Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do realise this is a gay club, don't you lads?' you get all excited because you think, 'Wow, he thought I was straight!'

Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving house - and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.

The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the show.

It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot.

If it was possible for me to adopt, I probably would, but no one's going to let me adopt.

All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.

I've so exceeded what I ever wanted to do.