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

Torchwood star Gareth David-Lloyd has rpond to It’s A S creator Rsell T Davi’ ments on only gay actors playg gay characters. * gay torchwood *

When scribg his approach to pictg sexualy Torchwood, Davi told the Gay Tim October 2006: "Whout makg polil or dull, this is gog to be a very bisexual program. I want to knock down the barriers so we n't fe which of the characters is gay. We need to start mixg thgs up, rather than thkg, 'This is a gay character and he'll only ever go off wh men.

TORCHWOOD’S IANTO JON RPONDS TO RSELL T DAVI’ MENTS ON ONLY GAY ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

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.

IS IANTO GAY TORCHWOOD?

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. Gareth David-Lloyd played Ianto Jon Rsell T Davi’ Doctor Who sp-off Torchwood (Picture: Getty)Torchwood star Gareth David-Lloyd has rpond to It’s A S creator Rsell T Davi’ explanatn that he chose to st gay actors the new seri to ensure they would liver an ‘thentic’ portrayal of the characters. Earlier this week, Rsell nducted an terview wh Rad Tim where he strsed his view on the importance of stg gay actors gay rol.

The screenwrer said: ‘I’m not beg woke about this… but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an enemy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat… they are not there to ‘act gay’ bee ‘actg gay’ is a bunch of s for a performance. Gareth, who has been married to his partner Gemma Jam for 11 years, rpond to Rsell’s ments on Twter, referencg the fact that he also played a gay character Rsell’s 2004 TV seri Me All Me. ‘Ianto’s sexualy was plex but tertg that I got the role partly based on the strength of a gay character I played for @sselldavi63 ‘Me All Me’.

Iantoâs sexualy was plex but tertg that I got the role partly based on the strength of a gay character I played for @sselldavi63 âMe All Meâ. Gareth played Ianto oppose John Barrowman as Capta Jack Torchwood (Picture: BBC)On Wednday’s Good Morng Bra, Piers Man stated his belief that ’s a ‘prepostero’ notn that only gay actors should play gay characters. Wrer and LGBTQ+ activist Benjam Butterworth rebed this statement, sayg: ‘I don’t accept that bee what I’m sayg is there’s a reason why gay actors are unrreprented and that’s why they should get the rol and be better at them.