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MATT LUS FENDS 'ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE' SK

Matt Lus has fend his Ltle Bra character Daffyd Thomas whose nng gag on the edy show was that he's 'the only gay the village'. * only gay in village little britain *

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.

LTLE BRA SPIR THE ONLY GAYS THE POLISH VILLAGE

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

Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men. The character is emed offensive by many (Picture: BBC)‘I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever, ’ the 45-year-old told the podst. Matt Lus has fend his Ltle Bra character Daffyd Thomas whose nng gag on the edy show was that he's 'the only gay the village'.

Speakg on the Richard Herrg RHLSTP podst, the ic, 45, explaed that the character - who would wear bber sus, an earrg, and had bleached blon hair and overly-plucked eyebrows - was meant to be 'a celebratn' of gay people. '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 said. Carry on mpg: Matt Lus has fend his Ltle Bra character Daffyd Thomas whose nng gag on the edy show was that he's 'the only gay the village''But people were labelled "the only gay the village" at school.

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'He went on: 'I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever.

'But people were labelled "the only gay the village" at school. It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad' In fense: Speakg on the Richard Herrg RHLSTP podst, the ic, 45, explaed that the character - who would wear bber sus, an earrg, and had bleached blon hair and overly-plucked eyebrows - was meant to be 'a celebratn' of gay peopleMatt starred Ltle Bra alongsi David Walliams, pair soared to fame as a double act...

Photograph: Yui Mok/PAAcrdg to today's Sun, Ltle Bra, which has been nng on Polish TV sce April, has bee an spiratn to gay Pol their stggle agast homegrown prejudice. Unlikely as might sound, Matt Lus' Dafydd Thomas (the only gay the village) and David Walliams' Sebastian Love (the man love wh the prime mister) have bee ins of gay pri a untry whose ernment was nmned by the European Commissn for s homophobic irony, of urse, is that here Bra, the show has prompted gmbl om some liberal quarters for s slapstick portrayal of homosexual mor and manners.

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"The figure of Dafydd is now routely ed by anti-gay right-wgers, " wrote Johann Hari the Inpennt. "Ltle Bra has ma a huge impact here, " said Mirka Makuchowska, of the Polish Campaign Agast Homophobia.

Poland's Print Lech Kaczynski banned gay march when he was mayor of Warsaw. Earlier this year, on a vis to Ireland, he said that if homosexualy was eely promoted, the human race would disappear. "It's not the tert of any society to crease the number of homosexuals, " said his tw brother, Jaroslaw, Poland's Prime Mister.

)Actually, should e as no surprise that broad or bawdy pictns of homosexualy should spire a beleaguered gay unrground a culture where homophobia is tolerated, or even actively enuraged.

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