Rev Richard Coles shares coming out story on I’m A Celebrity – and how he juggled being gay with his religion

REVEREND Richard Coles shared his coming retired communicative successful an affectional bosom to bosom with GK Barry connected I'm A Celebrity.

Viewers were fascinated arsenic the duo discussed however Richard Richard Coles, 62, juggled being cheery with his religion.

Speaking to GK astir juggling his sexuality and religion, GK asked Rev Richard: “Did you find it rather hard being cheery and doing that job?” 

Richard confessed: “No, not astatine all. I’ve ne'er fixed it a moment’s twinge of anxiousness implicit whether God thought it was alright oregon not.

"Whether different radical thought it was alright oregon not, good I’m blessed to person that argument…” 

He added: “Also, I was not the first.

"Sometimes I look astatine documents from the aboriginal church, oregon the religion of the mediate ages and I conscionable deliberation - truthful gay.”

The speech brought the campmates person unneurotic - arsenic they some reflected connected their caller friendship.

GK admitted successful the Bush Telegraph: “I came into this jungle, possibly not knowing who I would gel with oregon who I would beryllium adjacent with successful present and ne'er successful a cardinal years if you told maine that I would beryllium getting connected champion with a reverend would I person believed you.

"But, helium is honestly... I deliberation helium mightiness beryllium my favourite idiosyncratic successful here.” 

GK told Richard she utilized to beryllium religious, and spoke astir going to a spiritual campy erstwhile she was younger.

She told however determination were men determination telling her not to person enactment earlier she was married. 

She said that adjacent astatine 13, she thought: “Well, that’s not gonna happen."

Then the taxable of speech moved on to GK asking Richard who the astir absorbing idiosyncratic that helium thinks he’s met. Richard replied: “I deliberation I’m looking astatine her.”

Richard and his precocious spouse Rev David Coles, a Church of England vicar, had been unneurotic for 12 years and were successful a a civilian partnership.

In 2019, his hubby sadly passed away.

There was constricted detail astir his death until 2 years aboriginal erstwhile the I'm A Celebrity prima revealed David had died from alcoholism.

In an extract from his publication The Madness Of Grief: A Memoir Of Love And Loss, Richard, said: "It was really, truly pugnacious to spot idiosyncratic you emotion destruct himself.

"It is similar idiosyncratic is drowning and you propulsion them a lifebelt but they are conscionable not taking the lifebelt.

"And I did effort everything I could deliberation of to assistance him halt drinking, and successful fairness to him helium did effort too, but it was excessively overmuch for him."

I'm A Celebrity continues connected ITV1 and is disposable to watercourse connected ITVX.