Jim Davidson - I'm old fashioned but no homophobe

12 September 2007 - Former Hell's Kitchen chef Jim Davidson has spoken out over the gay jibe row that led to him being axed from the show.

Jim has admitted that it was right for him to leave after calling gay men 'shirt-lifters'.

The 53-year-old has realised that his opinions are out-of-date but he denies being homophobic.

"People who know me know I am not homophobic. Maybe I was Brian-ophobic," he said.

"We are all owning up really that I don't quite fit here. I'm a non-PC fossil, really.

"I say the odd thing that seems to upset people without me realising it and then, when I get a reaction from someone, I feel sort of put upon and I overreact."

The comedian-come-TV presenter says he feels out of place in the modern world.

"To be truthful, this is a young person's television. My day went out with The Generation Game and TV has moved on from there."

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