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Sunday World
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- Sunday World
Irish gay dating show contestant reveals why he didn't mind being axed from programme
Galway's Rory Jennings didn't mind getting the boot because he got to share a bottle of bubbles with an Aussie icon Rory says his appearance on I Kissed A Boy was a full-circle moment for him An Irish contestant on a gay TV dating show reveals that the best thing about being first to being kicked off the programme was ending up spending the night with Dannii Minogue. But Galway lad Rory Jennings smiles as he stresses all they shared together was a bottle of prosecco. Rory (23), from Salthill, is a mental health graduate and part time model, who's currently working in London with Britain's NHS helping gambling addicts. Viewers of BBC1/3's I Kissed A Boy dating programme – in which 10 gay young men share an Italian villa hosted by Danni Minogue in their search for love – being dumped last Tuesday night. But handsome Rory could do little to being axed, as a lad he was smitten with, Jordan B, chose another guy to be matched with, Jordan R, resulting in him being the only one not chosen in the pairings-off. 'Sure look it happens, it was an experience anyways, so it's grand,' he pipes up. I Kissed A Boy. Credit: BBC / Two Four Broadcast Ltd / Corinne Cumming 'Being so self-critical and ashamed of my sexuality as a teenager in Ireland, going onto I Kissed a Boy was such a full-circle moment for me and my emotional development, and I got to do it alongside a bunch of hotties.' Rory likes to observe and figure people out before making a move romantically, and when it comes to drama, he says he would rather watch the drama than be part of it. He lists Michael B Jordan, Joey Essex and Troye Sivan as his dream boys. He admits he was smitten on the show with cute retail store manager Jordan B (25), who hails from England's Lake District and now lives in Manchester. 'I think it was his buzz cut. I like them, and he was a bit older,' he beams. 'There was something about him that was really kind of masculine that I liked. 'There was a bit of flirting going on, we never got to know each other that deeply though, but it wasn't that long. It didn't really work out, so I was first on my merry way.' Jordan B ended up choosing Jordan R, with Rory confirming that because both of them had a parent who died when they were quite young, they seemed to bond over that. 'That connection was a bit deeper than I had with Jordan, so I kind of know that it was going to go that way,' he admits. Rory with Jordan B on the show 'I was like 'if it happens it happens', I wasn't too put out.' But Jordan B ended up getting itchy feet again and dumped Jordan R for fellow housemate Callum 'I was saying he was getting excited with all the boys around and was putting his fingers in the pie to see what he'd like,' smirks Rory. Rory's eyes didn't stray to the rest of the housemates. 'I loved them all as friends and I would kind of be the person with friendships first and then maybe if it developed,' he stresses. 'Maybe if I had of been in there longer, I could have had a connection that way, but in terms of like anyone I would have had my eye on romantically, not really.' After Rory left another young Irish guy, Hugh from Cork, joined the fun in the villa. 'I have gone for people similar to him before,' he confirms Rory. 'Then obviously he's Irish, so we would have had that. I have met him since and we get on well, but I think it's more platonic.' Rory also had a bonus on being first to leave the house, when he got up close and personal with Dannii. 'Dannii is lovely, she's so nice. Really really warm,' he raves. 'When I got dumped, we went off afterwards me and Dannii, we had a bottle of prosecco, my claim to fame. I was buzzing with Dannii Minogue can you get any better?!.' He has been single for two years. Rory says his appearance on I Kissed A Boy was a full-circle moment for him News in 90 Seconds - May 30th 'I'm as single as ever, for the past two years on and off,' he reflects. 'I haven't found the one. I'm a bit picky. A sense of humour is really important to me, so I think I'm waiting for someone to be really funny.' He's not a fan of dating apps. 'I have used them before, I haven't recently, they are a bit boring and repetitive,' he complains. 'Anywhere I've met anyone before it's been organic and hasn't been on a dating app.' Jordan B, Jas, and Rory on the show After he finished school Rory initially tried Business Studies in Dublin's Trinity College before dropping out and taking up Psychology, which he studied for four years in Belfast. It was in Belfast he had his longest relationship, for a year. At 6' and with his chiselled looks, Rory was snapped up by a Dublin model agency. He also explains confusion over his first name. 'I was called Ruairi when I was born and I'm christened Ruairi, but when I was in school people had trouble pronouncing it and the odd teacher couldn't pronounce it, which was mad in Galway, so I changed it to Rory when I was 14 or 15 and was impressionable,' he reveals. 'So, it stuck and now I'm called Rory the whole time.'
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Your next watch! Here are 7 of the most exciting new and trending BBC shows to stream right now
The BBC has a host of exciting new shows that are trending on iPlayer right now if you're looking for your next watch. From a real-life drama focused on the Lockerbie disaster, to the return of groundbreaking reality show I Kissed a Boy, as well as national treasure Alison Hammond's new interview series, Digital Spy has you covered for the latest highlights on the BBC. The new drama stars Sex Education's Connor Swindells and focuses on the 1988 bombing of a transatlantic flight over Scottish town Lockerbie. The tragedy resulted in the deaths of 270 people, with the six-part series centring on investigations by the UK and US governments around the bombing, as well as the personal impact the tragedy has on Lockerbie's residents, the victims' families, and the investigators. The Bombing of Pan Am 103 also features Back to Black's Eddie Marsan, Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan, The Rings of Power's Peter Mullan and Suits' Patrick J Adams, and premiered on BBC One last week, with the first two episodes available now. Guz Khan's acclaimed comedy series is back for a fifth and final season, which picks up after that huge season 4 cliffhanger where Mobeen was attacked in prison. The character is "back on the outside and reunited with the gang in Small Heath" and "embarking on an epic adventure overseas" – that's if he "can get his hands on a plane ticket and a fake passport". The six-episode swansong is available in full on BBC iPlayer, and has been touted as an "epic finale" to the series, which first began in 2017. This Danish series is set in an apocalyptic future where rising water levels leads to mass evacuations and massive societal change, including changed fortunes, family separations, division and hatred, as well as love and new beginnings. It centres on high school student Laura, who in the wake of the evacuation is forced to choose between three of her closest loved ones. Families Like Ours was created by Another Round's Thomas Vinterberg and The Art of Crying's Bo Hr Hansen, and has largely drawn acclaim. The series first premiered in its native Denmark last year, and was recently acquired by the BBC for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer, where it is available to stream in full. The hit dating reality show is back for a second season, with a group of new boys looking for love under the eye of host and all-round icon Dannii Minogue and narrator Layton Williams (Strictly Come Dancing). I Kissed a Boy follows 10 single men who meet for the first time and share a kiss in order to see if they have a connection, before seeing it leads to something deeper. The new episodes have already won praise from viewers after contestant Adam opened up about being diagnosed with HIV in an emotional conversation. The second season premiered earlier this month, two years after the successful first run, with the first few episodes available to watch now. The historcal drama series has returned for its second season, continuing the story of the final queen of France before the French Revolution. Treadstone's Emilia Schüle stars as the titular character, with the new episodes following Marie in the wake of her mother's death as she faces greater threats while her popularity grows in France. She and Louis XVI also face a financial crisis, as well as discontent among the nobles. The show comes from creator Deborah Davis, and also features Louis Cunningham, Call the Midwife's Jack Archer and The Gentlemen's Jasmine Blackborow. All episodes are available to watch now. Chris Packham's insightful series originally began in 2023 with Inside Our Autistic Minds, which saw the presenter team up with creatives to help autistic people express how they were feeling inside. In his new specials, which are both available now on BBC iPlayer, he meets people with ADHD and dyslexia as he helps them to produce films in order to show family and friends how they feel. Among the people Chris talks to are a tour guide with ADHD and a project manager who was diagnosed with the condition later in life, as well as a school counsellor and a builder from South Wales with dyslexia. This Morning and The Great British Bake Off favourite Alison Hammond has launched a new BBC series where she hangs out with a number of famous faces for a weekend "in the places that made them who they are". Fans can expect "laughs, juicy secrets, surprises and a few tears" as she gets to know the likes of Little Mix's Perrie Edwards, comedian Jimmy Carr, Beauty and the Beast's Luke Evans, Spice Girls' Mel B, comedy legend Sir Lenny Henry and boxing champion Tony Bellew. All episodes are available to watch now on BBC iPlayer. Digital Spy's first print magazine is here! 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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The transphobic reaction to I Kissed a Boy season 2 is not okay'
Spending a little too long in the underwear aisle? Feeling like you don't belong at school? Choosing one diva at birth who you devote the rest of your life to above all others? When you grow up as gay, clues often show up along the way, chief among them being when you kiss a boy and you like it. It's no wonder then that BBC's I Kissed a Boy proved to be such a hit when the first season arrived in May 2023. After Love Island claimed their dating format could never work with queer competitors — The L in LGBTQ+ stands for "logistical difficulties" — Dannii Minogue's show instantly proved ITV wrong. The first dating show to exclusively feature gay men was quickly followed up by I Kissed a Girl, with a cast made up of women who love women. Both were unapologetically queer and both were warmly received by most people, yet the reaction has been very different this time around for I Kissed a Boy season two. You'd think the promise of more kissing would be a welcome one — who doesn't love kissing? — but this year's cast announcement brought out the worst in some people. While some rightly criticised the lack of body diversity this time around, a surprise given how well season one did on that front, others were more mean-spirited. Viral tweets criticised their overall appearance while also honing in on the looks of specific contestants. Big talk from anonymous accounts with more numbers than letters in their name. Except, some of the tweets weren't just composed by faceless trolls and bots. Some were written by other gay men who clearly have nothing better to do than tear down their fellow gays. It's one thing to hear baseless criticism from some people who were always going to hate on the show regardless of its actual merit. But to see gays join in on the "fun" and tear down their own community is more disappointing than the end of The White Lotus season three (and more nasty than anything Greg had cooked up for Belinda). Obviously, I'm not going to share any of these comments verbatim or embed the posts for that matter either. They've already received way too much attention as it is. And that's especially true for the ugliest comments that were reserved for one contestant in particular. Ahead of season two, it was revealed that a gay trans man named Lars had been cast in the show. His inclusion is groundbreaking in just about every way possible, and the announcement was received warmly by people who have something in their chest that doctors often refer to as a "heart". Yet in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on trans rights, it seems that those who are lacking said organ are more emboldened than ever to speak out against trans people for simply existing, let alone doing so on telly. And it's not just kneejerk hatred, which would be bad enough. Some of the language being used is truly abhorrent. Hurtful words should not be used lightly given the harm they can and continue to inflict on people, so using them so cruelly in this way is just sickening and completely intolerable. The sentiment behind much of this hate is that trans men are not real men, therefore a contestant like Lars is encroaching on a gay male space by "pretending" to be a man. There's so much wrong with this idea. It's hard to know where to begin. Kissing a trans man doesn't make a gay man less gay somehow, not to mention that plenty of men are bisexual or sexually fluid anyway. Consent is obviously key to a show like this, which means everyone in the cast is free to kiss or not kiss who they please. After some claimed that the show is "homophobic," a show that exclusively features boys kissing boys, the BBC responded by saying: "I Kissed a Boy is and always has been an inclusive dating show about finding love. All applicants are asked their dating preference and they are matched accordingly." When the cast and other gay men online say they're attracted to Lars, trolls disagree, arguing that all gay men should be into the same things. But that's dumb and reductive for a vast number of reasons. What about gay men who date bisexual men, for example? What about men who had relationships with women before coming out? Are they any less gay because of that? Bids to gate-keep homosexuality make no sense because sexuality is a spectrum. Who are you to say a trans man can't be gay? Or that a gay man is less gay because he likes kissing a trans man who he finds attractive? There's no one way to be gay or straight, and "there's no right way to be a trans guy" either, as Lars himself points out early on in I Kissed a Boy. It's very important to remember that, especially with the storm of hatred around this show. But in the Italian masseria, at least, there's love still. Not just love of the kissing, sexy kind either, but the camaraderie that can come with putting like-minded queer folk together in one space. Two episodes in, friendships are already forming, connections that will likely last long after the season has finished, and their acceptance of each other will help kids watching love themselves too. I can't even begin to imagine how teenage me would have felt watching boys kiss boys in such mainstream fashion, or dancing with each other in fabulous genderqueer outfits. That feeling I wish I could have for myself, one that many gay men watching now might feel, is likely increased tenfold for trans men tuning in. In episode two, the boys strut around topless in catwalk fashion, including Lars, whose top surgery scars can still be seen on his chest. No one makes a big deal of it, including the show itself, but it will be a big deal for trans men watching. The same goes for the moment when fellow contestant Jack D said he's honoured that Lars disclosed his identity so early on to him. And how often do we as viewers get to hear a trans man like him dispel stereotypes regarding trans men and what kind of sex they enjoy? The negative reaction to I Kissed a Boy is not okay this season, but what emphasis on that discussion risks losing is the overwhelming positivity that also comes from groundbreaking telly like this. For every bigot who loudly spouts their vitriol online, there's a trans kid out there, or a parent of a trans kid, who's coming closer to understanding themselves better thanks to shows like this one. And that kind of reaction is more than just okay. It's bloody marvellous, a beautiful, vital beacon for trans people watching at home who just want to go about their lives kissing boys, girls, and everything in between. I Kissed A Boy airs at 9pm on BBC Three and streams on BBC iPlayer.
Wales Online
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Gogglebox viewers outraged by 'sex obsessed' Channel 4 as they issue same complaint
Gogglebox viewers outraged by 'sex obsessed' Channel 4 as they issue same complaint Gogglebox sparked reaction just minutes into Friday (May 16) night's show Gogglebox viewers were left 'disgusted' just minutes in (Image: CHANNEL 4 ) Gogglebox viewers were left 'disgusted' just minutes into the show, accusing it of being 'sex obsessed'. During Friday's (May 16) episode of the Channel 4 hit, which first aired in 2013, the armchair critics returned to our telly screens as they shared their views on the week's top TV shows and films. Viewers saw the stars watch a variety of programmes including The Four Seasons, Race Across the World, The Piano, I Kissed a Boy, Made in Chelsea and Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen. However, it was one programme that had everyone talking as they tuned into the new Channel 4 series, Virgin Island. The six-part series sees 12 individuals, who have never had sex before, travel to Croatia with the aim to explore intimacy for the first time and hopefully lose their virginity on camera, reports the Mirror. Gogglebox viewers asked 'what did I just watch' during tonight's episode Article continues below Hannah Waddingham makes Eurovision confession just hours before final READ MORE: Aged between 22 and 30 years old, the first-timers will work with a range of sex and relationship coaches, sexologists, 'bodyworkers' and even tantric masseurs to help them overcome their fears of intimacy. As the scene unfolded, the cast watched in horror as sex expert Celeste Hirschman helped contestant Jason with touch therapy. The sex experiment took a turn as Celeste got on top of Jason and rubbed up against him. The Gogglebox cast were left in disbelief at the X-rated moment. The recent episode of Gogglebox has caused a stir among the audience at home, leaving many feeling 'disgusted' by one particular scene. The reaction was swift, with viewers flocking to social media to express their discontent. One viewer vented on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Channel 4 is obsessed with sex." Another dismissed the segment as "Cringe worthy #gogglebox." Viewers watched on in horror as sex expert Celeste Hirschman helped contestant Jason with touch therapy (Image: Channel 4 ) A third vented with palpable frustration: "#Gogglebox Who thinks up these shows and who on earth would watch them. Disgusting!" Comments continued to pour in, with one remark criticising: "Cringe #gogglebox." while another baffled viewer questioned: "Nah, what did i just watch #Gogglebox #VirginIsland." It comes as fans were left gobsmacked when they learned of Pete Sandiford's actual age. Since his debut in 2017 alongside his sister Sophie, Pete has risen to become a firm favourite on the show. Article continues below In an interesting revelation back in 2023, Sophie disclosed that she was 27 at the time. Pete seized the opportunity for sibling banter, quipping: "I'm glad you said it because I was about to say 25." He then called her jokingly: "You old cow." Not one to be outdone, Sophie shot back with a reminder of Pete's own impending milestone, saying: "You're the big 30 this year. A dirty thirty." Gogglebox airs Friday nights at 9pm on Channel 4
Daily Mirror
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Gogglebox fans ask 'what did I just watch' as they call out 'sex obsessed' show
Gogglebox sparked reaction just minutes into Friday (May 16) nights show Gogglebox viewers were left 'disgusted' just minutes in as they called out 'sex obsessed show. During Friday's (May 16) episode of the Chanel 4 hit show, which first aired in 2013, the armchair critics returned to our TV screens as they shared their opinions on the week's hit TV shows and films. Those who tuned in saw the stars watch a number of shows including The Four Seasons, Race Across the World, The Piano, I Kissed a Boy, Made in Chelsea and Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen. However it was one show that had everyone talking as they tuned into the new Channel 4 program, Virgin Island. The six-part series sees 12 individuals, who have never had sex before travel to Croatia with the aim to explore intimacy for the first time and hopefully lose their virginity on camera. Aged between 22 and 30 years old, the first-timers will work with a range of sex and relationship coaches, sexologists, 'bodyworkers' and even tantric masseurs to help them overcome their fears of intimacy. As the scene played out and the cast watched on in horror as sex expert Celeste Hirschman helped contestant Jason with touch therapy. The sex experiment took a turn as Celeste got on top of Jason and rubbed up against him. The Gogglebox cast were left in disbelief at the X-rated moment. Viewers watching at home were also left 'disgusted' at the scene and It didn't take long for fans to rush straight to social media to share their reaction. One wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: 'Channel 4 is obsessed with sex.' Another said: 'Cringe worthy #gogglebox." A third fumed: '#Gogglebox Who thinks up these shows and who on earth would watch them. Disgusting!' One commented: 'Cringe #gogglebox.' Meanwhile another added: 'Nah, what did i just watch #Gogglebox #VirginIsland.' It comes as viewers were previously left speechless after finding out Pete Sandiford's real age. The star has been a fan favourite since joining the series in 2017 alongside sister Sophie. Back in 2023, Sophie shared her real age - she was then 27 years old. As expected Pete couldn't help but tease his sister, as he joked: "I'm glad you said it because I was about to say 25." Then he added: "You old cow." Sophie snapped back, reminding Pete that he was pushing 30 at the time as she said: "You're the big 30 this year. A dirty thirty."
