Little Richard called homosexuality ‘unnatural’ (Picture: Ben Rose/WireImage for NARAS)

Little Richard has denounced homosexuality, two decades after he publicly came out as gay.

The rock ‘n’ roll legend said in an interview with Penthouse in 1995 that he has been ‘gay all [his] life’, despite previously saying homosexuals were ‘sick’.

However, he has now gone back to those feelings, and said in a rare interview that gay relationships are ‘unnatural’.

The star had previously come out in 1995 Picture: TABN)

During an interview with Christian TV network Three Angels Broadcasting Network, the 84-year-old suggested that he was no longer gay due to his religious beliefs.


The Tutti Frutti singer said: ‘Anybody come in showbusiness, they’re going to say you’re gay. Are you straight? Are you a homosexual something? They’re going to say it.



‘But God, Jesus, he made men, men, he made women, women, you know? And you’ve got to live the way God wants you to live.’

Richard added: ‘I’m a sinner, but we all have sinned’, with the hosts nodding along.

The legendary showman later said: ‘You know, all these things. So much unnatural affection. So much of people just doing everything and don’t think about God. Don’t want no parts of him.’

Little Richard has in the past discussed his varied sexual history, boasting of his love of orgies in several interviews.

And he has identified as ‘omnisexual’, as well as gay and bisexual.

The Good Golly Miss Molly singer had a long-term, on-off relationship Audrey Robinson, in the 1950s and 60s, with Audrey later becoming a stripper and calling herself Lee Angel.

Richard married Ernestine Campbell in 1959, but their marriage ended four years later, with Ernestine citing her husband’s sexuality as one of the reasons for the split.

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