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POP sger Anthony Callea has end years of speculatn by nfirmg he is gay.

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I'M GAY, ANTHONY CALLEA SAYS

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“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

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. * anthony callea gay *

"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

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 televisn. * anthony callea gay *

"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.

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

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.  * anthony callea gay *

"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. 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 ADMS HE'S GAY

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. 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.

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

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.

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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. 'At this pot, y, I knew I was gay, but I uldn't even say the word out loud.

GAY SGER ANTHONY CALLEA PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GEE MICHAEL

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.

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