Queens car dealer Howard Koeppel has taken the high road in the fuss over old friend Rudy Giuliani ducking his wedding for political reasons.
"We're still friends," Koeppel told The New York Post when asked about the ex-mayor blowing off his wedding to Mark Hsiao.
This is not to say that Koeppel didn't feel stung by Rudy putting his career aspirations ahead of their decades of friendship.
"I danced at his wedding with [his wife] Judith [Nathan], and it would have been nice if he'd danced at mine," Koeppel told The Post.
Koeppel once hailed Giuliani as an ideal roommate who "always made his bed" and "called me mother" while staying with the couple following his 2001 divorce from Donna Hanover.
Then questions started flying about whether Giuliani's living arrangement with the gay couple altered his longtime opposition to gay marriage, the paper reported. Rudy, who was mayor of New York City at the time, said he didn't relate to people by their skin color, religion or sexual orientation.
"I understand why he's doing what he's doing," said Koeppel. "If he decides to run for governor . . . he's a Republican, and he's taking a Republican stand" on same-sex marriage.
