01/19/2007
John Barrowman Gets Cheeky with OK Magazine
OK Magazine trailed John Barrowman on the day of his civil partnership to Scott Gill. The couple wed in late December in Cardiff, Wales.
Barrowman wore a kilt to the ceremony and was captured flashing his Torchwood castmate Eve Myles. Said Barrowman: "We wanted to be ourselves, and so I flashed Eve. And like a true Scot, I had nothing on underneath."
He also told the magazine about how he met his partner of 13 years: "I was doing a play in Chichester and Scott was brought down to see the play by a mutual friend of ours. He told Scott: 'You've got to see the guy in the play, he's naked for the first seven minutes!' So Scott certainly knew what he was getting!"
On relationships: "Relationships are work. We've had clashes but what I have learned from my parents is never go to bed angry...We are a couple who will get through any humps or bumps in the road. But we are not in an open relationship...If we ever split, we're rational. We'll talk about it. But I don't have as much money as Paul McCartney and I'm not married to a gold-digger."
On George Michael and open relationships: "People cruise and I don't have a problem with George Michael doing it, because it is part of the culture. The press see it as salacious, but straight people cruise too, they have sex in public. But it's not a big news story because it's heterosexual. But I want people to see that there are other aspects to a gay life. It's important for gay relationships to be recognised. Then men won't have to cruise parks for sex or be bludgeoned to death on Clapham Common by gay haters for cruising in dark places because they are scared to be seen being intimate with each other."
On kids: "I would love kids. I have a particular celebrity friend who says she will have a child with me. But there's nothing in the works just yet! We would adopt a child too, probably a young child or teenager. I'm a big kid myself. I'm a big kid in a man's body."
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I didn't know who John Barrowman was before reading this article but he does seem like a sane, sensible gay man, which is always nice to see. He's also incredibly good-looking, which is also nice to see ...
Posted by: Alec | Jan 20, 2007 7:56:48 AM
Cory - it's too bad that you and others need to be so judgmental of open relationships (and I'm glad Barrowman is more open minded). It may not be right for you, but it works for many people, myself included. And after 14 years with my husband (the first 7 yrs monogamously) our relationship is stronger than ever. Plus, we get to bring whatever new ideas we learn from other sexual partners back into our own bedroom - adding even more fun to our relationship.
I can certainly understand the appeal of monogamy, but it isn't for everyone. The relationship between my husband and myself is deeply strong, and not held together solely by the fragile issue of sex.
Posted by: Johnny | Jan 20, 2007 12:17:23 PM
Ancient Greeks did idealize some forms of homosexual love and sex, but that doesn't mean they were in touch with their femininity, actually quite the opposite. The homosexual ideal of two men went hand-in-hand with their mysoginistic exclusion of women from education and citizenship, who in the eyes of the law were nothing more than property and fuck vessels. Greeks approved most of sex between men of apparent age difference in a intellectual/sexual tutorship, but at the same time, they could strip away a man's citizenship if they found out he was a bottom and therefore passively received another man's cock. In other words, if you got fucked like a woman, you became a woman and had just as many civil rights: zero.
Posted by: GBM | Jan 20, 2007 2:46:19 PM
And regarding Scott's adorable smile, it seems more genuine to me than a toothy 'cheese' smile for every pic. But this biased opinion is coming from a fellow non-'cheese' smiler. : )
Posted by: GBM | Jan 20, 2007 2:53:22 PM
Why is it so horrible for a gay man to be totally masculine? And why can't straight men be in touch with both their masculine and feminine sides?
Basically what I'm trying to say here is that I'm sick of people (straight or gay) telling others (straight or gay) how to fucking act, think, work, etc. Not all gay men are creative and sensitive. Not all straight men are macho and violent and cause wars. So quit the stereotyping.
Posted by: _______ | Jan 20, 2007 8:22:20 PM
It's a well known fact that gay men play football.
Posted by: EM | Jan 21, 2007 5:20:31 AM
Wow hopefully john does play around a little like in those dc saunas,theres nothing wrong with an open relationship.
Posted by: alan brickman | Jan 21, 2007 3:02:50 PM
Kudos to BBC, I love the show, Torchwood, and like the charactor Jack Harkness. I watch it every Saturday, here in America. I like the other characters also, their daringness to show great emotional strengths and weakness. Keep going
Posted by: Walt | Nov 24, 2007 11:56:44 PM