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• I'M GAY, ANTHONY CALLEA SAYS
• ATRALIAN IDOL STAR ANTHONY CALLEA REVEALS DICKO TRIED TO OUT HIM AS GAY ON LIVE TV
• ANTHONY CALLEA CLAIMS IAN ‘DICKO’ DICKSON TRIED TO OUT HIM AS GAY ON ATRALIAN IDOL
• ATRALIAN IDOL'S ANTHONY CALLEA ON G OUT TO HIS PARENTS AS GAY
• ANTHONY CALLEA ADMS HE'S GAY
• IAN 'DICKO' DICKSON SAYS HE REGRETS TRYG TO FORCE ANTHONY CALLEA TO E OUT AS GAY
• ANTHONY CALLEA REVEALS HIS SECRET GAY ORAL
• ANTHONY CALLEA'S FIRST TERVIEW AS AN OUT GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSAPRIL 5, 2007/10:29 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSAPRIL 5, 2007 / 10:29 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANTHONY CALLEA'S FIRST TERVIEW AS AN OUT GAY CELEB","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-05T14:29:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-05T14:29:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}{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 TELL YOU THE TTH, AT THE START OF THE YEAR I WAS BRISBANE AND I WAS SPEAKG TO MY MANAGER ABOUT AND I SAID ‘I THK I’M FORTABLE WH MYSELF NOW TO MAKE THAT NEXT STEP’ AND WE WERE TALKG ABOUT FOR QUE A FEW WEEKS. AND THEN THIS WHOLE THG WH VIC LOSSO ME OUT AND I THOUGHT WAS JT SOMETHG TELLG ME THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT TIME."{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;}{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;}PRETTY BALANCED THKG FOR SUCH A YOUNG GUY AT THIS STAGE HIS REER, EH? CALLEA ALSO RPOND TO THE CRI OF "NGRATULATNS" BY THE RAD SHOW'S HOSTS WH A HUMBLE, "CONGRATULATNS FOR WHAT? I DON’T NEED TO BE NGRATULATED FOR , ’S JT THE WAY IS." HE ALSO NFIRMED THAT HE IS HAPPILY A RELATNSHIP OF THREE {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;}BT OF LUCK TO CALLEA AND HIS FELLA. FOR MORE ABOUT THE EVENTS LEADG UP TO THIS TERVIEW, CHECK OUT OUR PAST {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;}{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
• GAY SGER ANTHONY CALLEA PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GEE MICHAEL

I'M GAY, ANTHONY CALLEA SAYS

“Our paths crossed many tim profsnally but I never knew that Tim was gay, ” Callea tells SBS, wh a lgh. “Well, so much for my gaydar. "Y, I am gay, " Callea said yterday.

ATRALIAN IDOL STAR ANTHONY CALLEA REVEALS DICKO TRIED TO OUT HIM AS GAY ON LIVE TV

"Callea said had been difficult growg up gay the Italian muny and that, more recently, the support of his partner of two years, Pl, had been valuable.

ANTHONY CALLEA CLAIMS IAN ‘DICKO’ DICKSON TRIED TO OUT HIM AS GAY ON ATRALIAN IDOL

"Callea said he regretted nyg he was gay durg an terview 2004 the early days of his Idol feared beg outed may have harmed his chanc the then, the sger has ftly avoid the topic of sexualy, although of late he stated was often the first qutn durg terviews. However he admted growg up as a gay Italian teenager was difficult. "It would have been much easier not to be gay, I uld have done what was expected of me and got married and had kids.

ATRALIAN IDOL'S ANTHONY CALLEA ON G OUT TO HIS PARENTS AS GAY

1 h The Prayer is the hight-sellg sgle Atralian chart history, hoped he will not tomatilly bee forever known as "gay sger Anthony Callea". Atralian Idol star Anthony Callea reveals his horror at judge Ian 'Dicko' Dickson tryg to out him as gay on live TV: 'He seemed more ncerned about my sexualy than I was' Published: 03:25 BST, 19 April 2023 | Updated: 07:29 BST, 19 April 2023. Anthony Callea opened up about the horrific moment Ian 'Dicko' Dickson attempted to out the sger as gay on season two of Atralia Idol 2004.

'One night, right after I'd fished my performance, the judg were givg their ments, and Dicko said somethg along the l of that he saw my target dience as beg ''granni, girls and gays'', which I gus was his way of throwg the 'G' word out there (alongsi some others), ' Anthony went on to say Dicko 'didn't get what he wanted' spe his relentls pursu to fuel the mours which circulated at the time. Anthony Callea, 40, (pictured) opened up about the horrific moment Ian 'Dicko' Dickson, 60, attempted to out the sger as gay on season two of Atralia Idol 2004Dpe the unfortable suatn he found himself , Anthony said he received plenty of support om other nttants, judg and staff members on the show who helped him bsh off Dicko's ments.

ANTHONY CALLEA ADMS HE'S GAY

Revealg all his memoir Behd The Voice, which he released earlier this month, he claimed the ntroversial judge wanted him to e out on live TV'He still gave me nstctive criqu, which mostly I agree wh, no matter how much they were driven by the theatre of the show, ' he 2021, the former Atralian Idol judge pated a slightly different picture when he spoke on the TV Reload podst about Anthony's homosexualy durg his stt on the sgg petn. He claimed he told Anthony, who was jt 21 at the time, he uld help him hi his sexualy spe the hmaker sistg he wasn't gay. The sger said Dicko (pictured) 'seemed more ncerned about my sexualy than I was' and tried different tactics to force him out of the closet 'as part of the show''We all knew Anthony was gay and I remember sayg to him, ''look, mate, we're gog to be your rerd pany and we n help you live the life you want and shag who you want and keep a public persona for your reer if that's what you choose, '' Dicko sisted he jt wanted to 'reach out' and help Anthony, but admted he should have let the mic artist e out his own time.

Anthony Callea claims Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson tried to out him as gay on Atralian IdolAnthony Callea has st his md back to his Atralian Idol days, revealg an awkward live TV enunter wh and the mic mogul. Anthony Callea rells his experience as a nttant on Atralian Idol his new tell-all memoir – and claims judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson allegedly tried to out him as gay on sger, who appeared season two of the talent show 2004, had not publicly revealed his sexualy at the time, spe Dickson’s apparent attempts. “One night, right after I’d fished my performance, the judg were givg their ments, and Dicko said somethg along the l of that he saw my target dience as beg ‘granni, girls and gays’, which I gus was his way of throwg the ‘G’ word out there (alongsi some others), ” wr Callea, who was 21 at the time.

“We all knew Anthony was gay and I remember sayg to him, ‘Look mate, we’re gog to be your rerd pany and we n help you live the life you want and shag who you want and keep a public persona for your reer if that’s what you choose, ’’ Dickson said, addg that hdsight he should have let Callea e out on his own terms. Atralian Idol's Anthony Callea reveals he was nsumed by 'shame and embarrassment' when g out to his parents as gay: 'I hated myself' Published: 10:45 BST, 1 April 2023 | Updated: 11:18 BST, 1 April 2023. Wrg his new memoir, Behd The Voice: Dietro La Voce, as extracted by Stellar Magaze, the 40-year-old says he was nsumed by 'shame' when makg the Atralian Idol star, who rose to fame on season two of the petn, revealed that he actually dned for the first season of the show 2003, but fled the stud, nsumed by same night, he hid out a hotel room, terrified as he had left his parents a note revealg that he was gay before he set out for the dn.

IAN 'DICKO' DICKSON SAYS HE REGRETS TRYG TO FORCE ANTHONY CALLEA TO E OUT AS GAY

'At this pot, y, I knew I was gay, but I uldn't even say the word out loud. I uldn't even look at myself the mirror and say, "I'm gay.

He was very quiet, and I was so sure this bombshell I had jt dropped, this fact that I was gay, would make them disappoted me. Atralian Idol star Anthony Callea has fally put a halt to wispread speculatn, revealg that he is ed a homosexual.

"Y, I am gay, " Callea told the Herald Sun. The 24-year-old, who nied he was a homosexual durg an terview 2004 for Idol, was accintally outed by a Sydney rad announcer earlier this month. Callea said he regretted prevly nyg that he was a homosexual.

ANTHONY CALLEA REVEALS HIS SECRET GAY ORAL

"I didn't want to be known as jt the gay nttant om Idol. "I'm not ashamed of beg gay, but 's not my nature to go out and promote , " he said. Ian 'Dicko' Dickson has exprsed his regret about tryg to out Anthony Callea as gay while they were filmg season two of Atralian Idol 2004.

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'I uld clearly see he was gay and I kept phg him and sayg, ''Look, we've worked wh artists and boy bands where they have been gay members, but they've had to keep quiet', ' he explaed.

Ian 'Dicko' Dickson, 60, (pictured) has exprsed his regret about tryg to out Anthony Callea, 40, as gay while they were filmg season two of Atralian Idol 2004. 'I love the gay muny and I don't unrstand why anyone would want to hi that. Callea (pictured) recently ma headl wh the release of his memoir Behd The Voice, which he claimed the ntroversial judge, 60, wanted him to e out on live TV Confirmg the sger's claims on The Kyle And Jackie O Show on Thursday, Dickson said he regrets puttg Callea such an unfortable posn'One night, right after I'd fished my performance, the judg were givg their ments, and Dicko said somethg along the l of that he saw my target dience as beg ''granni, girls and gays'', which I gus was his way of throwg the 'G' word out there (alongsi some others), ' Callea went on to say Dickson 'didn't get what he wanted' spe his relentls pursu to fuel the mours which circulated at the time.

'He still gave me nstctive criqu, which mostly I agree wh, no matter how much they were driven by the theatre of the show, ' he 2021, the former Atralian Idol judge pated a slightly different picture when he spoke on the TV Reload podst about Anthony's homosexualy durg his stt on the sgg petn. He claimed he told Callea, who was jt 21 at the time, he uld help him hi his sexualy spe the hmaker sistg he wasn't gay. (Pictured: Dickson on Atralian Idol) 'We all knew Anthony was gay and I remember sayg to him, ''look, mate, we're gog to be your rerd pany and we n help you live the life you want and shag who you want and keep a public persona for your reer if that's what you choose, '' Dicko said.

GAY SGER ANTHONY CALLEA PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GEE MICHAEL

ANTHONY Callea has admted he was terrified before beg outed as gay earlier this a ank terview, the former Atralian Idol star reveals that spe the ntroversial circumstanc - a rad traffic announcer blurted out that Callea was homosexual on air - admtg his sexualy has given him new nfince.