JOHN GOODMAN: GAY AMERICA'S NEW SEX SYMBOL?

JOHN GOODMAN: GAY AMERICA'S NEW SEX SYMBOL?

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Forget Ricky Martin -- John Goodman is gay America's hottest new sex symbol. Goodman tells the upcoming "Advocate" magazine that one of the perks about playing a gay man on the new Fox sitcom, "Normal, Ohio," is that he's attracting a whole new fan base: gay chubby chasers. In fact, Goodman says he was recently approached by a man who invited him to attend a "bear party" for guys attracted to big and hairy Fred Flintstone types. He says he doesn't mind the attention but he admits it's a big switch from the "Roseanne" days when he attracted only female fans -- including one woman who sent him a nude photo of herself giving a dog a bath.