Oh, and speaking of John Barrowman... and cock...

[tencrush]

Seriously, though, I hear they were egging him on??

For fuck's sake, he's a GROWN MAN. He's a grown man, in the entertainment industry, who lives in Britain and can't help, surely, but be aware of the climate that the Ross/Brand business created at the BBC, and the scrutiny that BBC Radio, in particular, is under at the moment. He should know better And at the end of the day, if you didn't get your dick out and wave it at people, you wouldn't have to apologise to anyone, so the lesson is, quite simply, DON'T WAVE YOUR DICK AT PEOPLE.

Give me strength.

Comments

[dr-is-in.livejournal.com]

Yeah, its what John is known for, but its a serious lapse in judgement on his part. I blame it on the giddiness and rush after the wheelbarrow schtick.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

if you didn't get your dick out and wave it at people, you wouldn't have to apologise to anyone

Well, quite. Though I think the only possible response to "I was wrong to do this and it will never happen again." is LOLOLOLOLOL.

[cirrocumulus.livejournal.com]

I recall hearing Barrowman say somewhere that the reason he waves his cock around in public is because he thinks people shouldn't be so uptight about sex, but I think that's actually incredibly counteractive. Sex and nudity really are quite different things and for him to put his habit in a sexual context is actually just affirming everyone's worries about its inappropriateness. Sex is something people choose to be exposed to; he can't just expect people to loosen up about it by showing them his junk.

[tencrush]

If that's his reasoning then he's a seriously misguided fuckwit as well. The inability to distinguish between sex and nudity is precisely the thing that leads to retarded prudish attitudes about breastfeeding and sunbathing and me taking pictures of my kids having toddler-style fun in the bath. He's an idiot.

[cirrocumulus.livejournal.com]

Don't know how reliable this source is, but I found what I was referencing here.

So, yeah. Seems a bit misguided.

[tencrush]

Thanks for the linkage :)

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

It's like asking Lassie not to bark.

[jo02]

Apart from the initial eye-roll that anyone would still expect him to keep it in his pants, I was terribly amused by two things -

1) He exposed himself on radio and people were upset??? Dudes, do they have special radio in Britain that I don't know about? It's radio - nothing to see here! (or was that the problem, they couldn't see it?)

2) Secondly, "He didn't get it all out, only his fruit and nuts." !!!
I'm not sure what is more scary, that he calls it 'fruit and nuts' or that there was more in there! 'Fruit and nuts' sounds like everything to me! - now I have to know - what else is IN there ?????"

[tencrush]

Yeah, the fruit and nuts thing confused me as well. Maybe he also has a vagina?

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

So Jack really is the perfect starter boyfriend for Ianto.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

You just made me choke on a cheese curl.

Seriously. Radio. Even in the United States of Misguided Grundyism people have said they're stripping off on the radio and nobody cares. As long as they don't swear while they're doing it.

From what I've been told by fans who were watching the interwebz feed, nothing intoward was broadcast.

JB should probably limit his meatflashing to closed sets, though.

[tencrush]

closed sets
Or, alternatively, he could just put it away already. It's getting really old really fast.

[alba17.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with everything you said.

[tya-rc.livejournal.com]

Apparently there was a webcam in there when they recorded the radio interview, and its feed was broadcasted live on the interwebs.

[jo02]

That throws some light on the situation - thanks!
It made me smile and pout though - his fruit and nuts+ was out on the net and I missed it - again! Considering how often he gets it out I must be one of the few people on the planet who hasn't seen it. It may be fairly ordinary but I'm still feeling left out.
Then again by the sound of the article he has an unusual set of equipment down there and I'd definitely like to see that - for scientific curiosity of course.

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

his flashing tendancies aside (b/c sometimes i really wish he'd stop it) this was a radio program, right?
how can you complain about someone flashing you on the radio? it's not like he whipped it out in front of live tv cameras (or were there cameras too?)

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

oh
i see above, never mind

[dvanulya.livejournal.com]

Well, if there *was* a camera and the dick-on-display *was* on the interwebs, WHERE'S MY COPY?

This is a bunch of hooey. He's a grown man, he should keep his pants zipped in public. My 8-year-old has learned that lesson, although it was difficult.

On the other hand: RADIO.

[louisema.livejournal.com]

...why does he think that getting his junk out is going to make people less uptight about sex? No, for serious. How does that make ANY SENSE AT ALL, Barrowman?!

Gah. Go lay low for a bit and don't come out unless you're filming something (like Who) with a nice friendly script you can follow. And keep your clothes on.