NYDN’s Lloyd Grove provides the scoop today regarding the former lover of Sixth and I Streets and his apparent fear of David Letterman:

Why did former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who’s pushing a steamy book about his secret life as a “gay American,” cancel his “Top 10″ reading on “The Late Show With David Letterman”? McGreevey was scheduled to go on tonight, but he told the Daily News: “I think it was a scheduling problem.” Insiders told me that McGreevey might have gotten a case of cold feet, though I doubt Letterman would have had him read Tuesday night’s “Top 10 Signs Your Husband Is Gay” - which included: “7. Your name: Jodi; name he calls out during sex: Lou,” “4. During ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ he mumbles, ‘It didn’t happen exactly like that,’ and “1. Says he got rear-ended, but the car looks fine.” A Letterman spokesman told me that they hope McGreevey will reschedule for next week. 

Lloyd, please keep stickin’ it to McGreevey until you get to the bottom of this madness.