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ryans-netflix-special-then-a-man-came-along.html

Being single did wonders for

Katherine Ryan’s Netflix special,

then a man came along

By Garnet Fraser Toronto Star
Thu., July 4, 2019 timer 3 min. read

Canada’s Katherine Ryan released her latest standup comedy
special, Glitter Room, on Canada Day on Netflix and it explores at
great length her life as a thoroughly single, proudly unattached
mother — as regards dating she has, she explains, taken herself out
of the game:

“If I were this bad at anything else — if I were a surgeon who
managed to kill every patient and burn down the palliative care
unit, I’m pretty sure my friends and family would not be like,
‘Katherine, when you gonna get back in the emergency room, girl?’”

More jokes about embracing a man-free life ensued, the crowd at
the taping laughed, the special got edited and released, and then
news broke this week that threatens her carefully built brand: there
seems to be a man in her life.

“I reconnected with my first love from Sarnia from when we were
16,” the U.K.-based Ryan confirmed to the Star on Wednesday. “I
turned 36 the other day, so that’s 20 years since we dated and (it
happened) on a professional trip — actually, I was in Toronto

filming Who Do You Think You Are? (a BBC series tracking famous
people’s roots). And right after I had filmed Glitter Room all about
independence and not needing to be in a traditional shape of a
family, I just bumped into him. So it really is when you’re not
looking.”

The gentleman in question, Bobby Kootstra by name, is still based
here in Canada, where Ryan once suggested she’d return only “if I
was terminally ill,” so her fans need not speculate about their china
pattern just yet. She has career tasks in front of her, capitalizing on
what she says is a very positive social-media response to the new
special.