"I had gotten really pally with the hair and make-up team, so I'm sat in the hair and make-up chair, and they're like, 'Shall we have some fund today?' I had this big quiff at the time, and we put loads of blonde in my hair."
"There was this energy. The whole room, the whole studio shifts - something bad happened. Producer comes in [and says], 'Right we've got to take him to hair now', and I'm like, what's happened?"
"I won't say who - you can imagine who - said, 'We have to change his hair back now because he looks too gay.' The singer, who didn't come out as gay publicly until 2024, said the incident felt like a 'double whammy,' that left him shocked and speechless."
Matt Terry, the 2016 X Factor winner, revealed experiencing homophobia while competing on the ITV show. During rehearsals for a live broadcast, Terry had styled his hair with a large quiff and blonde highlights with the hair and makeup team. Midway through a sound check, senior producers pulled him aside and took him to a private room, creating an atmosphere of tension. He was then returned to hair and makeup, where someone told him his appearance looked 'too gay' and his hair needed to be changed back. Terry, who didn't publicly come out as gay until 2024, described the incident as a shocking 'double whammy' that left him confused and upset, as no one initially explained what had happened.
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