John Whae says ‘people my life’ told him ‘don’t be too gay’
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- STRICTLY: JOHN WHAE SAYS ‘PEOPLE MY LIFE’ TOLD HIM ‘DON’T BE TOO GAY’
- STRICTLY FANS HAIL JOHN AND JOHANN ‘BEANS FOR GAY FOLK’ AFTER BEG FIRST SAME-SEX FALISTS
STRICTLY: JOHN WHAE SAYS ‘PEOPLE MY LIFE’ TOLD HIM ‘DON’T BE TOO GAY’
Strictly has featured a female same-sex uple before, boxer Nila Adams and Katya Jon, who peted durg the 18th season 2020, but Whae and Rabe (who both intify as gay) will be the show's first gay male pair.
STRICTLY FANS HAIL JOHN AND JOHANN ‘BEANS FOR GAY FOLK’ AFTER BEG FIRST SAME-SEX FALISTS
"Bee I'm dog the first all-male partnership, I genuely did thk that I was gog to receive a fair b of hate bee you do as a gay man, you get a lot of hate. Strictly Come Dancg star John Whae has said he ially wanted to be paired wh a straight partner the first male same-sex duo, bee he thought would be the only way to be Great Brish Bake Off star was ultimately paired wh Johann Rabe, who is also gay, after Whae realised would be "wrong" to dance wh anyone other than the South Ain told Attu magaze: "As soon as I found out, I felt a ltle b anx.
"I thk as gay people, we have to choose the plac we go to, we have to choose the people we speak to, who we even look at, bee we have been ndned to kd of expect hate and flak. "He add: "I've always said, I'm black and gay and you n't separate the two. Strictly Come Dancg nttant John Whae has said that he was advised not to “be too gay” by people close to him.
”Stipulatg that he didn’t want to name anyone, Whae said there were “people my life” who told him not to be “too gay”. "I was at a weddg once, for example, and I was dancg my ltle heart out, and this person said to me, 'don’t be too mp, don’t be too gay', as though was a bad thg, ” he said. Strictly Come Dancg fans have celebrated John Whae and Johann Rabe beg the show’s first same-sex falists, llg them “beans for the gay muny”.