Billionaire media magnate David Geffen’s latest “husband” is a former go-go dancer with a murky past who has modified his name quite a few times.
While 80-year-old Geffen — price $7.7 billion — can normally be found on his mega-yacht or certainly one of his palatial homes world wide, one-time model Donovan Michaels, 30, is more used to picking up odd jobs in Latest York and Miami, former pals tell The Post.
Born David Armstrong in Michigan, he began going by Brandon Foster across the time he moved to Florida in 2014 and started dancing and promoting parties at Miami’s gay clubs including “clothing optional” pool parties “together with loads of other hot sexy guys.”
On a social media account from the time he ceaselessly flaunted his toned physique in raunchy photos and in post from September 2014 said he was “doing somewhat camming tonight,” adding he would “placed on show” for anyone who would pay to access his footage.
Michaels left Florida around 2016 or 2017 for the Latest York City modeling scene, around which era he also adopted his current name.
A former girlfriend who asked to not be identified said she only knew Michaels thus far women.
The ex said Michaels was the sort to all the time jump head-first into any adventure, and wasn’t shocked by news of his nuptials.
“I wouldn’t be surprised. I mean, he’s very attractive,” she said. “He would tell me people just assumed that he was into guys from what he posts on Instagram.”
“I do know that he was getting comments like that from gay men, that he was really attractive and in really good condition.”
It’s unclear how they met but a source told The Post that Michaels trained Geffen, who famously posted an image of him and staff quarantining in 2020 on his $400 million mega yacht called the Rising Sun.
Geffen, 80, and his much-younger husband were spotted touching down at a Latest York City heliport last Monday.
Pictures of the pair’s Big Apple arrival show Geffen flashing a gold band on his ring finger.
It was unclear if his 30-year-old husband was wearing his.
Just weeks earlier, Showbiz411 reported the couple were married in March in a ceremony attended by only 4 people.
Angela Armstrong, certainly one of Michaels’ sisters, wouldn’t confirm – nor deny – reports of the pair’s nuptials when contacted by The Post.
But certainly one of Michaels’ friends, who asked to stay anonymous, told The Post the previous fitness trainer “was all the time in search of his next adventure and was really determined to enhance his life.”
Geffen cofounded DreamWorks in addition to several record labels.
Forbes lauded him as a “luxury property aficionado” who boasts “a powerful contemporary art collection.”
He owns several sprawling estates throughout the country, including certainly one of Latest York City’s priciest apartments, in keeping with the report.
As of Thursday, Forbes estimated Geffen was price a whopping $7.7 billion.
Sources told The Post that Michaels got here from “very humble beginnings” and was certainly one of 13 children in a family from Imlay City, Michigan, a town of just 4,000 people.
A former friend recalled how Michaels was “super secretive” and infrequently divulged his history.
“It took some time to essentially get to know him because he was really private about his past,” said the friend, who desired to remain anonymous.
The pal further described Michaels as “all the time trying to find something to assist him understand his past and what he experienced.”
“I feel he rebelled so much when he was younger, and that was an enormous a part of why he left,” the friend went on.
A fashion consultant and casting director who worked with Michaels on a 2016 shoot said he was “a fantastic model” but remembers after their initial gig, Michaels was omitted for subsequent modeling work.
“One thing I noticed was he was really into training and fitness, but as for modeling, I haven’t seen him around in years … and we work with loads of different brands,” said the source.
Michaels wrote in certainly one of his Instagram posts that he was represented in 2017 by Soul Artist Management, which also represents supermodel Tyson Beckford and a roster of influencers and actors.
A spokesperson for the agency, nonetheless, denied the claim to The Post.