Quote Originally Posted by Monty92 View Post
Quite.

But even in cases were a man hasn't so much deceived others but has simply been unable to come to terms with his own sexuality, surely this is cast-iron evidence of a deep-rooted homophobia?

I mean, he works in light daytime TV entertainment industry, for f*cks sake. He can hardly claim (as opposed to, say, footballers) that he feared a public backlash.

So Phil, what disgusted you so much about the idea of being gay?
Oh, they can turn that back on us and say that they've internalised society's homophobia and that means that they're the victims really.

To be honest, though, I'm struggling with the fact that someone would go to all the trouble of living a lie for 27 years while being as camp as a row of tents. I mean if you wanted to pass yourself off as straight, wouldn't you try acting...y'know...straight?