The old year fizzled out to the accompaniment of sleazy revelations about our 'best-loved' showbiz personalities. Dominating all was the case of Jimmy Savile, revealed as a multiple rapist. More recently TV's 'Mr Magic' Paul Daniels chipped in with his own tasteless recollections, staggering those of us who could hardly believe that he could ever have been considered sexually attractive by anyone other than his missus, 'The Beautiful Debbie McGee'.
Now - on the old principle that There's No Show Without Punch - up pops Jim Davidson. In The Star he reveals:
... Davidson has a big secret up his sleeve which he plans to reveal to silence any claims (…) that he is homophobic.
He once had sex with a Thai ladyboy whom he thought was a girl.
The comedian, 59, recalled: “I was in Berlin with my bodyguard and we pulled a couple of girls in a bar.
“I sneaked out the back of this bar and she gave me oral sex.
“Afterwards my minder asked me if I’d noticed anything funny about her.
“I said: ‘Big feet.’ And he said: ‘Adam’s apple, too.’ It was a fella!”
Davidson, who has battled booze addiction, admitted to being a wife-beater and been wed five times, says he hopes people will see “the real Jim” in the Big Brother house.
He added: “People who know me know I am not homophobic.
Thanks for sharing, Jim.
MORE ON THE ABOVE: It has just been announced that Mr Davidson has been arrested by police working on the Jimmy Savile case.