Closer (UK)

‘My daughter makes me feel old!’

-

He rose to fame as a hunky heartthrob as part of Blue, complete with bulging muscles and tattoos. But Duncan James – who came out as gay in 2012 – says that he’ll be spending most of 2019 He rose dressed to fame as as a woman a hunky for heartthrob his dream theatre in blue, complete role, and he with can’ t bulging wait. muscles and he tattoos. says ,“i’ ll but be duncan dressing james up in-who drag came for out seven as bisexual months in for 2015- the says Rocky that Horror he’ll be Show. spending it’ s a most dream of 2019 role for dressed me as a–wo man i absolutely for his love dream the dressing theatre role– up and part he can’ t of it. It’ s wait. really good fun. I’ll be wearing he says ,“suspenders, i’ ll be dressing corset, up in tights, drag for the seven whole months lot. if or love the it !” rocky Horror Show. and it’ s duncan, a dream 40, role says for his me fav our ite–i moment absolutely in love all his the career dressing was up working part with theo fit. great it’ s really elton good john, fun. with i’ ll whom be wearing blue collaborat­ed suspenders, corset, in 2002 tights, on a cover the whole of his lot. song Sorry I love it!” Seems To Be The Hardest Word. And he duncan, says ,“it 40, was says mesmerisin­g his favourite working with Elton. moment that in all was his when career we was were working like,‘f ***, the we’ ve great elton really john, made who it !’ elton blue was collaborat­ed originally just with supposed in 2002 onto a play cover the of piano his song on the track ,“sorry but seems then to was be like, the‘ right, hardest where’ s word ”. my microphone ?’ he says ,“it was we mesmerizin­g were all staring working at him, star struck. with elton. He that was was the when nice st we guy .” were like, “F***,but we’ ve despite really all his made success it !”. elton with blue, was Duncan originally says just that supposed being a to dad play is the his proudest piano on the track, but then was like achievemen­t, and that his daughter Tianie-finn, 13 – with his ex Claire Grainger – is growing up way too fast.

He says, “My daughter is 13 going on 30. She understand­s how to work an iphone much better than I do. I’m still trying to get my head around all this social media stuff, and she understand­s the grammar and the trends of the internet. It makes me feel old!”

 ??  ?? With his daughter Tianie-finn
With his daughter Tianie-finn

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom