Rod Stewart celebrates Celtic Scottish Cup win in heartwarming scene with his kids
The 75-year-old crooner was full of commiserations for the Hoops opponents in the final.
Rod Stewart celebrated Celtic s cup final victory with his boys at home (Image: Instagram/@sirrodstewart)
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“I had dinner with Barry Manilow, and he came out to me.
“It’s very hard to choose a facial expression for that news, because you don’t want to be rude and go ‘duh’. I feel I can talk about this, because he has come out now – he is publicly gay. But for years, he wasn’t.
“His private life was very private. He sort of took me into his confidence.
“To me, that’s sort of insane, that Barry is still having those conflicts in his head about: ‘What will my fans think?’
“Presumably, there are fans who were shocked. People thought Liberace was straight to the end, so who knows.”
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But speaking in a new podcast with Chris Evans, Graham admitted he was grateful for the chance to change station and change his stye of programme.
He said: “I really feel like I’ve made the right decision, I’m ready to get out of here.
“There’s no disrespect to them, but I have been there for 10 years, the show hasn’t changed really in 10 years and I’ve got a big audience, but it’s not going to get any bigger.”
Reflecting on how long he has been at the BBC, he added: “I think it will take a long time for me to thaw out of some of those constraints.”