’He was distraught’: Shane Lynch spoke about Stephen Gately being forced to come out

"I also had Steo under my wing"

’He was distraught’: Shane Lynch spoke about Stephen Gately being forced to come out

Boyzone’s Shane Lynch told his Celebrity Big Brother housemates about how former bandmate Stephen Gately was forced to come out as gay.

Speaking about it with fellow housemate India Willoughby she asked if Gately had been openly gay when the band started.

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