John Barnes has claimed straight guys always assume homosexual men want to have sex with them, in a shocking conversation with Shane Jenek.
The footballing legend said they feel ‘uncomfortable’ around gay men as they feel they’re going to ‘pounce’ on them, during a chat on Celebrity Big Brother on Saturday night.
The 54-year-old sparked backlash from horrified fans, who slammed his ‘outdated’ views and said they were ‘disappointed’ in him.
Controversial: John Barnes has claimed straight guys always assume homosexual men want to have sex with them, in a shocking conversation with Shane Jenek
The father-of-seven was confronted by homosexual reality star Shane, whose drag alter-ego is Courtney Act, about some of his views on sexuality.
John said: ‘I know it shouldn’t be that way, but men are comfortable just being in a room with a woman, but with gays they don’t come with a gay man.
‘They assume he’s definitely going to want to have sex with me. And that’s why men aren’t comfortable with gay men.
‘They think “I wonder if he’s thinking about me without my clothes on”. It is an uncomfortable feeling that he is going to pounce on me,’ he said.
Hmm: The footballing legend said they feel ‘uncomfortable’ around gay men as they feel they’re going to ‘pounce’ on them, during a chat on Celebrity Big Brother on Saturday night