Comedian Alan Carr: I couldn't come out to my football boss dad

His soccer boss father wanted him to be a footballer, but Alan Carr always knew he wasn't like other boys. Now, as Britain's campest comic, he's making millions.

Comedian Alan Carr holds up his mobile phone and begins scrolling through his address book. 'Amy Winehouse is quite a recent one,' he says, flashing the handset at me. 'I said to her, "Let me have your number", and she wrote it on my wrist. Jamie Oliver's a good friend. Carol Vorderman, too.

Paul O'Grady: he's lovely, he's one of my heroes.' Anyone listening to Alan reeling off his celebrity mates might accuse the star of The Sunday Night Project and Celebrity Ding Dong of being a shameless name-dropper.

But, sitting here drinking tea in a café in London's Soho, it's clear that he's just as bemused as anyone by the fact that Winehouse and co are now on his speed dial. And that's all part of his charm.
Comedian Alan Carr: I couldn't come out to my football boss dad ...
Daily Mail, UK