Get that faggot off my channel Number 2

In the second of three excerpts Steve talks about the times he came close to being fired by MTV.



After the review show I presened with Chris was dropped I suggested that I should have a chat show. This was confirmed as a good idea, mainly because it provided the reason to get rid of the other show. Unfortunately the contact to stars at MTV Europe was still not strong at that point, so I decided to take it upon myself to get the show off the ground.



Firstly I needed a sidekick. I had been an acquaintance of the outrageous fashion designer and nightclub icon, Leigh Bowery for a number of years. I had met him not long after he came to London from Australia and had become part of the furniture of the London club scene. We had made a film together in my house some years before. Leigh and his muse Trojan arrived at my house on the 171 bus route wearing capes, six inch platforms, their faces painted blue and green, and piercings from nose to cheek. I wanted to get them doing things that were incongruous to their look and filmed them washing the dishes, ironing and eating cream cakes. Unfortunately the film was to be lost after my former boyfriend taped Terminator over it.

To add to the camp humour of the chat show Leigh and I would attempt to remake a famous movie scene every week, Leigh as Sam, me as Bogart, Leigh as Julie Andrews, me as Dick Van Dyke. One week Adam West, the original Batman was on the show. Leigh dressed up as the Riddler to my Robin.

The show would be recorded early Thursday morning. Every Wednesday night I would scour London clubs and bars searching for any star that I could get to appear on the show.

The week that caused the trouble featured The Communards, Nina Hagen, and camp English comedian Julian Clary with Fanny the wonder dog.

MTV were not amused with this combination of talent. The chat show was dropped shortly afterwards.