The Story About the '90s Gay Couple in 'Supermarket Sweep' Is Amazing

By Dustin Rowles | TV | August 2, 2024 |

By Dustin Rowles | TV | August 2, 2024 |

This has been circulating around the Internet over the last few days, but I’ve been so preoccupied with Kamala Harris and the Olympics that I never stopped to appreciate it until today. It gave me the warm fuzzies so I’m sharing it here for the others who may have flown by it.

It started with this tweet a few days ago, commenting on a pair of contestants on Supermarket Sweep back in the ’90s.

On the one hand, we probably shouldn’t make assumptions. On the other hand, this feels like a fairly safe one. In any respect, that Tom Zohar tweet went viral, so viral in fact that it eventually caught the attention of Tim Leach, one half of the duo in the episode. He posted about it on Facebook, writing:

“So … a friend shared that Mark and I had been made into a meme for our being on Supermarket Sweep decades ago and saying we were business partners. They began asking “where are they now”, so we posted an update. It has taken on a life of its own in the thread and comments. What a world!”

I’ll save you the preamble and just give you what you want: The update.

Leach also provided a statement to EW:

“As for our decision to introduce ourselves as business partners, that was true. We were partners in business at the time, but also we were a couple. We chose to say business partners because of the show being filmed in 1991. Also, there were a few family members who did not yet know about our relationship. The world has changed and now we are comfortable and proud to introduce ourselves as married.”

“We realize there may be some who still do not understand or accept same-sex marriage, but we are happy that so many people have responded in a positive way to our story.”

In other words, the original picture was taken in the context of their lives and all that came before them. Thirty-five years later, and, thank God, we live in a different context.