Over a decade after being outed as gay whilst appearing on X-Factor, Marcus Collins is taking back control of the narrative.
The Crosby entertainer, who appeared on the talent show when he was 23, lost out to four-piece girl band, Little Mix, at the grand final of the ITV show which was filmed in front of an audience of 10,000 at Wembley Stadium. What was supposed to be an incredible time in the former hairdresser’s life was tarnished by the press when they wrote about his sexuality unbeknown to him.
Now looking back with hindsight, the runner-up, who was mentored by Take That star Gary Barlow, told the ECHO : “It was humiliating and it taught me to not trust people working in the industry. It came as such a shock that my performance immediately following the incident suffered and then my mental health did. It just felt like such a betrayal and unnecessarily cruel.”
