Jim Davidson Homophobic? BBC Interview Hell's Kitchen / Brian Dowling Innocent

Jim Davidson is always controversial but is he fairly treated by the media? They brand him 'sexist' and 'homophobic' - but what's the real Jim like? Alex Belfield went to meet him.
Alex Belfield is one of the UK's top Celebrity interviewers. His interviews have been printed in the Mail, Sun and Mirror newspapers. You can hear all of his chats for the BBC & Commercial Radio in the UK @ www.celebrityradio.co.uk

[@deputyVH]

To think this interview was 7 years ago! Things seem to have got worse with the easily offended brigade since then.

[@Tigerland1962]

Jim Davidson very articulate and quite nice. Brian Gay deva.

[@jaggass]

the thing about Jim Davidson is that he's an honest man he's held his hands up to everything he's said or done.

[@QuickSilverUntilIDie]

Jim is a comedian he doesn’t care about your sex creed or colour.! He is gonna have you whoever you are 😂😂

[@davidhawk9678]

Brian Dowling is an over-reactive prissy drama queen and many in the community think so!

[@nev7711]

I remember the programme. Marco Pierre White was upset that Jim left. Jim was just being honest.

[@jeremysmith54565]

Being honest especially in this interview, is such a pity he never got to say who are some of the greatest people in history who where homosexuals I mean one of the first people to come to my mind is Alan Turing who arguably cut WW2 short by about 3 years, after being chemically castrated because of it being illegal at the time committed suicide, he even predicted (be it for good or bad) AI would happen as well

[@manofbeard]

We should people be forced in accepting anyone’s sexuality? I’m the first to admit I don’t much care for gays. But I don’t go out of my way to insult them either. So I guess that makes me a homophobe. But I’m not going to fawn all over them just because people don’t like my point of view.

[@777petew]

You meet a person who is good company, male or female. Do you first ask them what they do in bed? No. You wouldn't do that to anyone. It doesn't matter. Just get along.

[@paulevans4334]

Jim is one of us and I just love the way he refuses to appologiz for crap the media pull him up on.

[@irenabevans3411]

Quite agree, down to earth say's it as it is, Hell's Kitchen wanted reality TV they certainly got it with Jim, no cotton wool fluffy there!!!!, unlike the rest of the cast who'd be offended if you said boo to them. Keep being you Jim your keeping those of us old enough to remember the 1970s sane in a " I'm so offended" , cotton wool society.

[@silverkitty2503]

he aint one of me

[@strat4ordgirl]

Love you just the way you are Jim ❤️

[@martinproud8813]

You are a true gentleman Jim and the best.

[@omgitsjames3212]

"Calling someone a shirt lifter, compared to what they actually do, isn't that bad" - Jim Davidson ..... Tbh Brian is nothing but a cry baby.

[@andrewtucker94]

Homophobia is for pussies like Jim

[@andrewtucker94]

@Jimmy Green You seem to be including a lot of details of your own accord there my friend.

[@cupidstunts.stcmedia.6618]

Alex and Jim, legends. Who'd have thought 8 years on, Alex's channel would sky rocket. Well done 🤜💥🤛👏👏👏👏👏

[@davidbutler4363]

Excellent vlog jim,well done you 😁👍👏👏👏

[@keithwright4921]

Just love Jim, great bloke,xx

[@susankelly4182]

You are great Jim old school

[@No.Handle31]

Jim your the man!

[@user-xl9sw3bd4b]

I had all the budget Thank God, LOL 😁😂😁😂😁😂

[@TheJpf79]

The media themselves, the very show this happened on ran a montage of Jim and Marco, of clips making it look like they were in a relationship, with a love song behind it because they spoke about some of their shared interests. I'm sure if anyone was "homophobic" and had that montage made about them, they would have said something about it, they took it for the laugh it was intended as.

[@judebrown2672]

He's a legend. Says it as it is. Never change Jim.

[@tubeyview]

How nice of Jim to he could talk to Alex every night. Decent chaps.

[@jaggass]

Brian Dowling overacted. remember words are just words. Brian Dowling just ran off and cried like a baby. if someone called me a faggot id say thank you for calling me a meatball. gay people should just get over insults this is the 21st century. why didn't Brian Dowling fly for Jim if he found him so offensive? rather than throwing a tantrum. Jim kept his cool and Brian didn't.

[@zedata57]

Brian is so sad a person. Grow up!

[@Dim4323]

He didnt attack brian, he said why do shirtlifters always have the same face. And brain just attack him

[@LVPAcharn]

Don Rickles check him out, the funniest man that ever lived :)

[@joyceesmond6485]

I did, am still waiting to laugh, sorry.

[@LVPAcharn]

@@joyceesmond6485 You have to remember that was then and this is now .

[@joyceesmond6485]

@@LVPAcharn I am 77yrs of age and remember 'then' and still am waiting to laugh.

[@seangrayson541]

@joyce get a sense of humour!!

[@ajones23809]

I've been bankrupt.

[@user-xl9sw3bd4b]

ITV they have completely gone down the same road as the BBC and that is not good

[@joeedwards5737]

That Brian Dowling is so a attention seeker he tried to ruin Jim daVison life just to be famouse unbelievable

[@richardsculley67]

And where is Brian now?? Vanished !!

[@glyndavid7297]

how many different words to describe the state of being homosexual. 'shirtlifter' is but one and most are quite funny, goes to prove these people are very delicate specimens of humanity, except they don't mind a little rear end pain lol

[@annc1261]

Jim is Jim ...a brilliant performer ...they had there ratings cause u were kicked off

[@gaveller]

He's 5 marriages down to women, he's obviously not naturally conducive with the fairer sex...most psychologists would class this as 'classic homosexual closet behaviour'

[@ajones23809]

Critics Normal.Thats what critics do .They take one sentence out of a hundred and repeat it.

[@andybray9791]

My quote will be… So there’s hetrosexual but others, are you saying south and south or north and north magnets attract?

[@ianmatthews9503]

Funny things are funny.people say you cant say that the people who are offended have plenty of alternative material to listen to

[@farhanahsan938]

I like jim forever

[@jaggass]

Jim fixed it for me.

[@delboy4407]

Brian Dowling or downing in shirtlifters

[@davidbarr2155]

Masonic

[@TheWelwyn21]

Bloody shirtlifter putting on an effiminate voice and crying for no reason

[@jasondyer811]

Jim's a national treasure and that's it .😁😁👍👍

[@sratus]

That's not it.

[@whateverbuddy]

I watched it and he was being an asshole.. also he was an asshole in big brother..he seems to be bitter about something whatever it is

[@gerri-mayphillips1557]

What a sad state Dubai must be in since you started living there Jim.