The World According to Gogglebox. Gogglebox

      GAY MEN ON TV WHEN YOU

      WERE GROWING UP

      STEPHEN: I remember seeing Jimmy Somerville on TV and thinking, I know I’m like that, and I really don’t want to be. You know, the bleached hair and the dancing like he did. It wasn’t until EastEnders, when there was a gay couple that didn’t seem stereotypical. One of them was a tall fella with grey hair.

      But I didn’t come out until I was about twenty-five, because I was from a council estate, and you just kept your mouth shut.