Former Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins has said that he found growing up gay a "complete nightmare".
The singer, who appeared on 'Celebrity Big Brother' last year, made the revelations in a new documentary 'Week In, Week Out' for BBC One Wales.
Speaking about growing up in Wales, the singer said: "I'm gay, and today I'm completely open about it. But growing up here in the Rhondda, it was a complete nightmare."
"The bullies at school sensed I was gay and picked on me relentlessly," he said.
"Despite my success, I couldn't be myself. In a pop group like Steps, you need to be three things: single, sexy and straight. I had to lie about the last one."
