He applied and entered the highly competitive High School of Art & Design in Manhattan (which boasts 
illustrious alumni including Steven Meisel, Marc Jacobs, Vladimir Kagan and Art Spiegelman) on the age of 13. He went on to study at the School of Visual Arts where he won an award for screenwriting and received scholarship in his third year. John Stapleton obviously has more than one artistic bones in his body. He’s the real deal.
When I met him for the first time, he was wearing all black (naturally), his hair was disheveled (in a stylish way of course) and he spoke slowly as if carefully. He showed me a green BIN scarf that the MAC people have given him as a present and when I asked him if he likes the color, he jokingly said “Yes, it matches my eyes” while widening his lovely green eyes. He then laughed and said his eyes actually change colors.
“Like Edward Cullen” I pointed out
“Yes. But don’t worry, they just fed me, so you’re safe” he said
He also told me that back in LA, he just finished working at the set of the new The Osbournes reality TV show – reported to air in Spring 2009 on Fox – where he did makeup for Kelly. He spoke fondly of the family. He said they bicker like everyone else, but they’re really tight.
To him, family is everything. “I know a lot of people don’t have that. But I think it’s very important for me to have that connection”. And it makes him all the more adorable.
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