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		</div><p>Tom Jones is under fire for his controversial comments on homosexuality, after he spoke of his past “paranoia” about working with gay men.</p>
<p>The Welsh-born singer, 75, looked back on his career in music and recalled his nerves about working with “homosexuals”. His comments provoked a backlash on Twitter, with Tom pleading with fans to bear in mind the historical “context”.</p>
<p>In an interview with The Big Issue, he said: “I was ready for most aspects of the music industry but when I met the producer Joe Meek, that threw me off a bit. Because he was a homosexual.</p>
<p>“I thought, wait a minute, is the London scene, the people who run British show business – are there a lot of homosexuals involved here? Because if so, I’m going back to Cardiff.”</p>
<p>According to Digital Spy, he continued: “When I signed with Decca and Peter Sullivan became my manager… he said the same thing Joe Meek said: ‘Tell the boys to pack their gear up, I want to talk to you myself.’</p>
<p>“I said: ‘You’re not one of these queer fellows are you?’ And he said: ‘What are you on about?’ I became paranoid, you see.”</p>
<p>The It’s Not Unusual singer added: “I wondered, was that required to make a hit record? But then I got into it and I realised no, it just so happened that the first guy to record me was a homosexual producer.</p>
<p>“Once I got over the shock of that, and realised it wasn’t true, most people were normal. Well, I shouldn’t put it like that. Homosexuals are normal, it’s not that they’re not normal. It’s just that they are what they are.”</p>
<p>The singer replied to criticism, urging fans to bear in mind that this took place in the context of the 50s and 60s.</p>
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