Cliff on piers Morgan's Life Stories

I didn’t watch it. Beige is how I would describe the facade that is Cliff Richard.

Never liked him. I find him creepy. Nothing to do with the allegations.

In my opinion (which is only that and not at all important, or probably accurate) he is gay and has spent so long covering it up and even trying to deny it to himself, that his facade has hardened and he couldn't break through it now even if he wanted to.

Yes Nanawind - when I heard that, it put me right off him - selfish, self centred man ....

Nana wind, I agree that he comes across as absolutely self centred but perhaps it was a good excuse to get rid of her without saying he was gay.

I am tired of Gloria Hunniford turning up to defend him every time he appears anywhere.

Bluebellwould

Nana wind, I agree that he comes across as absolutely self centred but perhaps it was a good excuse to get rid of her without saying he was gay.

I agree. I also found him incredibly full of himself. If he could ditch his then girlfriend in case he lost 30% of his fans he was hardly likely to come out as gay (imo) in case that damaged his career further.

lemsip

I am tired of Gloria Hunniford turning up to defend him every time he appears anywhere.

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If he is gay he will have struggled with his evangelical Christian faith. He may have chosen celibacy once he found his faith.
I understand why he was very angry at the police /BBC re the sexual abuse allegations but found his need for a very public retribution as unpleasant as the filming of his property as the police searched it.

Poor old Cliff. I was a bit of a fan when younger. He doesn't seem very happy to me but I hope he is really.

By his own admission he chose public fame over personal happiness....

NotTooOld

Poor old Cliff. I was a bit of a fan when younger. He doesn't seem very happy to me but I hope he is really.

I think he finds getting older and losing his looks very hard. He might be the same weight as he was back in 1962, but he now looks thin instead of slim, the face is lined, thinning, unnatural coloured hair, scraggy neck.

Hope he doesn’t read this!

I've never been a fan of Cliff's music or his public persona. If he wants to keep quiet about his sexuality I think that's his business.

What I never understand, particularly these days is why he doesn't embrace his Indian ancestry. Always claims to be of British colonial stock. It's quite obvious looking at pictures of him as a child/young man and pictures of his late mother that they have Indian blood. I think over the years various distant relatives have confirmed this.

I didnt bother watching it as i felt there would be nothing more to 'learn' about Cliff like we have with other celebs on here.And yes he does seem very bland to a point of 'boringness' i suppose he has been taken over by the whole image that no doubt his management created for him at the beginning of his career.And perhaps he saw no real reason to change this.Maybe its less hassle to forego marriage, family etc. than struggling with keeping all your private life, well, private.He's not been a bad singer but ive been a fan really.

Lol.meant HAVE NEVER been a fan.??

And hes NOT been too bad a singer.stupid phones got its own mind?

I think he meant to say 30% of 'my income'

Never liked him when he was young and nothing has made me change my opinion.
Many years ago I heard him being interviewed on a radio show.
He was so sneering and sarcastic about Marty Wilde , putting him down, I was quite shocked.

He hasn't really got enough of a personality for me to like or dislike...?

He's had several romantic relationships with women, the first one being an affair with Jet Harris's wife. How far the other relationships went remains between himself and the women involved. They all seem to remain loyal and tight lipped about it.

Not marrying doesn't mean that a person is gay or bisexual. Some people are naturally asexual; perhaps he tried to show that he was interested in girls to enhance his appeal but found if difficult to maintain a relationship.

Whatever the reasons, he's still here at 80, unlike many of his contemporaries.

I didn't watch it because I can't stand Piers Morgan, although I did watch him interviewing Alan Sugar.

Personally, I don't give a damn what his sexual orientation is, so long as every one involved is legally consenting. But there's something about him that I just don't like, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is. I think there's a lot hidden behind his public persona.

It was a fleeting comment from Piers when he said to cliff you share your home and life with John mcelynn an ex priest.

I just thought he was very fake.

Many stories abound about liaisons between Cliff and young men, boys even. Both in the UK and USA.

As with Michael Jackson and Jimmy Saville, I wouldn't be at all surprised if evidence materialises after his death.

Not USA. Brain storm! Portugal.

Nor me GagaJo.