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Richard Fairbrass

English musician and television presenter

Musical artist

Richard Peter John Fairbrass (born 22 September )[1] is an English singer, bassist, and television presenter, best known as lead singer of the pop group Right Said Fred, who achieved hits in the early s including the singles "I'm Too Sexy" and "Deeply Dippy".

He and his band have won two Ivor Novello Awards.[2]

Career

Before forming his own band, Fairbrass was a bassist who had played with several prominent artists, including Boy George.[3] In , he appeared in Jazzin' for Blue Jean, a video by David Bowie, as the bass player.[4] Towards the end of the s, Fairbass joined with his brother Fred to form Right Said Fred.

The Fairbrass brothers performed as a duo for a brief period, touring in New York City. Guitarist Rob Manzoli joined them in [3] In , he was joint winner of Rear of the Year with Mandy Smith.[5] Following this, Fairbrass co hosted on BBC Two, (with Rhona Cameron), a television series called Gaytime TV (–) which was aimed at an LGBT audience.

In December , Fairbrass presented BBC One's Naked Eurovision, a behind the scenes documentary about the Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham.[6] From June to August , he co presented with Gabrielle Richens a game show, The Desert Forges, on Channel 5.

In April , Fairbrass was reported to be planning to run for Mayor of London in the Election.[7]

During a gay rightsrally in Red Square, Moscow, on 27 May , commemorating the 14th anniversary of the de-criminalisation of homosexuality in Russia, Richard Fairbrass and Peter Tatchell were violently assaulted by members of a counter demonstration staged by ultra-nationalists.

They were subsequently arrested and detained by Russian police. [8][9]

Personal life

Fairbrass was born on 22 September [1] in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, and was brought up in East Grinstead, West Sussex. He has a younger brother, "Fred" (born Christopher Abbott Bernard Fairbrass on 2 November ).[10]

Richard came out as bisexual in to The Sun.

Richard's long-term partner, from until , was Stuart Pantry, a BBC make up artist, who died in September of cancer.[11] Fairbrass has also said he appreciates "pretty guys who look like girls and girls who look like pretty guys."[12]

Views on COVID

Fairbrass was hospitalised with COVID in , but has spoken out against COVID measures and has been sceptical of the COVID vaccine.[13]

Views on Russian invasion of Ukraine

Fairbrass has routinely commented on the war in Ukraine, often speaking in support of Russia's invasion and Vladimir Putin's justifications for the conflict.

Stuart pantry richard fairbrass stuart A year ago this week Richard Fairbrass’s former partner Stuart Pantry died, aged Ravaged by cancer, when Stuart’s body finally gave up he weighed just 7st. He had battled ill-health for.

In December , he published a tweet on his personal Twitter profile, calling on Putin to resist "western domination".[14] He has also described Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government as a despotic regime.[15]

References

  1. ^ abcMcGrath, Nick (3 April ).

    "Richard Fairbrass: 'We could have had pools and Rolls-Royces, but we wanted to make music'" &#; via

  2. ^RSF awarded 2 Ivor Novello's for 'I'm too Sexy' and 'Deeply Dippy'Archived 3 July at the Wayback Machine,
  3. ^ abWhat's on – Right Said Fred, Archived 6 October at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^Official David Bowie video on YouTube showing Richard Fairbrass playing bass.
  5. ^Rear of the Year Archived 6 October at the Wayback Machine, Digital Spy
  6. ^"Naked Eurovision – BBC One London – 31 December – BBC Genome".

    BBC. 31 December Retrieved 1 December

  7. ^Barney, Katharine (18 April ). "Right Said Fred&#;: I'll Stand for London Mayor". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 6 April
  8. ^"Moscow Anti-Gay Attack Condemned". BBC News.

    Fred fairbrass Richard’s partner Stuart Pantry died aged 45 in September after a long battle with cancer. He had suffered ill-health for almost a decade, first suffering a stroke in , and it.

    28 May

  9. ^Levy, Mike (27 May ). "Eggs and Punches at Russia Gay March". BBC News.
  10. ^Right Said Fred Biography,
  11. ^"Right Said Fred's Richard Fairbrass: 'When I came out the media tried to sabotage my career and I wasn't allowed to date my boyfriend in public'".

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  12. Rob manzoli
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  14. Right said fred

    15. 3 February Archived from the original on 13 December Retrieved 13 December

  15. ^Richard Fairbrass – Weaknesses, Archived 21 October at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^Moore, Sam (21 August ). "Right Said Fred star still against vaccine despite being admitted to hospital with Covid". The Independent.

    Archived from the original on 20 January Retrieved 10 April

  17. ^Fairbrass, Richard [RealFairbrass] (22 December ). "Russia will never submit to Western domination " (Tweet). Retrieved 28 March &#; via Twitter.
  18. ^Fairbrass, Richard [RealFairbrass] (22 December ).

    Fred fairbrass biography Richard Fairbrass with his partner Stuart Pantry (Photo: ) Sad and special as it may sound, it was indeed the death that put a full stop to their story. Stuart was diagnosed with HIV positive in , and thus, the couple lived through it during all of the s.

    "The US through its support for the criminal despotic regime in Ukraine is making the conflict ever more dangerous. Few if any talk peace, NATO is now no longer solely a defensive organisation and the West as ever is hiding under US petticoats " (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 December Retrieved 28 March &#; via Twitter.

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