Chatter: Mr. Peanut

"I am Mr. Peanut, and I can be silent no longer. While I have only the greatest respect for Mr. Levine, who is the senior director for marketing at Planters, I cannot live a lie. I'm a gay nut, and Benson and I are in love."

-- The crunchy, lovable mascot comes out (with a little help from Paul Rudnick) in The New Yorker.