Aled - Is Chris scared of Gay people?
No. Not at all. If I was to give Chris any advice in the whole Chris is homophobic argument it would be that he's the complete opposite - very comfortable around gay people. He hugs and pretends to snog me in front of people just to freak them out - he's entirely cool. The problem is, that doesn't fit into the image people have of Chris, and in much the same way as if you're close friends with someone you can say "oh you're looking a bit rough" or "putting on the pounds there love" and you can laugh it off, he feels he can take the piss out of me and other gay guys as he's so friendly with us.
Other people don't get it and assume he's being homophobic and Chris genuinely gets puts out when people say that to him. And to be honest I don't want to stop him. I don't want my sexuality to be in the same PC "Handle-with-care" box as religion or race etc. I'd like my own sexuality to be as comfortable as possible on breakfast radio that's broadcast to 8 million radios every morning, if Rachel went out with a minger (she doesn't btw) then he'd take the piss, if my boyfriend did something he didn't like I'd like to feel he could laugh about it on air like he would with any straight person's partner.
To me, it's just as homophobic to sweep the subject under the carpet and push it off mainstream radio just because he might say a bad line occasionally!