Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrierwhile practicing at a California racetrack. The car was destroyed; Griffin escaped uninjured.