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"Duncan James has revealed that he was &amp;quot;so frightened&amp;quot; when The News of the World broke the news that he was bisexual that he had to flee the country. The 34-year-old singer, who is a quarter of boyband Blue, said that when the tabloid newspaper printed the article in 2009, he &amp;quot;couldn&amp;#039;t even be in the UK&amp;quot;.  Speaking candidly on ITV2&amp;#039;s The Big Reunion tonight (March 21), James opened up about his past struggles with coming to terms with his sexuality following a religious upbringing. &amp;quot;Being brought up as a strict Catholic, the whole gay thing in my head was bad and wrong,&amp;quot; he said during the programme. &amp;quot;And it wasn&amp;#039;t until I was in the band, being around other gay guys, understanding that actually you can be gay. It&amp;#039;s alright to like other guys.&amp;quot; The &amp;#039;All Rise&amp;#039; singer also spoke about having &amp;quot;a secret undercover relationship&amp;quot; with one of Blue&amp;#039;s male backing dancers. James said: &amp;quot;I actually really liked him and I couldn&amp;#039;t tell anybody.  &amp;quot;We would meet up in secret places; hotels or wherever. I used to ring him up paranoid, &amp;#039;Have you told anybody? Have you told anybody?&amp;#039; and he&amp;#039;d be like, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m not going to tell anybody, I promise you&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; However, James admitted that during this time he was also having sexual relationships with women - something which led to his lover&amp;#039;s heart being broken. &amp;quot;I broke his heart to the point where he couldn&amp;#039;t be with me in that way any more and ended it,&amp;quot; revealed James, who added that the man was in love with him. &amp;quot;And it was at that moment when he was gone out of my life, I realised about myself.&amp;quot;  Speaking about the pressures of being in a male group with numerous female fans alongside bandmates Antony Costa, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe, James said: &amp;quot;I wanted to still be kind of known as &amp;#039;Duncan James from Blue, the heartthrob&amp;#039;. The ladies&amp;#039; man. If anybody ever used to say anything about me - &amp;#039;I think he&amp;#039;s gay&amp;#039; - I would get this panic inside me.&amp;quot; After fleeing the country when the story broke, James expressed surprise at how few people were shocked. Of the story breaking in the press, he added: &amp;quot;Actually, it was a really minor thing.&amp;quot; View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures - Photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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