Index: bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php
===================================================================
--- bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php	(revision 4478)
+++ bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -671,4 +671,29 @@
 }
 add_action( 'bp_sidebar_login_form', 'bp_dtheme_sidebar_login_redirect_to' );
 
+if ( !function_exists( 'bp_dtheme_comment_status' ) ) :
+/**
+ * Inserts the nu
+ *
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+function bp_dtheme_comment_status() {
+	$comments_count = get_comments_number();
+
+	if ( comments_open() ) {
+		if ( 0 == $comments_count )
+			$comment_status = __( 'No Comments', 'buddypress' );
+		else
+			$comment_status = sprintf( _n( '1 Comment', '%d Comments', $comments_count, 'buddypress' ), $comments_count );
+
+	} else {
+		if ( 0 == $comments_count )
+			$comment_status = __( 'No Comments (now closed)', 'buddypress' );
+		else
+			$comment_status = sprintf( _n( '1 Comment (now closed)', '%d Comments (now closed)', $comments_count, 'buddypress' ), $comments_count );
+	}
+
+	echo apply_filters( 'bp_dtheme_comment_status', $comment_status );
+}
+endif;
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: bp-themes/bp-default/single.php
===================================================================
--- bp-themes/bp-default/single.php	(revision 4478)
+++ bp-themes/bp-default/single.php	(working copy)
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 							<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><p>' . __( 'Pages: ', 'buddypress' ), 'after' => '</p></div>', 'next_or_number' => 'number' ) ); ?>
 						</div>
 
-						<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags( '<span class="tags">' . __( 'Tags: ', 'buddypress' ), ', ', '</span>' ); ?> <span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'No Comments &#187;', 'buddypress' ), __( '1 Comment &#187;', 'buddypress' ), __( '% Comments &#187;', 'buddypress' ) ); ?></span></p>
+						<p class="postmetadata">
+							<?php the_tags( '<span class="tags">' . __( 'Tags: ', 'buddypress' ), ', ', '</span> ' ); ?>
+							<span class="comments"><?php bp_dtheme_comment_status(); ?></span>
+						</p>
 
 						<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_post_link( '%link', '<span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&larr;', 'Previous post link', 'buddypress' ) . '</span> %title' ); ?></div>
 						<div class="alignright"><?php next_post_link( '%link', '%title <span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&rarr;', 'Next post link', 'buddypress' ) . '</span>' ); ?></div>