Take That star Howard Donald has issued a statement after it was revealed that he had 'favourited' and 'liked' homophobic and derogatory social media posts towards the LGBTQ+ community, causing him to subsequently be axed from performing a headline spot at Pride festival Groovebox in Nottingham on July 29.
The Greatest Day singer, 55, was found to have 'liked' and 'favourited' tweets disparaging trans and gay communities, alongside a tweet by disgraced social media personality Andrew Tate, who has been charged with sexual assault, trafficking and organised crime.
After screenshots of these tweets - which Howard has since unliked alongside deleting his Twitter account, reports the Daily Star - were shared with the Nottingham event's organisers, the singer was bumped from the line up. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
