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Contents:

• LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
• THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S RANDY JON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI

LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE

Matt says the character was meant to be a ‘celebratn’ of gay people (Picture: Rex Featur, BBC)Comedian and actor Matt Lus has spoken out about his ntroversial Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas, better known as ‘the only gay the village’.

Matt said he knows the character has been ed as a tool to bully young gay people, but sists that was not the show’s tentn. ‘I have had people who had ‘you are the only gay the village’ said to them and to was meant to be a celebratn, ’ he told Richard Herrg’s RHLSTP podst. ‘But people were labelled ‘the only gay the village’ at school.

THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S RANDY JON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE

It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI

Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men.

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