Professional Internet villain just had his ass handed to him, on a plate, as hundreds of people took to Twitter to share their disgust after his appearance on tonight’s Channel 4 News interview with Cathy Newman.
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Milo Yiannopoulos the self-styled poster child of the conservative youth in America is finding out that he doesn’t have many supporters in the UK. Scores of people have taken to Twitter to troll the troll with his name becoming a trending tag on the social network after appearing on Channel 4.
Milo, who was a very vocal supporter of Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has proved to be a divisive character whose thoughts on feminism among other hot topics have proved very unpopular.
Milo’s Twitter profile was first unverified and then suspended earlier this year, following a spat with Ghostbuster actor Leslie Jones.
Cathy Newman was generally praised for her handling of Milo during their interview after he told her that the modern version of feminism was “modern, ugly, spiteful & vindictive”.
Remember the spikey, spirit in the sky, twinky Gareth Gates? Well he’s changed so much.
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So he was the guy who gave Will Young a run for his money in the first series of the UK version of Pop Idol – and eventually ended up as the runner up of the show as he made the entire UK fall in love with him and his trademark spiky hairdo… That was in 2002.
He’s been hanging out with his lady friend, Faye Brookes, in New York and it seems as though they’re worried about being spotted in Times Square. During a quick mini bicker about packing too many clothes, Faye turns to Gareth and says, “we’d better pipe down before someone recognises us”.
Gareth quickly pops on his sunglasses and suddenly no one is none the wiser.
I told my best mate that I’m gay when I was 15. He said, “that’s fine, but I’m not” and that was the end of the discussion. We’re still great mates today. The best reaction I had to coming out was from a friend who shrugged her shoulders and said, “and…?” as if it was no big deal and she couldn’t care less. Really it shouldn’t be a big deal and we shouldn’t need to come out. Perhaps one day people won’t need to.
Out of my first day of a new job
ANDY
I told the woman I was working with on my first day at a new job. It was a fresh start and she had no preconceptions about me so it was easier to tell a stranger. I was 21 so kinda old to be coming out really. She wasn’t bothered so it was nice to be finally open about how I had been feeling for years.
My girlfriend did not take it well..
SEBASTIAN
My girlfriend – she destroyed her own bathroom.
Mother’s always know part 1
GLEN
I told my mum when I was 17 years old. Her response was , “I’m your Mother and I already know you are gay, any decent Mother would know her child”.
Mother’s always know part 2…
DARREN
My mum asked me. “Are you gay?” when I was 19. But I think most mothers already know.
I’ve been to paradise, but I’ve never been to me.
GRAHAM
I guess the first person was myself. It took a while for me to be comfortable with that. The first people I then told was in the middle of an acting class whilst training at Drama School. The lesson was about getting your message across to an audience and the lecture was making people stand up and tell everyone something. He picked on me and so I stood up and came out with not too much thought about it. The room went quiet with little eye contact and I thought ‘what the hell have I just done’, but afterwards everyone kept coming up to say well done and that they were all proud of me. My sexuality wasn’t an issue for any of them and I’d never felt so free to be myself…
See Mothers do know…
MICHELLE
Trust me, mothers know, it’s the torture of waiting for your child to tell you that’s di cult, watching all that angst is heartbreaking.
Don’t mind us, we’re just having a flashback. Last year we spoke to the gorgeous Janet Devlin famed for her Celtic Soul voice on X Factor. We spoke about her Christmas EP, her Twitter (not so much) war with Lord Sugar and why bisexuals in the media are rarer than Unicorns.
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JH: Christmas is on its way, how are excited are you on a scale of one to Madonna?
JD: It is upon us… I’m actually really excited this year, I’m not going to lie. Probably the most excited I’ve been about Christmas since I was a toddler.
JH: Anything to do with the fact that you’ve got an EP out this Christmas?
JD: I think so! The whole point of me making the EP was to try and make myself like Christmas, so I definitely think I’ve achieved that. Every other year I’ve been so grinchy about it, this year. I’m just so pumped about it.
JH: But come on you’re Janet Devlin, you’re too cool for school for all that aren’t you?
JD: I’m not too cool if anything I’m the complete opposite man… I’m a bit of a nerd.
JH: I’m sure you’ve been asked a hundred times, are you watching X factor this year? Has it had its day?
JD: I don’t know, I don’t think so. My Mum still watches it, my Nan still watches it, I don’t think it’s had its day, it’s part of people’s Saturday night ritual isn’t it? You get a take-out and you watch X factor and you have your night in, I don’t think it’s ever going to have its day, to be honest.
JH: There needs to be space for a new type of Christmas number 1 though – right? Like yours?
JD: (laughs) possibly I don’t know.
JH: So tell us what makes your perfect Christmas day?
JD: Chilled, laid back hopefully have my Nan there, we always fight over her, cause everyone wants her to come down and spend it with her on Christmas day, hopefully, we’ll get her this year. We’ve had a new addition to the family; my brother’s just had a baby, so that will be nice. I’m just really easy when it comes to it really. Everyone’s there, everyone has a good time – and a bit of banter, you know?
JH: Are you a banter family?
JD: Yes, definitely I have three older brothers and they just like to rip ya! So it’s definitely good craic at my house.
JH: So what do your family think of your Christmas EP then?
JD: They haven’t heard it, I played one of my brother’s one or two tracks and he really likes it, so that to me is a good sign, so they haven’t heard it but I made them order their copy from Pledge!
JH: So no freebies for the Devlin’s then?
JD: No freebies until I get home.
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JH: When did you start writing your EP?
JD: It was February believe it or not. I was in New York and I was walking through Central Park and it was all snowy and beautiful I was like “this year I’m not going to be a Grinch, I’m actually going to be Christmasy”, so I went back to the hotel with my guitar player and we wrote a Christmas song. Pardon, the pun it all snowballed from there.
JH: Which is your ultimate Christmas song?
JD: Ultimate Christmas song is definitely “Fairy-tale of New York” by the Pogues, every time I hear that it’s like “this is when it’s Christmas”. So I avoid listening to it until Christmas. If me or my brothers hear it on the radio we have to ring the other one, to say “it was on, it’s Christmas!”
JH: Your Christmas song is very John Lewis, would you like your music to be used in that way?
JD: Who wouldn’t? I like their emotional ads!
JH: We’ve heard that you’ve teamed up with Ditch The Label, the anti-bullying charity, why was this important to you?
JD: Well I myself was bullied for a long time, a lot of years actually, I’m not going to lie. I mean I still get cyber bullied but I’m at that age now when I’m just like I don’t really care. I know how it feels, I know how hard it is to be bullied on the Internet and in real life, so for me, I’ve always stayed true to working with anti-bullying campaigns and anti-bullying charities because it’s important to work on it. It’s a good thing too when you understand it and you’ve been there.
JH: Is cyber bullying harder than real life bullying?
JD: I was bullied, even physically at some points, but I do think Internet bullying actually, because if you get hurt physically it’s easier to brush off because you know bruises fade, but Internet bullying is a totally different kettle of fish, people think, “oh you’ve been bullied online why don’t you just shut off your computer, why don’t you just step away from the Internet”, but no, that doesn’t work that way, what people say to you works its way into your head.
JH: Did you say mean things back?
JD: No, gosh no. I was asked about it, but what does that show – money can’t buy happiness if you’re giving abuse to a 16-year-old girl on the Internet – why would you do it – you know?
JH: You spoke openly about your sexuality in 2013 and you came out as bisexual on ASK.fm, was it a difficult decision for you to make?
JD: It was a thing in my head, I knew always really. So I didn’t think twice, that was just the way it was. I didn’t want to make a big deal about it, what’s the biggie?
JH: Do you think writing bisexual storylines just gets too complicated?
JD: I think it possibly could but, it shouldn’t be. Could people keep up with someone dating a boy and then dating a girl, I don’t know, it’s a tough one. I think it’s easier for some people to think in black and white, to think you’re either gay or your straight, it’s easier – so I think a lot of storyline writers make their life easier by keeping it black and white.
JH: Does it surprise you that Northern Ireland is still so far behind with LGBT rights?
JD: It bugs me and I’m not going to lie. That idea that someone could go to hospital and their loved one might not be able to go and see them, because their not technically their spouse, that to me is just upsetting and not something I want to think about, to be honest.
JH: Do you think that’s something that’s likely to change in Northern Ireland in the coming year? There was recently a vote on same- sex marriage in Northern Ireland and it was largely supported but a technicality meant it didn’t pass –
JD: Yep, I think that’s going to keep happening for quite some time. I think that’s the way it is for at least another couple of years. I think we’ll get there eventually.
JH: Especially when the country that borders Northern Ireland – Ireland – overwhelming has accepted it!
JD: Absolutely, you’d think that the north would be a bit more forward thinking, but not just yet. Most people are (accepting) though when you talk to people, there’s a minority that, I won’t say spoil it, but…
JH: But they do….
JD: No, gosh no. I was asked about it, but what does that show – money can’t buy happiness if you’re giving abuse to a 16-year-old girl on the Internet – why would you do it – you know?
He’s captured the nation’s attention. Twice. First because of his rippling hot body, but secondly because he once did penis painting on national TV. As you do.
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So Joel is currently the nation’s sweetheart thanks to his appearance of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, his odds of winning have swollen by an unprecedented amount since he stripped off in jungle, but there’s something he’s also famous for… Penis painting… He stripped down for a Channel 4 show called, World Of Weird and found that he had a talent for oil painting with his… erm… talent.
Dressed in pink chaps… Joel bravely took the penis painting challenge. Bravo to him. He’s a braver man than us.
Two men have been jailed after they were found guilty of robbery and wounding with intent, which left a man in his fifties fearing for his life.
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Two men have been jailed after a court in Nottingham found them guilty of robbery and two counts of wounding with intent. Ryan Leverton of no fixed abode was served an eight-year prison sentence and Ashley Deavin of Melford Road, Nottingham was handed down a 15-year jail term.
The duo attacked and robbed a man in his fifties, shouting homophobic abuse at him in his Nottinghamshire home. The sustained attack took place in May, in which the victim said he felt he had to “fight for his life” and that he “thought he was going to die”.
The victim was left with slash marks on his body, hands and head after Deavin “waved knife at him during the assault” according to a statement released by Nottingham Police.
The court also heard how the victim was threatened with having his fingers cut off unless he handed over money. Once they were inside the victim’s home, the court heard how Deavin started punching the victim to the face, causing him to fall to the floor. Deavin and Leverton frogmarched him around the flat as they continued to demand money from him.
In a witness statement, the victim said Deavin threatened to cut his fingers off unless he gave him the money. His little finger was cut but he managed to wrestle out of Deavin’s and Leverton’s grip.
Deavin and Leverton were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday 4 November after being found guilty of the charges.
The victim, whose wounds needed stitching and glueing at the Queen’s Medical Centre, said it was a totally unprovoked attack which he believed was due to his sexual orientation.
Temporary Detective Sergeant Sharon Powar, the officer in the case, said,
“We’re pleased with these sentences which show just how committed we are to taking hate crimes seriously.
“The victim in this case showed immense bravery in coming forward and we’d encourage anyone affected by hate crime to contact us without hesitation.”
TGUK: How did you come out at school?
CHARLIE: I told one person and they told another and they told another. I was only 15.
TGUK: And how did you find coming out?
CHARLIE: No one said anything. I was quite well liked at school and had lots of friends so if anyone said anything bad they never said it to me.
TGUK: Did you have a boyfriend in school?
CHARLIE: I did but not at school. I had various boyfriends at that time. (Laughs)
TGUK: Was it a nerve wrecking experience coming out to that first person?
CHARLIE: It was, but I kinda knew how they were going to react so I don’t think people were that shocked when I came out. I think I built it up too much in my head beforehand.
TGUK: So the night before were you nervous?
CHARLIE: It wasn’t a case of me planning to tell her it just happened on the day I was with her and I thought ‘You know what I’m going to tell her’ and she was like ‘I kinda knew anyway’. Which was how my mum reacted as well. My dad passed away when I was 15 which spiralled me to come out.
TGUK: Is that what drove you to come out?
CHARLIE: At the age I am now I know that he knew anyway but because of him going it made me think, ‘Why do people not know who I am. Why did I not tell him?’ So I started telling everyone else. I grew up from it and matured a lot and it made me the person I am today.
TGUK: When did you move to London?
CHARLIE: Two years ago.
TGUK: Did you start working at Ku straight away?
CHARLIE: Yes, this was my first job. Literally the week I moved to London I started working here.
TGUK: And how do the regulars treat you?
CHARLIE: They’re interesting. There are some that are a bit difficult but it’s part of the job. You’re putting yourself behind the bar to be looked at, to be attractive towards other people so you kinda have to take what they say sometimes.
TGUK: Do you ever feel like a piece of meat?
CHARLIE: Yeah quite a lot but I’ve got used to it and part of the job is to flirt with people. You don’t live on your wage you have to make tips and to make tips you have to flirt, so you get use to it. I’ve been working in gay bars for four years now so it’s nothing new to me.
TGUK: On a good weekend how much can you make in tips?
CHARLIE: You could make £100 to a £120 a night but you could also make £40 it depends what people are in. You either have a good night or a crap night. Normally it’s around £50-60.
TGUK: So if a guy’s standing at the bar and he’s waving a £10 note at you would he get served?
CHARLIE: You’re more likely to serve someone who’s holding cash than not because they’re probably going to pay by card.
TGUK: Does this slow down the process?
CHARLIE: No it’s not that, you don’t want to serve people by card as they normally wont leave a tip! In a job like this where your income is quite heavily based around tips you’ve got to learn which people are going to tip you. You know when people are going to tip you. Though if someone was going to wave money in front of me I’d actually serve them last because I don’t like people who are trying to call my attention. I can see who came to the bar first and I can see who’s next so if someone tries to interrupt me I don’t like that.
TGUK: Do you like bar work?
CHARLIE: Yeah I love it. I do it full time. When you go behind a bar it’s like stepping onto a stage, you can be a little more out there.
TGUK: Do you become a different character?
CHARLIE: Not really. I probably ‘gay’ it up a little bit more. What’s the word… Sassy!
TGUK: So a little bit more RuPaul’s Drag Race behind the bar?
CHARLIE: Erm a little bit. I’m not like that day-to-day it’s only when I go behind the bar. It’s about banter because there’s a lot of older gay men in here who are very witty and they try and catch you, so you have to be quick witted to get them back.
TGUK: Do they ever try bad chat up lines to get you?
CHARLIE: Not so much chat up lines. A few people are a little more direct and tell you ‘I want to do this…’
TGUK: Have you got a partner?
CHARLIE: Yes.
TGUK: Does he work here?
CHARLIE: No.
TGUK: So what do you do in your spare time?
CHARLIE: I do gym quite a lot. Spend a lot of time with my boyfriend.
TGUK: Where did you meet your boyfriend?
CHARLIE: On a night out in Soho. We got introduced through one of his flatmates who worked at Ku bar.
TGUK: Do you live together?
CHARLIE: Yes, in a flat with two other gays and a girl. It’s good fun though.
TGUK: Would you ever date a Ku boy?
CHARLIE: N… erm…
TGUK: Are there Ku boys who date other Ku boys?
CHARLIE: Yeah. When I first started here everyone was a little bit more… can I say… incestuous? I’ve done the whole dating someone at work thing and it doesn’t work.
TGUK: Have you done a lot of modelling for Ku?
CHARLIE: For Ku? I’ve done quite a few photo shoots.
TGUK: How do you feel about that because you’re kinda like a brand extension?
CHARLIE: When you get the job you kinda sign up for it but you can say no. Just say you don’t want to do it. I don’t mind my face being around the bar. In some ways it’s confidence boosting.
TGUK: Is it a rule that every Ku boy has to look good?
CHARLIE: I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t but I don’t know how the interview process works here…
TGUK:(Laughs) So you didn’t walk in and take your top off?
CHARLIE: No, I didn’t have to do that at all. You do have to submit a photo with your CV.
TGUK: A topless photo?
CHARLIE: No. But I believe some people have send topless pics with their CVs.
TGUK: A lot of people are saying apps are destroying bar culture do you agree?
CHARLIE: Not really. I think people are coming to bars more with groups of friends whereas they’re using the apps to meet someone. But I see people on apps all the time in here, sat at the bar on Grindr. So they still come to the bar but people don’t come to meet people anymore. I think apps have taken people’s confidence away to go up to someone and talk to them or buy them a drink. People would rather just sit on Grindr find someone from another bar and just meet up that way.
TGUK: Why do you think that is?
CHARLIE: I think there’s a lot of pressure put on gay people to look a certain way or to be a certain way. If you’re talking to someone not face to face you can be a bit more confident.
TGUK: What do you think the future of Soho gay scene is?
CHARLIE: As it stands now, with certain bars closing down, it looks like they’re trying to disperse Soho and move the gay scene all around as opposed to focusing on the one spot but I don’t think it should be. Soho has always been different and it has that edge about it and it works. It’s a colourful place it’s vibrant and that’s what you want here. You don’t want to go to one bar for a couple of drinks then have to get the tube to go to another bar. I think also certain bars won’t move at all. Ku bar won’t be moving. I don’t know. We’ll see how it all unfolds.
TGUK: What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen happen in Ku?
CHARLIE: I’ve seen someone get on their knees at the end of the bar a couple of months ago. We obviously kicked them out. I mean fair
enough if you’re going into the toilets but it was a busy Friday night and I didn’t know what was going on.
TGUK: Were they drunk?
CHARLIE: Yeah of course. They were drunk but come on! How drunk do you have to be to forget you’re in Ku bar and think you’re in Chariots?
TGUK:(Laughs) Well chariots is kinda far away…
CHARLIE: F*** it, let’s just get it on here! (Laughs)
TGUK: Compared to other bars is there a cache for being a Ku boy?
CHARLIE: Absolutely. Because we always win Boyz Awards for sexiest bar staff, and we’re known for having good looking bar staff. I think when you’re working in gay bars in this area you know of Ku and you wanna work there. You wanna say I work at Ku. There is that opinion that Ku boys are… I don’t want to say better that other
bar boys but… You have to live up to it.
TGUK: So are you in the gym quite a lot?
CHARLIE: I used to be a stick thin twink then. When I started working in this Ku bar I started going to the gym and getting a little bit musclier.
TGUK: So a Ku bar boy or a Jeremy Joseph Flyer Boy?
CHARLIE:(Laughs) I know what I would choose Ku every single time.
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Name: Ondrej Zemamec
Age: 24
From: Czech Republic, now Battersea
Pets: American Cocker Spaniel – Simba
TGUK: What made you come to London?
ONDREJ: I came to London in 2008 to do my pre-uni education. At the moment I’m studying Law which I’m in my final year of. So I’m working here and studying now.
TGUK: What’s the dream then?
ONDREJ: I don’t know to be honest. I just want to finish university and possibly get myself into something a bit more creative. Probably journalism even. I think being a lawyer isn’t the right path for me.
TGUK: How long is your law course?
ONDREJ: It takes three years.
TGUK: Do you work here part-time then?
ONDREJ: I work here four days a week.
TGUK: Is it tough to get your study and work time in?
ONDREJ: It is difficult but I was doing other jobs in the past like retail and selling stuff and it wasn’t really working well with my uni schedule and in London you have to work alongside your studies in order to survive. So I decided to come back to Ku bar, because I used to work here about three years ago. We have fun, we work at nights, but we get good tips and have fun customers.
TGUK: Charlie was saying you could earn up to £140 a night in tips?
ONDREJ: You can, it depends on the customer. If someone’s really interested in you, possibly. Usually I get roughly about £50 a night but some nights you get £10 and others more.
TGUK: What are the best days to work?
ONDREJ: For me personally it’s better to work weekdays for tips purely because there’s more barmen at the weekend. There’s about 8-9 of us behind the bar then. It’s crazy but it’s about the quantity of showing the boys to the public. The weekdays, by yourself, you get more time to give to the customer and talk to them a bit more.
TGUK: Do you think you become some of the customers’ counsellors or therapists?
ONDREJ: Some of the customers come here to escape their world outside, so we try to be warm with as many customers as we can. We’ve got so many regular customers that we have established relationships with many of them. We’re at that stage where not only do we know what they’re going to order when they come in but also know if they’ve had a bad day or not so we can ask them, ‘are you ok?’
TGUK: Do all the Ku boys get on or is like Dreamgirls with pushing down the stairs?
ONDREJ: [Laughs] No. I think the whole process of hiring here, they want to make sure someone is going to fit in with the team and if there is someone who doesn’t really fit well, or gives off an attitude, they usually leave quite quick. It’s all about a family environment here. Being nice to each other.
TGUK: During promotional shoots do you find it odd or funny being asked to get close and intimate with your fellow colleagues?
ONDREJ: Not really because we all know each other. All the time we’re walking around having fun and we know we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Everyone always makes us feel at ease.
TGUK: Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?
ONDREJ: I have a boyfriend. It’s going to be 4 years soon.
TGUK: Where did you meet?
ONDREJ: We actually met here.
TGUK: He wasn’t a customer was he?
ONDREJ: Well, because I used to work here back then, I kinda knew him through people around him, well one thing led to another.
TGUK: Do you live together?
ONDREJ: Yes, we’ve been living together now for over two years.
TGUK: Apart from working at Ku you obviously go to the gym a lot?
ONDREJ: Well, I try to be disciplined. I’m not going to say I’m a fitness guru or know what I’m doing but I try to keep my routine.
TGUK: How long do you the gym?
ONDREJ: Usually it’s about an hour to an hour and a half. I don’t watch myself as much as some people do. I’m taking it easy. I do it more for good feeling, I need those endorphins running.
TGUK: Many think that bar culture is dying, do you see less people coming into town?
ONDREJ: I don’t think it’s about less people coming into town, or that people aren’t interested, it’s more about the local government deciding what they want to do and as a gay community we have to stand up and fight for our space because this has been a gay community for years.
TGUK: What’s the best thing about being a Ku boy?
ONDREJ: I’ve worked in other bars and this one has the family atmosphere going on, so you feel quite welcome and at ease. You feel comfortable and good about yourself. Obviously you have to listen to your managers and people above you but it’s all a friendly approach.
TGUK: Do you feel under pressure to look good as a Ku boy?
ONDREJ: Not under pressure. Obviously I want to look good. We take our tops off now and then and any sort of job where you’re topless you want to make sure you’re looking your best. I think you need to be ok with yourself first. As long as you’re comfortable with who you are then it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. It sounds cliché but it’s so true.
TGUK: So do they give you tips on how to get a good body?
ONDREJ: No, not at all. They don’t hire people here purely on their physique. We have all types of barmen here from big muscly ones to skinny twinky ones. This
TGUK: Is there much competition between different bar staff such as the Ku boys Vs the G-A-Y boys?
ONDREJ: If there is I haven’t sensed it. Because we’re here all the time we’re not really thinking about other bars, if they have better looking boys. I think the moment you start focusing on others you stop focusing on yourself and so you should just make sure everything is running smoothly in your own venue and not worry about anyone else’s.
TGUK: Where do you go and drink on your days off?
ONDREJ: I don’t drink much because I’m studying and try to keep sober. Most of the time I’m here so when I’m off I try to stay away from the alcohol.
TGUK: So do they give you tips on how to get a good body?
ONDREJ: No, not at all. They don’t hire people here purely on their physique. We have all types of barmen here from big muscly ones to skinny twinky ones. This bar tries to keep it as versatile as possible.
TGUK: Oh, so Ku bar is Versatile is it?
ONDREJ:[Laughs] Yes, I’m not sure if that’s the right terminology I should use.
TGUK: Where do you go and drink on your days off?
ONDREJ: I don’t drink much because I’m studying and try to keep sober. Most of the time I’m here so when I’m off I try to stay away from the alcohol.
TGUK: Does working in a bar make you less interested in drinking?
ONDREJ: Maybe just for the time being. If you’re working four days a week in a bar then you don’t really feel like going to a bar on your day off. But obviously if I was on holiday for two weeks then I’d go to the bar.
TGUK: Do you get to go home much?
ONDREJ: Yes, I go every three months or so because of my family and friends.
TGUK: Are you out to your family?
ONDREJ: Yes, I came out to them about a year and a half ago. They actually took it very well. In a way they pushed me into coming out as they sensed it. They accepted me and my boyfriend very well. Within a month they came to London and stayed with us for a couple of days, so I couldn’t have wished for a better ending. When you hear some stories about people being kicked out of their homes, I’m very lucky.
TGUK: How does the gay scene here compare to your hometown?
ONDREJ: I’m from a small town so there’s not much of a gay scene. People are a bit more quiet. Obviously, it’d be different if I was from Prague, people are a bit more out there. As far as my town goes it’s a bit more don’t ask don’t tell. People are still scared to come out openly which is why a lot of people leave to move to bigger cities.
We have to admit, this one passed us by, as we had stayed on ITV1 to watch the first episode of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here… but what exactly were Rylan and Matt doing on the Xtra Factor?
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The Mannequin challenge is the craze that’s sweeping the nation – and much better than the ChristmasTreeChallenge, which George Shelley released launched over the weekend. Well, stars and crew of ITV’s Xtra Factor took part in their very own Mannequin Challenge and it was rather brilliant – despite Olly Murs blinking half way through!
Our only question is what exactly were Rylan Clark-Neal and Matt Edmonson up to?
As the camera pans round it settles on Rylan and Matt in a rather compromising position, with Matt’s crotch in the face of Rylan. As the action begins, Matt is heard saying, “It’s just sort of flared-up a bit.”
Sheila Simmonds is one #BusyLady. She’s a TV legend on a Home Shopping channel as well as an international recording artiste. She’s a huge fan of Polyester and she’s always dressed head to toe in her, now famous, trademark baby pink trouser suit and trusty flats. All the way from Woolloomooloo, Sheila Rocks Our Wheels.
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TGUK: So is this the first time you’ve done an interview with a gay publication?
SS: Oh, I don’t know. No, I think I’ve done quite a few. I’ve done ‘Horse & Hound’, ‘Woman’s Weekly’…
TGUK: So which one or who is your favourite Kardashian?
SS: Now, favourite Kardashian. I was going to say the one that had a sex change but she’s not a Kardashian is she? I think it’s got to be Rob actually. He just kind of goes thin and then goes fat. Then he disappears for a while then comes back with a girlfriend looking really hot. Then he disappears and he comes back with a sandwich looking really fat. It’s the unpredictability of Rob that I like.
TGUK: Is having a tight body and a fit outlook important to you Sheila?
SS: Well, personally, it doesn’t really matter because I’ve now a range of clothing from ‘#WithTheLady’ range which are all built-in with gussets. So it gives you the option to eat whatever you want. To me it’s not important, to any of the people who wear me clothes, it’s not important but I guess if you’re a Kardashian it’s not important either, is it really? So, no. I’d say no on that one.
TGUK: Sheila, it must be important for you as a brand to keep healthy, keep fit and keep a trim waist?
SS: Well I’m Australian you see. We have a varied diet. That keeps us nice and trim as well. A little bit of kangaroo meat, eucalyptus leaves that kind of stuff. Bit of dirt. Fosters lager… You get your nutrients and your five-a-day in just a tin of Fosters these days.
TGUK: Do you know what sounding is?
SS: Sounding, no I’ve no idea. Tell me. Enlighten me, darling.
TGUK: Would it surprise you to learn that it’s when men, it’s a man thing, put metal rods down their pee-holes?
SS: No, it wouldn’t surprise… I mean what is the purpose of it? Do you kind of tune in? Is it like a radio receiver? Do you kind of put your ear to it and then you’ve got a little Radio 1 coming through? Is that what it is? That’s what I like about the gays, is that they’ll try anything. Any hole’s an experiment isn’t it, with the gays?
TGUK: Tell me, are you a fan of Madonna?
SS: Oh, God I love Madge. Do you know we actually went out for lunch, well she invited me over for dinner the other day. We’ve known each other for years. Back to the Woolloomooloo Cabbage Festival in 1975. I came third.
TGUK: Where did she come?
SS: She was unplaced.
TGUK: Liza Minnelli, is she someone that you would look up to?
SS: I’d probably look down on Liza because she’s shorter than I am, and we don’t get on.
TGUK: Oh no? Is there a story?
SS: No. There is a story but I’m not sure if can repeat it right now. Let’s just say it involves a wok.
TGUK: Have you ever… A) Facebook stalked an ex for two hours? B) Sat alone in the dark with a bottle of red wine singing along to Celine Dion? C) Destroyed a man’s wardrobe with scissors because it seemed like the right thing to do?
SS: B, but that was only because me money ran out on the electric key.
TGUK: Do you like a bit of Celine Dion?
SS: I love a bit of Celine Dion. Do you know what me favourite one is, I do like to do karaoke nights actually, is ‘My Heart Will Go On’. People throw ice cubes at me while the Titanic sinks it’s fantastic.
TGUK: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve ever bought?
SS: Twitter followers… and do you know the most outrageous thing about it is, I bought quite a few thousand, three days later they all disappeared! I went from popular to nothing just like that, overnight. Mind you I only paid seven dollars so…
TGUK: Who’s your style icon? Because you’ve a very strong sense of style it has to be said.
SS: I do, yes, I do. Well, I’d say, yes, it’s me.
TGUK: Have you ever dumped a boy because his boy parts were too small?
SS: I don’t know, but I’ve dumped on a boy… oh no don’t write that one, that’s a bit sick. No, but you know, I had to dump a guy because his bits were too big! I know. I looked at him, I said, ‘Strewth, strike a light and throw a seven’. It was terrible. I thought that’s not going anywhere near me so I palmed him off to me sister Jean. She’s quite happy with him, they’re still together actually.
TGUK: What do you think about drag queens?
SS: Do you know what? I don’t mind because all of my clothing are made for women or men that like to dress as women. You know I think of that as more revenue for me really! I love it.
TGUK: God’s answer to gay men is… A) Blue Nun with a Babycham chaser; B) Tom Daley in his tiniest costume; or C) The ability to light up a room with a single soft-tone light bulb?
SS: I’ve got to go for the Blue Nun with the Babycham chaser because that just sounds delicious.
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The man who murdered a police officer and then disposed of the body by horrifying means is found guilty of his murder and will be sentenced next month.
A man who killed a serving police officer he met on Grindr has been found guilty of his murder and disposing of his body by dissolving it in acid and other horrific means will be sentenced next month.
Stefano Brizzi, 50, went to great lengths to dispose of 59-year-old Gordon Semple, by dismembering him and getting rid of him in a manner which “amounts to cannibalism”. Police investigating Semple’s death also revealed that they found “a number of bottles of chemicals scattered over the hallway floor and in the bathroom,” when they arrived at Brizzi’s address.
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On Friday, 1 April, Gordon Semple, who dedicated 30 years of his working life to the police, was on duty and had been at a meeting in London Bridge. Phone evidence has shown that at just after 14:00hrs that day he used the dating app Grindr to arrange to meet Brizzi for sex at his south London flat.
That afternoon Brizzi strangled Gordon Semple to death and over the following week set about systematically disposing of his body in a bid to either avoid being caught or ensuring that Gordon could never be identified.
In a statement released to the press Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Ayling said,
“Fuelled by drugs, Stefano Brizzi murdered Gordon and then set about systemically disposing of his body, the detail of which is quite frankly distressing to read and hear.
“The investigation has evidenced the sickening lengths that he went to dismember Gordon and dispose of his remains, not just in the immediate aftermath of the murder but over the days that followed, and amounts to cannibalism.
“Brizzi clearly and coldly laid a false trail by contacting Gordon on Grindr five days after he himself had murdered him and weaving a fictious account of what took place that afternoon.
“Brizzi was unaware that Gordon was a police officer and the investigation has proved that the two men had never met before. Only Brizzi will know the reasons why that day he became a killer.”
SHOCKING DETAILS
Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Ayling continued,
“The details of Gordon’s murder have shocked and traumatised his partner, family, friends and colleagues.
“The responding officers and all those involved in the investigation into Gordon’s death have been affected by it, made all the worse by knowing he was a colleague. It is a testimony to their professionalism that Brizzi has been convicted.
“Sadly, it is clear from the investigation that Gordon, a man who had dedicated the last three decades of his life to policing London, was behaving on duty in a way that no police officer should. Gordon held a position of trust, and he broke that trust.
“However, nothing should distract from the actions of Stefano Brizzi and the blame for Gordon’s death lies firmly with this man. A killer whose cold calculated actions are so grotesque they are beyond comprehension. Nothing will bring Gordon back, but I hope that the verdict will help all those who loved and cared for him; who considered him a friend and who worked alongside him to come to terms with how they feel and start to move on.”
GRINDR
The investigation by the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command established that both Gordon and Brizzi routinely used Grindr to meet like-minded men for sex and drug use.
Over the 24 hours prior to Gordon’s murder, Brizzi was using Grindr to chat to men and invite them to his flat, his messages show that he was getting increasingly frustrated during this time as people failed to show up. He had been taking drugs and had been awake all night.
Two hours after Gordon had arrived at the flat he continued to use Grindr to invite other men to join them whilst Brizzi’s own messages clearly showed he was becoming less interested in what was happening.
The last message that Gordon sent that day was at 19:04hrs. Only 20 minutes later a call to Gordon’s mobile went unanswered – Police believe by then he was dead.
In evidence, the prosecution outlined that Brizzi’s motive was unclear, but he told one of the responding officers that despite not knowing him he simply did not like Gordon.
DEVASTATED FAMILY
A statement on behalf of the family of Gordon Semple said,
“Gordon was a loyal and much loved long term partner, brother, brother in law, uncle, cousin and friend to all.
“We were devastated when the news broke of Gordon’s murder and the circumstances which are still incredibly hard to deal with. It is still insurmountably upsetting.
“At Gordon’s funeral we met many of his friends and work colleagues – we were proud to hear how fondly they thought of Gordon.
“Gordon will be sadly missed by our family. Gordon we miss you so much, may you rest in peace.”
Relative newbie, Joel Dommett has certainly made an impression on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, especially after he stripped off to reveal, well a rather dishy bod!
Although he’s relatively unknown, standup comedian and actor Joel Dommett has certainly captured the public’s interest / or lust after revealing his finely toned body in last night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
According to Betway Joel’s odds of winning have shortened from 14/1 to 7/2.
A spokesperson for the Bookie said,
“There’s been a massive market move for Joel Dommett after Sunday night’s opening episode. The Skins star’s odds plummeted from 14/1 into 7/2 straight after he revealed his torso in the Jungle’s shower.
“The shortening of Dommett’s odds is the most drastic I can remember in I’m A Celebrity history!
“Scarlett Moffatt looks a shaky favourite now. We’ve pushed her out from 7/4 to 5/2 and that price could slip further if she fails to grab the public’s attention.”
