Comments When he flashed his engagement ring on the sofa with Richard and Judy, pop star Pete Burns told of his happiness at the prospect of becoming the latest celebrity to marry his male partner. Posted on 05/04/2008 10:12:30 AM PDT by DouglasKC
Comments When he flashed his engagement ring on the sofa with Richard and Judy, pop star Pete Burns told of his happiness at the prospect of becoming the latest celebrity to marry his male partner.
But now, just ten months after the big day, the singer has split from Michael Simpson, saying civil partnerships do not work and that he was happier being married to a woman.
Burns, 49, who was wed to stylist Lynne Corlett for 28 years, said gay relationships were a "commercial break" compared with the "full movie" of marriage.
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Pete Burns dresses as a geisha girl on his wedding day with Michael Simpson. But he says that gay marriages do not work because men are too predatory
He also claimed there were too much "promiscuity" in the gay community for civil partnerships to thrive.
Burns followed in the footsteps of Sir Elton John and Little Britain star Matt Lucas in using the new civil partnership laws to announce his public devotion to his lover.
He dressed as a geisha girl in a kimono for the ceremony in London on July 7 last year.
He told The Mail on Sunday he had been "optimistic" about his civil partnership, but now he says: "I learned the hard way. It's a total joke."
Burns accused Simpson, 40, of being unfaithful and admitted he felt disillusioned. Burns added that some gay couples had "open marriages" where the partners could be unfaithful.
He said: "There's a lot of promiscuity in the gay community. I don't understand why they take that union. How low is their self-esteem?
"One's on Hampstead Heath meeting men, the other one's hiring rent boys. "Surely marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying, I've made my choice and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected."
He added: "I don't know what goes on in many heterosexual marriages but I know mine was 28 years.
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Pete, with ex-wife Lynne Corlett, says he preferred being married to a woman
As far as I was concerned that was for ever, and it would have been, but she needed to find her own life.
"She was the best 'husband' I ever had. You sometimes meet a person who you completely love. We're still really, really close. It's not about sexuality, it's about the person."
Since the Civil Partnership Act came into force in December 2005, there have been 18,000 gay marriages in Britain.
Burns said: "I view marriage as a sacred institution. I think two men naturally are predators. Gay relationships are a commercial break, not a whole movie.
"The relationships I'm aware of, apart from one ... it's as though there's some kind of emotional inadequacy or narcissism, where they feel emotionally inadequate and need more validation, from either a father figure or a mirror image of themselves. "I'm not condemning it, I think it needs researching and help."
Burns and his band Dead Or Alive had a No1 hit with You Spin Me Round in 1985, but his career went into decline until he went on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006.
He met Simpson at Joe Allen restaurant in Soho in 2003. They announced their engagement on Channel 4's Richard & Judy Show in 2006.
Last week, police launched an investigation after Burns alleged that Simpson had assaulted him at home, breaking his collarbone.
Burns said he wanted to file for divorce. He added: "Would I get married again? If somebody knocked me on the head with a nine-inch nail-studded plank or drugged me with benzodiazepine ... No, no, no."
Derek Munn, of the gay rights organisation Stonewall, said: "Civil partnerships have brought joy and fulfilment to thousands of lesbian and gay couples.
"Just as with marriage, some relationships may fail."
Mr Simpson was unavailable for comment.
Pardon me while I poke my eyes out now. Both are fugly!
This whole gay marriage thing can be files under “Be careful what you wish for”.
Well I guess we know who wears the pants in that family.
Hoo- think he’s got enough collagen pumped into his face?
He looks like the NYC “Cat Lady”...
The guy on the right in that Geisha pic looks like Gary Oldman’s character in “The Fifth Element”
If men are too predatory, looks like none of us should marry one.
Ha ha. However...men reproduce a lot more quickly than women. Women have to go through a lot in order to reproduce and men don’t have to do much at all. I think it explains women’s relative caution and men’s greater tendency towards reckless abandon.
Traditional marriage was set up in order to civilize men and redirect those predatory impuses towards (hopefully) one woman and towards providing for the family. Traditional marriage will never be perfect, but it’s the best way we have of taming man’s impulse to go forth and multiply as much as possible.
Thanks for posting this, pictures and all. It’s a really good argument against gay marriage and civil unions from someone who has been there and done that.
I agree. That’s some of the most disgusting pictures I hope to never see again. Perverts.
And good for him with his new “insight” into the institution of marriage. What a joke. Another messed-up product of relative morality, he will never really really understand the sanctity of marriage (not that many “traditional”-male and female-marriages do either these days). It’s the best-known and best possible social unit for two people who are committed to each other and their potential children to be part of a civilised society, and it takes work and maturity, just like being a productive member of society in any aspect does. It’s more give and less take, more sacrifice (with the loving emotional attachment, amongst other factors, providing the motivation for such sacrifice), not “wot’s in it for me?” That’s why the entitlement- and me-centered generations and victimhood, instant gratification, “I’m owed” educated bunch will never get it right and make a go of it.
Exactly, and destroying the uniqueness of marriage between a man and a woman, which also undermines society in other ways (which is just what they wanted all along).
Do us a favor next time and post a “Don’t view at lunchtime” warning with crap like this. No, these people are no different from the folks nextdoor. Now you know why none of the networks show film of the faggots in the little pink panties duing the gay pride parades. It would be just a little difficult to convince normal Americans that these aberrations should be permitted to live, never mind marry!
To me it all boils down to there only being one valid reason for society to sanction marriage. Men and women generally produce offspring. They are our future and they need protection until they come of age, therefore it is in societies interest to protect the relationship between their parents.
My old band used to do a heavy version of “You Spin Me Round”.....chicks dug it....
Who knew?
Looking at these pictures, it’s hard to understand why this lovely couple just couldn’t make it work. They seem so pleasant and normal. < /s>
Not all of us. That's why the MSM's audience numbers are at all-time lows, and are still falling.
I liked 80’s music a lot, and I thought this was a great song.
This video falls into the “wow that guy looks so weird! and we had no idea what was yet to come” catagory.
Now it’s mild.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg
Sorry, the first time didn’t seem to post. I kept refreshing, but it didn’t show. That was strange.
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