It seems you can blink these days and miss the juiciest scandals: evidently Brian "Potato" McFadden, soon-to-be honorary Australian and Mr Delta Goodrem, was running off his mouth on New Zealand radio and was shocked to find that saying "If you are not gay, a man should not be wearing pink. Saying pink is a form of red is the same as saying homosexual is a form of male" could be construed as potentially homophobic. No word on whether this is a case of unfair editing and that the end of that statement actually went "...because homosexual is clearly a flavour of delicious ice-cream, now serve me up som'a dat! Mmm hmm chile", but Potato is now on the defensive:

"To come to the conclusion that I am homophobic from these sentences is far from the truth," the statement read.

 

"Some of my friends and colleagues are gay and if I was truly homophobic then I have picked the wrong industry."

Oh good work, Brian - as the news.com.au team also noted, pulling out the "some of my best friends are gay" line! Honestly, it's clear what the Potato needs to do in this situation: he needs to release a cover of It's Raining Men, surround himself with dancers wearing pink footy shorts, and then reveal that Delta Goodrem is, in fact, a man.

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