H from Steps 'the only gay in the village'

Former Steps singer Ian 'H' Watkins has confirmed that he is gay, as he prepares to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house.

The Welsh singer-turned-actor, 30, is quoted in The Sun newspaper as saying: "I come from a small valley in Wales and it just wasn't the thing to do to be gay. It's a bit of a cliché - but I was the only gay in the village."