Brian Dowlg on beg first openly gay kids' TV prenter'

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• BRIAN DOWLG: 'I'M GLAD I WAS NAIVE ABOUT BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY KIDS' TV PRENTER'
• BRIAN DOWLG ‘NEVER FELT LOVE OM THE GAY MUNY’ AFTER BIG BROTHER W: ‘PEOPLE ALWAYS TOLD ME I WAS NEGATIVE FOR LGBT’
• BRIAN DOWLG SPEAKS ABOUT HIS 'LOVE-HATE' RELATNSHIP WH THE GAY MUNY
• BRIAN DOWLG AND HIS HBAND HAVE RECEIVED ANTI-GAY MSAG SCE WELE DGHTER VIA SURROGATE
• GAY REALY TV STAR BRIAN DOWLG CRICISED AFTER REFERRG TO THE SURROGATE PREGNANT WH HIS CHILD AS 'IT'
• BRIAN DOWLG REVEALS THE GAS QUTN HIS MUM ASKED UPON LEARNG THAT HE WAS GAY
• BRIAN DOWLG: I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PARENT BUT BEE I’M GAY SOME PEOPLE N'T ABI
• TO BE A GAY MAN BY WILL YOUNG – OUT AND PROUD
• RYLAN CLARK-NEAL ADMS WATCHG BRIAN DOWLG MA HIM REALISE BEG GAY 'ISN'T A BAD THG'
• RYLAN CLARK-NEAL SAYS WATCHG BRIAN DOWLG’S GROUNDBREAKG BIG BROTHER W MA HIM REALISE ‘BEG GAY ISN’T A BAD THG’
• BRIAN DOWLG: I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PARENT BUT BEE I’M GAY SOME PEOPLE N'T ABI
• BRIAN DOWLG SAYS HE KNEW PAL PHILIP SCHOFIELD WAS 'STGGLG' BEFORE HE ME OUT AS GAYON FRIDAY, PHILLIP, WHO IS MARRIED WH TWO DGHTERS, ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIVE ON TV THAT HE IS GAY A LENGTHY 17:41, 10 FEB 2020BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• BRIAN DOWLG: 'I'M GLAD I WAS NAIVE ABOUT BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY KIDS' TV PRENTER'

BRIAN DOWLG: 'I'M GLAD I WAS NAIVE ABOUT BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY KIDS' TV PRENTER'

Brian Dowlg prented SM:TV Live wh Ts DalyBig Brother's Brian Dowlg says he thks if he was startg out now as a 22-year-old people would jt 'brg him down' prenter was the first openly gay children's prenter when he started on Saturday morng's SM:TV Live after wng Big Brother's send seri told Kate Thornton on Whe We Qutn Time he was 'glad he was naive' gog to the job wh no experience of prentg live TV, and that there was no social media at the time.

BRIAN DOWLG ‘NEVER FELT LOVE OM THE GAY MUNY’ AFTER BIG BROTHER W: ‘PEOPLE ALWAYS TOLD ME I WAS NEGATIVE FOR LGBT’

Dowlg said: "I was a realy TV star that was on televisn dnk and screamg and beg mp and naked, nng around, then to land a proper, ser job as an openly gay man on kids' Dowlg leav as the wner of Ultimate Big Brother, at Elstree Studs Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Imag via Getty Imag)"I'm glad I didn't know what people were thkg when me to gay men and children.

"Dowlg and Thornton discsed his role as an out gay man on TV and the path opened for others, cludg for the first Pop Idol wner Will Young, who has wrten before about Dowlg's prence makg him feel ls 'alone' said the two had siar experienc, both g through the same dtry and 'tryg to have private liv' while livg the public to the full episo to hear Brian talk about his journey to surrogacy wh his hband and his sister as a surrogate"But was very different back then to what is now, " Dowlg said. "He said beg the first openly gay children's TV prenter 'was never anythg that was mentned at the time', and he was drafted bee of beg on a ntract wh the same pany that ma SM:TV more: Brian Dowlg speaks about his 'love-hate' relatnship wh the gay munyAfter Ant and Dec left the show, there was a gap to fill but Dowlg was not nvced, askg boss if they were 'f***g crazy' wantg him to do bee he didn't thk he went on to prent the show wh Ts Daly until 2003 until they both cid to leave to work on other Dowlg and Ts Daly at the UK premiere of Amerin Weddg, the third Amerin Pie movie.

"As a 23-year-old, he said he's glad he didn't realised his groundbreakg role as a gay man and didn't have that 'prsure' on said: "It's only as I've gotten olr, I realised.

BRIAN DOWLG SPEAKS ABOUT HIS 'LOVE-HATE' RELATNSHIP WH THE GAY MUNY

"But he looked back on the job as one of his bt ever, sayg: "[It was] an amazg opportuny for me, as an out gay man at 23, to have that opportuny. Brian Dowlg: I never felt love om the gay muny after wng Big Brother (Picture: Rex)‘Will Young did an terview recently and he talked about me I his book where he said he don’t feel like I get enough cred, ’ says Brian Dowlg, reflectg on the immeasurable impact he had on the LGBT muny simply by appearg on Big Brother.

But whout knowg , Brian’s fay weren’t the only on who would be bowled over by the charmg, quick-wted, openly gay man. For many was the first time they’d met a gay man at all, let alone bee botted wh one. Will won Pop Idol jt five months after Brian left the Borehamwood bungalow a Big Brother wner, and me out as a gay man jt a few weeks after beatg puppy-eyed teen Gareth Gat.

After wng Big Brother, one of the few tim gay men were tly celebrated on natnal televisn – let alone on a populary ntt – Brian went on to prent SM:TV Live as the first openly gay kid’s TV prenter. Brian beme the first openly gay kid’s TV prenter on SM: TV Live (Picture: JUSTIN GOFF/SM:tv)‘At the time I didn’t see that as a really big thg, ’ he tells . ‘I never felt the love om the gay muny.

BRIAN DOWLG AND HIS HBAND HAVE RECEIVED ANTI-GAY MSAG SCE WELE DGHTER VIA SURROGATE

On nights out I would have arguments om people tellg me I was negative for the muny, “’s not all gay men are, not all gay men are like [you].

But my pot was I never said all gay men were like me.

‘I won Big Brother twice as an openly gay man, then SM: TV Live, then Dancg Wh the Stars here Ireland I did the same-sex dance and that hadn’t been done here before, hadn’t been done Ameri before and that was amazg to do. ‘I only realised at 42 how important was to host SM: TV Live at 23-years-old as an openly gay man which had never been done before. Brian Dowlg hostg the fal of Celebry Big Brother 2012 (Getty Imag)Brian Dowlg says his relatnship wh the gay muny has been love-hate and he has been 'cricised a lot' for beg 'so effemate, so mp, so loud' twice Big Brother wner said he'd even had drks thrown on him the past when he went told Kate Thornton on Whe We Qutn Time: "I've always said: 'This is me.

GAY REALY TV STAR BRIAN DOWLG CRICISED AFTER REFERRG TO THE SURROGATE PREGNANT WH HIS CHILD AS 'IT'

' I'm not sayg everyone that's gay is like me. "The 42-year-old, who won the send seri of Big Brother 2001 spoke to Thornton about spirg people followg his footsteps to be more fortable wh their sexualy, such as sger Will Young who revealed his 2020 tobgraphy that seeg Dowlg on TV had ma him feel ls more: All the latt om Pri monthBut Dowlg said he wasn't always showered wh Brian Dowlg on Big Brother legends, same sex surrogacy and g out the early 00s"I've had a love hate relatnship wh the gay muny and the gay prs for such a long time, " he said. "I was cricised a lot om the gay muny for beg so effemate and for beg so mp, and for beg so loud.

BRIAN DOWLG REVEALS THE GAS QUTN HIS MUM ASKED UPON LEARNG THAT HE WAS GAY

"Or gog to bars and then enunterg people who said I was a bad role mol for gay men, that not all gay men are effemate or mp. "He told Thornton also about his parents' acceptance of him beg gay, havg been aaid to tell them before 'for fear of them disowng me' gog on the show, when he was workg as a flight attendant, he said he realised there would be no way he uld not be himself the Big Brother even if he only lasted a week or more: 'Big Brother' host Emma Willis says show needs 'a b more of a rt' before rebootHe said: "I feel there was two versns of Brian Dowlg, the one that was workg at Stansted Airport and Ryanair, that was fully out.

And the one that would e home to my mum, my dad and my six sisters ral Ireland, an hour om Dubl the untry, where we had no ia what gay was, we had no ia what homosexualy was.

"After he'd got his sister to ll his parents to tell them he was gay, and she'd reported back that they were 'fe about ', he rang his parents om the crew room havg land on a flight om om his mum askg him if he was 'tryg to be fashnable' and that jt beg her reasong Dowlg's ey, he said he only spoke to her one more time, on the morng of gog to the Dowlg and fellow Big Brother nttant Narr Kr at a UK film premiere London 2002.

BRIAN DOWLG: I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PARENT BUT BEE I’M GAY SOME PEOPLE N'T ABI

And that was this out, gay man, " he said. 'There's been so much homophobia': Brian Dowlg says he and hband Arthur Gourounlian have received anti-gay msag sce welg their dghter Blake via surrogate Published: 15:08 BST, 23 November 2022 | Updated: 15:17 BST, 23 November 2022. Brian Dowlg has told how there has been 'so much homophobia' directed at him and his hband sce they had a baby via former Big Brother star, 44, and his partner Arthur Gourounlian weled their dghter Blake September, wh Brian's sister Aoife rryg the uple have been open about their surrogacy journey, wh Brian tellg how a si effect has been they have received numero homophobic msag as well as nstant queri as to which one of them is the blogil father.

Heartbreakg: Brian Dowlg has told how there has been 'so much homophobia' directed at him and his hband sce they had a baby via surrogateSpeakg on Kate Ferdand's Blend podst, he said: 'There's been a lot of shamg. The amount of homophobia that Arthur and I... You're not really gay if you want to have Anonymoreply 16June 8, 2022 6:03 PM.

Brian Dowlg has said that he and hband Arthur Gourounlian were targeted wh homophobia 'of the hight level' after baby Blake was born last year.

TO BE A GAY MAN BY WILL YOUNG – OUT AND PROUD

Brian Dowlg has admted he and hband Arthur Gourounlian were beg targeted wh homophobia 'of the hight level' after baby Blake was born last year.

However, the aftermath of announcg they were havg a baby and aga when Blake was born, Brian said 'onle trolls' targeted them acts of homophobia. 'I have alt wh homophobia, but 's never been at a level as what has been sce we announced and sce we had the child. I do believe that the crique is we are two men and we're gay.

The homophobia is guised as somethg else. 'Stuff like welfare for the child or what surrogacy means, 's jt homophobia.

RYLAN CLARK-NEAL ADMS WATCHG BRIAN DOWLG MA HIM REALISE BEG GAY 'ISN'T A BAD THG'

Praisg RTE for airg a documentary about a gay uple havg a child, Arthur said that the natnal broadster has been takg lots of risks recent years. Lookg back on his own experienc wh homophobia after beg a hoehold name the early-2000s on realy TV, Brian said 'Irish televisn has e a long way recently'. What amazed me is that I won the show, but the most criqu I was gettg were om the gay muny.

RYLAN CLARK-NEAL SAYS WATCHG BRIAN DOWLG’S GROUNDBREAKG BIG BROTHER W MA HIM REALISE ‘BEG GAY ISN’T A BAD THG’

Still to this day, we never once spoke to a gay publitn about our journey.

Lookg back on his own experienc wh homophobia after beg a hoehold name the early-2000s, Brian said 'Irish televisn has e a long way recently'.

Brian Dowlg has revealed the hilar qutn his mother Rosie asked upon fdg out her son was gay. Havg a hoot on Doireann Garrihy's podst The Lghs of your Life, the Dancg wh the Stars nttant reunted his parents fdg out he was gay.

BRIAN DOWLG: I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PARENT BUT BEE I’M GAY SOME PEOPLE N'T ABI

Brian is the elst of seven children, wh six younger sisters who knew he was gay before his parents part due to his wonrful embodiment of Alexis om Dynasty when they did reenactments at home. 19 years ago, the Rathangan lol went to the Big Brother hoe and me out victor, and was this realy TV gig that prompted all of his fay fdg out that he was gay. He's gay.

Dpe sufferg homophobic abe at some pots his life, the Kildare native has had a great life as an openly gay man sayg: 'Even at school, was never a problem. Brian Dowlg has spoken out about the homophobic abe he has received sce announcg he is expectg a child via surrogacy wh partner Arthur Irish realy TV star revealed last month that he is expectg a child later this year – wh his younger sister Aoife actg as a while the uple, who married 2015, has been undated wh "amazg feedback and amazg ments, ” Dowlg said unfortunately they have also received some horrendo homophobic abe.

Speakg on the Ma by Mammas podst, he said: "There are people out there that n't abi the fact that two men who chose to be gay are forcg this you know, 'rapg a womb', 'rentg a womb', 'forcg this woman to a suatn. "“On the day that we chose to be gay, we give up the right to be parents… But you know, that is based on pure homophobia, that's all that is. ""Gay men or gay women do ?

BRIAN DOWLG SAYS HE KNEW PAL PHILIP SCHOFIELD WAS 'STGGLG' BEFORE HE ME OUT AS GAYON FRIDAY, PHILLIP, WHO IS MARRIED WH TWO DGHTERS, ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIVE ON TV THAT HE IS GAY A LENGTHY 17:41, 10 FEB 2020BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

” “But then you know, beg gay and you're gog back here to you know the 90s, I didn't thk was possible to be gay and then to be able to have children, I jt didn't thk was possible. On a Saturday night Febary 2002, 14 ln people watched a 23-year-old gay man w a TV pop ntt.

BRIAN DOWLG: 'I'M GLAD I WAS NAIVE ABOUT BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY KIDS' TV PRENTER'

It had already n a piece suggtg he’d soon be “whoopg up… at one of Elton John and his lover David Furnish’s timate ltle all-star soire”, addg a “lourful mour” about Young’s school iends beg volved the “homosexual timidatn of younger boys”. It was a landmark revelatn at the time, g only six months after the openly gay Brian Dowlg had won Big Brother; pop culture was val changg attus to homosexualy the early 2000s.

“His beg gay was not always the ma topic of nversatn. This allowed me to see that a gay man uld be accepted as a person; not some kd of monster.

”To Be a Gay Man is a book about gay shame, Young explas, his chatty troductn, and his journey to try and rid himself of .