Work Out's Brian Peeler on Doug Blasdell's Death

We just posted an exclusive interview with Brian Peeler of Work Out. Brian was the seemingly unlikely best friend of Doug Blasdell, the out trainer whose untimely death shocked everyone. There has been a great deal of unfounded speculation as to what killed Doug and Brian sets the record straight.

He explains that Doug was stricken with lymphatic cancer and underwent chemotherapy to treat it and which weakened his immune system. Doug then came down with salmonella poisoning that led to kidney failure and that, in turn, led to a staph infection that Doug was simply too ill to fight off.

Brian talks about the fact Doug was haunted by his parent's early deaths and his determination to live to be forty-four even though he believed he would die shortly after. Seeing Doug celebrate his birthday last week while knowing he knew he already suffered from cancer is just all the more heartbreaking. Brian had wonderful things to say about his friend including my favorite quote:

He was like a guy and a girl all wrapped into one. He was my counselor/therapist/best-friend/work-out partner.

I suspect Doug would be pleased to be remembered as such.

Work Out airs tonight at 10 PM on Bravo.