For those of you who know Tanner (shoutout to our Palm Springs Buff friends!), you know he's got an interesting way about him. He's, like, just, you know, different. (Maybe gingers are just like that? I dunno.)
Tan-Tan is generally a picture of composed professionalism, a beige cardigan away from being a certified zen master. But as we all know, appearances can be deceiving, and even the most collected cucumbers can find themselves in a pickle. And oh, what a pickle Tanner found himself in at the gym with us in West Hollywood.
See, in addition to being Buff Boys, we're also models. We're managed by the owner of our parent company. So, part of our job -- for both Buff and as models -- is hitting the gym. Yes, part of our job is going to the gym. (Bluntly: we're paid to workout.)
While we often go as a group in the afternoons, there are times when, depending on schedules, we split up and go on our own. Gabe was one lucky son of a bitch when he witnessed the delicious awkwardness that happened to Tan the day in question for this gossip column.
Our story unfolds at the hallowed (and often sweaty) halls of our local West Hollywood gym, where Tanner embarked on his usual quest for physical perfection. (He's still got some hills to climb!)
Now, I've seen Tanner at the gym hundreds of times before, and let me just say, his dedication is admirable. He's there religiously, pounding the treadmill with the determination of a salmon swimming upstream. He’s the kind of guy who brings his own precisely measured pre-workout mix in a shaker bottle labeled “Gains Fuel.” You get the picture. He's serious about this Buff... er, stuff.
So, there he was, on the treadmill, earbuds in, lost in the throes of whatever motivational music gets him pumped up. (We're thinking classic Clay Aiken.) Witnesses {{cough - Gabe}} say he was really going for it, a respectable clip somewhere between a brisk walk and a moderate jog. He was, in short, a picture of athletic (ish) prowess.
But here's where the story takes a turn for the… well, let’s just say, the spectacularly embarrassing.