anthony callea

DEFAMER AUSTRALIA IS YOUR GOD NOW

10:28AM Jess McGuire | Ahem. Remember earlier in the year when, like some kind of straight girl-bending Uri Geller (Gal-her?), I made Vanessa Amorosi and Ruby Rose indulge in ladylove at the ARIAs with only the power of my mind? Or something quite like that but sort of less exciting and impressive? I’VE DONE IT AGAIN. Ladies and gentlemen, in case you missed it last night… And now let me take you back in time to December 2007 and check out what I predicted whilst in the midst of demanding the newly out Tim Campbell begin dating Anthony Callea: More »

What Ever Could You Be Referring To, Sydney Confidential?

4:09PM Clem Bastow | Evidently tonight on It Takes Two, ironwoman and lass about town Candice Falzon will be appropriately kitted up for the celebreality show’s disco night. This means a stupid wig, a stupider wig on partner/mentor Anthony Callea (the pair have previously smooched onscreen in a gimmicky pash about as “hot” as an Eskimo Pie), and, it seems, a rather short frock. But, what’s that, Confidential, you have something to say about her dress and its lack of fabric? Please, do go on! Really though, it’s not as if internet users haven’t seen it all before. Hmm! We wonder if Confidential might be making a rather snide reference to the incident known memorably as “Dunny Gate”, in which Falzon and Sonny Bill Williams decided to get frisky in a toilet cubicle, only to find themselves the stars of the latest celebrity nude upskirt oops debacle? No, they’d never imply something like that… More »

Anthony Callea’s Pash With Ladyfigure Somewhat Less Than Convincing

1:51PM Jess McGuire | Oh, Anthony. We didn’t believe you wanted to do raunchy things to women when you were claiming to be straight, now we know you’re happily in big gay love with Tim Campbell, there’s even less chance of us believing there is genuine sexual tension in the air between you and someone with a vagina! It seems that Channel 7’s publicity team on television karaoke contest It Takes Two need not worry about coming up with strategies to boost the station’s ratings – they’ve got Anthony Callea to do it for them. Confidential hears the staged kiss between Callea and his singing partner Candice Falzon on Tuesday night’s show was a stunt concocted by the Australian Idol product, and was designed to give their performance “an edge”. “He’s a competitive guy and always ensures his partner goes beyond the singing and into their performance as well,” a Channel Seven spy told us. Even though Anthony looks like a child awkwardly putting the moves on his babysitter in the above snap, we give him a big thumbs up for effort. Nevertheless, Tim Campbell has very little to worry about. More »

Awww, Looks Like Tim Campbell And Anthony Callea ARE Totally In Love After All!

2:12PM Jess McGuire | Bless them to bits. Wee pop midget Anthony Callea and his Shout star buddy Tim Campbell spent much of the past few months denying they were anything more than two gay men who loved nothing better than hanging out in a platonic way, but dammit – they’ve thrown their friendship and caution to the wind and are now officially Australia’s Favourite Homosexual Couple In Showbiz! Well, they’re probably our only homosexual couple in showbiz (we’re not counting Gav and Waz from The Block), so we’ll take what we can get. Ex-Home and Away actor Campbell made it official to Vega’s breakfast team yesterday, under tough questioning from ex-Big Brother housemate Chrissie Swan. “There was stuff written in the paper a while ago . . . and actually Anthony and I are a bit of an item at the moment,” Campbell said. “The question was asked a while ago and we weren’t, but we have gotten to a point where we are very happy together.” Our icy heart just melted a little. You go, girlfriend! More »

Callea-Watch: From The Hairdresser’s Mouth

9:50AM Clem Bastow | The rumour mill has been going into overdrive lately as everyone speculates as to whether newly-single Anthony Callea is in fact dating his “good friend” Tim Campbell. Well, being the well-connected types we are, we may be able to pour cold water on that particular item. A Defamer Australia pal who works in a Melbourne hairdressing salon frequented by Lil Anthony tells us that Callea used to attend his salon of choice quite regularly with his ex-BF in tow – i.e., he’s a man who is not afraid to get his tips frosted with his partner present. However, our pal says that Anthony has been seen just as regularly since the break-up, flying solo, and looking rather glum and very single. Doesn’t sound like the sort of behaviour you’d expect from a man who is apparently being romantically fed champagne and strawberries by a hot ranga ex-soapie star, does it? So there you have it – with our network of spies and thanks to our exhaustive powers of deduction, we can – probably – guarantee* that, yes boys, Anthony Callea is still single! * NB: not a real guarantee. More »

Callea And Campbell Dine Together Publicly, Resist The Urge To Have Hot Gay Sex; Press Scratches Head And Wonders What The Hell Is Going On

11:37AM Jess McGuire | Despite now both being self-confessed homosexualists, it seems Anthony Callea and Tim Campbell are still resisting their natural need to do impure things to each other, preferring to do lunch at cafes to simply doing each other. But they both have penises! DOESN’T THIS MEAN THEY HAVE TO TAKE TURNS BUMMING EACH OTHER IN A TOILET BLOCK? Good lord. If the people of Australia can’t depend on stereotypes to explain what’s going on in the world, what can they depend on? Nothing. Pop prince Anthony Callea and former Home and Away heartthrob Tim Campbell insist they’re just mates. But the pair continued to strengthen their friendship over lunch at a Williamstown eatery. A spy said the twosome – who are out and proud (and single) – hid from onlookers at the back of the Atomic cafe, concealing their faces behind caps. Concealing their faces eh? Because their faces were covered in each other’s mangunk? HUH? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? Or, you know, maybe they just like being friends and talking about boys and eating salads and bitching about David Campbell and they’d prefer it if the eyes of the media weren’t constantly following them, waiting for one to jump the other’s bones. More »

Tim Campbell Announces He’s Gay, Denies Being Part Of Australia’s First Showbiz Superhomo Couple

8:55AM Jess McGuire | Yes, it appears to be true. “The ginge you could definitely fuck”, Tim Campbell – star of the musical Shout! – will only make your ranga love making dreams come true if you are packing penis. He’s out! He’s proud! We fucking love him even more than before! Channel 7 star Tim Campbell has publicly come out to announce he is gay. The former Home and Away actor exclusively told The Advertiser about his sexuality…. “There’s nothing in the way of being ashamed about this (but) the label thing worries me a bit because I don’t want my work to be affected,” he says. “If every time I’m written about now it’s as ‘the gay actor’ it would bore the hell out of me. “Coming out at 20 changed me a bit, but at 32, I’m pretty comfortable with who I am and what I’m doing.” Good for you, Tim. But what of Werribee’s most successful midget? Tim reckons both he and Anthony have each broken up with their partners and for now, are just friends. “(Anthony and I) are mates – he’s had his rough trot, I’m going through a rough trot and I’m really concerned for my (ex) partner,” Tim says. Look, Tim. It’d really mean a lot to us if you’d just hook up. Why? Well, there are a number of reasons but the main two would be… i) We love the idea of the nation’s blue-rinse set having a couple of Calamites to love and adore as their very own. We envision touching duets during Carols By Candlelight, photo spreads in Australian Women’s Weekly, and perhaps even a reality show? The grannies will lap it up, and you’ll do more for gay rights in this country than the success of both Queer Eye and Will & Grace combined. ii) For fuck’s sake, someone has to keep Callea safe from Perez Hilton. AUSTRALIA EXPECTS YOU TO DO YOUR DUTY, CAMPBELL! TAKE HIM TO THE TAN, THEN JUST TAKE HIM! More »

Darren Hayes Should Hold Off On Getting A Quickie Divorce – Anthony Callea Has Been Spotted “About Town” With A New Fellow!

8:50AM Jess McGuire | Only yesterday we were positively frothing at the mouth at the idea of Anthony Callea potentially falling for Darren Hayes should the pair ever stop quietly admiring each other and get on with the task of recording a duet (hey, it worked for Delta and The Potato, didn’t it?) but it seems we may have been too hasty. National Bingo Night host Tim Campbell is said to be helping the pop prince get over his break-up, with the two lads seen hitting the town this week. After we reported their stroll around the Tan together on Monday night, a spy revealed the pair were at South Yarra bar the Botanical on Saturday night. It’s believed the two became friends last month in WA, where they were both performing in the stage musical Rent. Campbell has since moved to Anthony’s hometown of Melbourne to play the lead role of Australian rocker Johnny O’Keefe in Shout. Callea’s manager yesterday maintained his star and the former Home and Away regular were friends. “To suggest Anthony and Tim are anything more than colleagues is totally untrue,” Wayne Pilkington said. WE WILL CERTAINLY BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS, ANTHONY! Especially since you spent a good couple of years claiming to be a vagina hunter. But you wouldn’t lie to us now, surely? More »

Anthony Callea Wants Darren Hayes’ Hot, Hard… Songwriting And Vocals

6:37PM Clem Bastow | In news to make fans of shiny gay pop fanfic and YouTube fantasy clip montages wet themselves giddily, Anthony Callea has declared he would like to work with the Pop!ular Darren Hayes. The now-single Idol runner-up and fun-sized gay icon has long been a fan of Hayes’ work and was chuffed to hear that Dazza returned the sentiments. During an interview with Confidential earlier this year, ex-Logan boy Darren – who married boyfriend Richard Cullen last year – said he admired the way Anthony handled his public outing and admitted he was a fan of the Melbourne crooner. “Did he really say that?,” Anthony asked. “That’s so nice. I think he’s amazing. I would love (for us) to do something together. His new album is great.” It goes without saying that this would be AMAZING. Can’t you just see it now? Maybe they could play Young Divas for a moment and cover George and Aretha’s I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, with accompanying Thunderpuss remix. In all seriousness, though, we’d like to see it happen: Darren knows his way around a good pop melody and Anthony has the pipes to pull off something special vocally. Do it, boys! More »