Stephen Fry has shattered our hearts as the lovable star has said he felt like an ‘undesirable person’ when on the gay scene in the 1980s.
After moving to London the host said he struggled with loneliness as he opened up on how unhappy he was at the time. The actor, who has been married to Elliott Spencer since 2015, spoke to Chris Sweeney and Alan Cumming on the first Queer Icons episode of the Homo Sapiens podcast, saying he hated the so-called ‘scene’.
He said: ‘I always hated what was called “the scene” when I arrived in London – I arrived in London at a bad time for any gay person, in 1981 during the HIV virus.’ Former QI star Stephen added: ‘I remember hearing about GRID – gay related immune deficiency and all kinds of other strange