Andy Bell has admitted that he has been having some hearts to hearts with fellow Popstar To Operastar singer Joe McElderry.
The former Erasure star was keen to speak to the former X Factor winner, after he was outed as being gay on Twitter last year and later admitted his homosexuality in an interview with a tabloid newspaper.
Andy himself has been openly gay for decades. On 17 December 2004, he publicly announced that he is HIV-positive and has been aware of this since 1998. Speaking about Joe?s decision to come out, he told The Sun:
?I said to him that I thought it was very brave what he?d done.
?I?ve told him to come to me when he wants to talk about it.
?We?re both quite shy but we?re chatting a lot more now than we were at the beginning of the series. I?ve also spoken to his dad about it and he was saying how tough it all was after he?d won the X Factor.
Bell added:
?I hope I?ll stay in touch with Joe. I?m going to say to him, ?I?m always there if you want to talk and if you need any help or anything, I?ll be there?.
?It?s very hard to come out in the industry. It?s male-dominated ? run by men who like pretty young girls. In some ways being gay makes it ten times harder.?
Speaking about being gay in the music business, Bell told Melody Maker in 1986:
?I don?t want to go out of my way to talk about it but I?m not going to pretend I?m not [gay]. I won?t portray a heterosexual in videos and we?re consciously doing lyrics that could apply to either sex?
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