David Walliams in character in Little Britain. He says the public has a tendency to confuse effeminacy with homosexuality. Picture: BBC Source: Supplied
THE first rule of flogging a celebrity autobiography in the run-up to Christmas is make sure the book has a couple of juicy details that'll guarantee headlines.
It doesn't matter if the rest of the book is padded out with dull childhood memories of inane anecdotes about meeting such and such a star; people will buy the book for the one paragraph in which a dark, terrible secret is revealed.
A pun in the title will also help.
It's with this in mind that Little Britain star David Walliams has opened up about his sexuality in his book, Camp David: The Autobiography.
According to the Mail Online, Walliams says: "I had gay experiences as a child and remember being very confused about that."
"I'm glad I talked honestly about my childhood sexual awakening because I think there?s plenty of other people out there who will be reading it and say, 'That?s quite normal, that happened to me. It confused me too."
Walliams is unashamedly camp, but rumours about his sexuality have dogged him his whole career. His Little Britain co-star Matt Lucas is openly gay and many thought he was too.
His marriage to model Lara Stone was seen in some quarters as a joke but Walliams says this is because people confuse effeminacy with homosexuality.
"I've always been effeminate, and I think people confuse effeminacy with homosexuality, like they go hand-in-hand."
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