I don’t care if it’s fat shaming or any other kind of looks shaming. Again, you can’t like everyone and you can’t expect to be liked by everyone.
There are gay male authors who don’t like me, and when I see them sometimes on social media my gag reflex kicks in. I think it’s an honest comment, in good taste. I knew he’d had a heart attack on stage in Berlin years ago, but not about the cancer. Everyone else take note of this: Bowie couldn’t have staged a better death. But the dignified way he handled his death, I mean, thank God. We used to hang out together with Marc Bolan, going to gay clubs, but I think we just drifted apart. He once called me ‘rock ’n’ roll’s token queen’ in an interview with Rolling Stone, which I thought was a bit snooty. I wasn’t his cup of tea. Here’s a quote from Elton John that’s about his not so friendly relationship with David Bowie.ĭavid and I were not the best of friends towards the end. We started out being really good friends.