CRY
WOLF?
So, Jason Donovan has been awarded £200,000 'cos a magazine called
him a poof.
Well, that is how it reads in the Sun and all the other Andrex
publications. But what is the truth?
By all accounts The Face, the magazine which ended up in court opposite
the antipodean warbler, was at great pains to NOT say that Jason was gay. In
fact the article was not about Mr Donovan's sexuality at all, but the process
of 'Outing' celebrities who may or may not be gay. On the face of it (no pun
intended) the singer's quarrel should be with the people who 'published' the
offending T- shirt his face was reproduced on, not those who strove to
discredit the campaigners.
However, there are underlying reasons why Jason should have been
warned off taking legal action against the magazine, regardless of his winning
the action.
Whatever his sexuality, and I know he is a good friend of
Dorothy's, the last few days of 'light hearted' relief from the election
boredom have served only to make millions of people wonder what all the fuss is
about. As they say up north, 'There's no smoke wi'out fire'. Or 'methinks the
lady doth protest too much', or something ....
It is well know within showbiz circles that the Donovan boy is a
mite paranoid and that he is liable to fly off the handle if his private life
is questioned but, Jason lovey (in my best Claire Rainer voice), if you can't
stand the heat stay out of the kitchen.
Anyway, as Elton and George will tell anyone, being gay and out
does not harm the career of talented people. Surprisingly enough, Joe Public is
much more 'forgiving' of the honest homosexual than he is of the lying lecher.
Ask Cecil Parkinson and Chris Smith!
(c) Paul Towers 1992
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