Strictly star makes sex confession (Image: GETTY) Rev Richard Coles is best known for co-presenting BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live for over a decade before stepping down in 2023. Along with being a Church of England priest, before retiring two years ago, the 62-year-old also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing. Since his TV ventures, Richard has released a book series surrounding a character called Canon Clement.
This month, the latest addition, called Murder at the Monastery, was released. Detailing the new novel, the 62-year-old touched on some of the similarities between himself and the protagonist. In the book, some of the characters are confused about their sexuality, which Richard revealed hails from personal experience.
He told Radio Times : “I barked long and hard up the wrong tree myself before figuring out that it was the wrong tree.” In the book, Canon Clement is described as not being very sexually active. Richard confessed he went through a similar period himself when trying to figure out what he was going to do in the Church.
However, the former BBC radio star shared that that period stopped after a while. READ MORE Ruth Langsford's brutal Eamonn Holmes home life confession before split Richard Coles spoke about his grief in the past (Image: GETTY) He continued: “It was very difficult in the Church, because it was kind of acceptable to be in a same-sex partnership but you were expected to have a celibate relationship – which I was unable to do.” When asked .
