John Barrowman reveals he was axed om huge US show for 'beg too gay' | The Sun

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TORCHWOOD: JOHN BARROWMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE TO BE AXED FOR BBC BUT WILL AIR US

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Too gay for the UK: John Barrowman's explic sex scene Torchwood is to be axed for BBC broadst, but will air US A gay sex scene has been brand too sensatnal to air on Brish televisn - spe the US optg to broadst Amerins are notor for their strong censorship, yet on this ocsn UK televisn boss have been BBC will axe the lewd act om an upg episo of Torchwood: Miracle Day. Controversial: Sex scene, starrg John Barrowman, will be cut for BBC airg In the programme, John Barrowman's character Capta Jack - an immortal former n man om the future who liv on Earth - sleeps wh a show equently exam homosexual and bisexual relatnships, wh the ma star Barrowman an in among the gay and lbian muny.

A source said: 'It wasn't that was a gay scene that worried people, but jt the fact that was such an explic sex scene full stop. 'Behd the meras, Barrowman is openly gay and has been wh the same partner for nearly two former Any Dream Will Do judge met Stt Gill 1993 while he was starrg a theatre productn of Rope - a play which Aled Hchck ma to a Christmas 2006, the pair beme civil partners.

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THE SCENE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS CUT DIFFERENTLY FOR STARZ AND THE BBC, WH THE BRISH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPORTEDLY G OFF CIDLY MORE TAME. “THE SUN TOOK AN TERVIEW I DID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR FIVE MONTHS AGO TALKG ABOUT PUTTG SEX TO THE PROGRAM AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} FS , AND THEY TOOK QUOT AND MA SOUND LIKE I {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISAGREEG WH THE BBC,” BARROWMAN EXPLAED. “THE NTROVERSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS RAISED WAS RAISED BY A NEWSPAPER THAT DIDN’T KNOW WHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TALKG ABOUT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, HE SAYS HE WAS PLETE AGREEMENT, SCE THE BBC PLAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A WIR DIENCE THE UK THAN STARZ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIEWERSHIP. “SOME YOUNG KIDS ARE GOG TO WATCH TORCHWOOD, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY’RE STG WATCHG WH THEIR PARENTS, MIGHT MAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LTLE UNFORTABLE,” BARROWMAN SAID. “THE PARENTS MIGHT CLICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO ORR TO STOP THAT OM HAPPENG, WE’VE JT TAKEN A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFF THE END OF . YOU STILL GET A GOOD CHUNK OF . IT’S NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’RE TAKG AWAY. IT’S NOT THAT WAS, ‘OH MY GOD, WE N’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEX BETWEEN TWO MEN!’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARROWMAN ALSO THKS THAT ALL THE HUBBUB IS OVERBLOWN BEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTUAL AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE CUT OUT FOR BRISH DIENC DON’T ADD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO MUCH. “THERE’S NOT VERY MUCH CUT OUT,” HE SAID. “IT’S HOT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S WHAT NICE ABOUT . IT’S SUPER-HOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERI, A SP-OFF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LONG-NNG BBC H DOCTOR WHO, FOLLOWS THE EXPLOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARROWMAN’S HARKNS AND HIS VERT ERNMENT TEAM TASKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALG WH ALIEN AND PARANORMAL THREATS. IN THE NEW SEASON, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERSON ON EARTHSUDNLY NNOT DIE, WHILE HARKNS HIMSELF, WHO’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEEN RENRED IMMORTAL AN EPISO OF DOCTOR WHO, FDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORTAL ONCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAPTA JACK MEETS HIS ONE NIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS OF WHICH VERSN OF THE SCENE DIENC SEE, BARROWMAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT HAPPY ’S THERE, SCE THAT SORT OF PICTN OF GAY ROMANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMETHG HE FEELS HE WAS SORELY MISSG GROWG UP. “IF I WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOUNG MAN GROWG UP AND SAW THAT ON TELEVISN, TO KNOW THAT THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROMANCE OUT THERE FOR ME, MIGHT’VE MA THGS — NOT THAT I HAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIFFICULT GROWG UP — BUT THE ’70S AND ’80S, MIGHT’VE CHANGED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOT OF THGS EARLIER FOR ME,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

John Barrowman has claimed he was liberately wrten off a TV show the 1990s after he refed to hi the fact that he's gay * john barrowman gay scene *

Capta Jack first appeared as a character on Doctor Who, wh Barrowman's populary earng him a sp-off show of his is the first openly non-heterosexual character Doctor Who BBC me unr fire last month for airg an EastEnrs episo featurg a naked gay uple bed together. While at San Diego Comic-Con to promote his sci-fi seri Torchwood:Miracle Day, Brish actor John Barrowman addrsed a growgntroversy over a gay love scene that aired Friday night the U.

BBC CUTS TORCHWOOD GAY SEX SCENE

Capta Jack meets his one night standRegardls of which versn of the scene dienc see, Barrowman isjt happy ’s there, sce that sort of pictn of gay romance issomethg he feels he was sorely missg growg up. "They asked me if I would not talk about beg gay. "That termatn to live life openly and hontly as a gay man part me om somethg Barrowman's father had said to him years before when speakg of a llege schoolmate who spent who time worryg about what others thought of her.

RELATED | Pl Bettany Says His Gay Father Went Back Into The Closet His 80s. The highly-popular UK seri Torchwood featured a sex scene volvg bisexual alien-hunter, played by gay actor John Barrowman, and a male bartenr that was ultimately cut by the Brish channel.

JOHN BARROWMAN REVEALS HE WAS AXED OM HUGE US SHOW FOR ‘BEG TOO GAY’

Hmm, seems a ltle shady and possibly homophobic. "People who tune to this seri will jt thk Jack is gay, bee he jt has full-on man sex.

“They asked me if I would not talk about beg gay. The actor, 51, was due to appear on Amerin soap Central Park Wt, which was on screens om 1995 to 1996 but he was dched when he told producers he was not fortable hidg the fact he is gay.

He said: “The producers pulled me to the office and sat me down – one was gay – and said they didn’t want me to talk about my boyiend at the time, Stt, who I eventually married. “For years I’d wanted to be myself and hid beg gay for a perd of time, and been bullied for certa thgs, so I said no and I jt lived my life. John Barrowman has claimed he was liberately wrten off a TV show the 1990s after he refed to hi the fact that he's gayVio LoadgVio UnavailableJOHN BARROWMAN HITS BACK AT COMPLAINTS OVER 'FAKE' SCOTTISH ACCENT WHILE SPEAKING TO LORRAINE Actor John Barrowman is such a stalwart of Brish telly 's hard to image him anywhere else.

JOHN BARROWMAN SAYS HE WAS FIRED FOR REFG TO HI BEG GAY THE 1990S

John, who is gay, was wh now-hband Stt at the time, and says he refed to stop beg seen wh his lover and talkg about their relatnship. They asked me if I would not talk about beg gay. "One of the strangt thgs is that I was beg asked to do this by a man, a producer, who I knew was gay.

The BBC has rpond to plats that Torchwood: Miracle Day featur "too much gay ntent". "We've received plats om some viewers who feel there is too much gay ntent Torchwood, " the rporatn said.

'TORCHWOOD' GAY SCEN NOT MEANT TO E OFFENCE, SAYS BBC

"The BBC explaed that the dience have known John Barrowman's "tablished character" Capta Jack Harkns "to be promiscuo and bi-sexual", explag that "we felt the ntent was jtified terms of the ntext and characters and would be wh the expectatns of regular viewers" nclud: "We aim to pict relatnships whether heterosexual or homosexual an hont and realistic way. However, was nfirmed that a "sequence of gay sex" om a later episo will be broadst.

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John Barrowman says he was fired for refg to hi beg gay the 1990s - Mirror Onle .

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