Brian McFadden defends “homophobic” comments

Posted by heatworld on Wednesday 20 Aug 2008

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Oh dear, Brian McFadden is in big trouble after making some rather alarming remarks on a New Zealand radio show – but he claims they were taken out of context. During an interview on More FM, Brian was talking about men who wear pink. “Saying pink is a form of red is the same as saying homosexual is a form of male,” he said. “In the old days, there was no such thing as gay. It was frowned upon, the church would burn you at the stake. Modern day, if you are not gay, a man should not be wearing pink, unless of course you're in the America's Cup and you're one of these pansies who walk around with Gant T-shirts with your collars up, and you wear pink and you wear white trousers with those dirty brown slip-on shoes. Then you're just an idiot.” Um, who’s the idiot, exactly? Since incurring the wrath of gay groups down under, he’s issued a statement furiously denying that he was being offensive. “To come to the conclusion that I am homophobic from these sentences is far from the truth,” he says. “Some of my friends and colleagues are gay and if I was truly homophobic then I have picked the wrong industry.” Hmm, what do you think? Oh, and do cast your eye over the picture we’ve dug up of Brian wearing… what’s that?... pink. What. A. Numpty.