The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.

Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell.

My dresser and I have the hots for the new rugby ace Danny Cipriani. We have a shrine in my dressing room - press photos of him on the field looking swarthy and fit, and snaps of our boy emerging from Mayfair nightclubs, looking sexy and dishevelled.

I am full of gratitude for my life - and for this house.

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left

The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago.

I'm not sure how aware of the rest of the world I am. I live a rather sheltered existence