A month after arguing against homosexuality being legal, British boxer Tyson Fury apparently kissed a gay man on the cheeks in an effort to prove he ’ s not a homophobe .
The smooches came after a gay man confronted Fury, 27 , in a bar in Poulton - le- Fylde, near Lancashire, England, on Dec . 16 . Paul Cole, a 41 -year- old shop manager, told The Sun that he wanted to express his distaste for controversial remarks Fury had made about homosexuality in a November interview with the Daily Mail .
“ I told him , ‘ I can’ t stand you.’ He said he wasn ’ t homophobic and suddenly rubbed my beard and kissed me on both cheeks, ” Cole said. The boxer , who defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become WBA and WBO world heavyweight champion in November, then proudly posed with Cole for a series of cozy -looking selfies.
Whether or not Fury’ s friendly pecks will change his public image, however, is another story . In an interview with the Daily Mail, Fury argued that “ the devil is very strong at the minute , very strong , and I believe the end is near, ” and cited the wider acceptance of gay rights as evidence .
“ There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home : one of them is homosexuality being legal in countries , one of them is abortion and the other one ’ s pedophilia , ” he said in the interview . “ Who would have thought in the 50 s and 60 s that those first two would be legalized?”
The remarks prompted over 138 , 000 people to sign a petition to remove Fury from consideration for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 because of his
views on the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender (LGBT ) community.
“ The BBC clearly do not understand that by nominating Fury, who has on a number of occasions expressed homophobic views and compared homosexuality to pedophilia , they are putting him up as a role model to young people all over the U. K . and the world , ” the petition reads .
Of course, the Daily Mail interview wasn ’ t the first time Fury had courted controversy with anti- gay remarks. In 2013, he referred to fellow boxer Tony Bellew as the “ gay lover ” of David Price , another fighter .
The pics of them after the cut......
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