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 Colin Jackson, with Strictly Come Dancing partner Erica Boag, denies he's gay |
The Welsh ex-hurdler, who is an ambassador for the London 2012 Olympics, admitted knowing there are rumours about whether he is homosexual, but said it “doesn't make any difference to me”.
He said his ideal woman was Hollywood actress Halle Berry, but confirmed he is happily single and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Asked by the Voice newspaper how he feels about people thinking he is gay, he said: “I don't mind having people say what they like in that circumstance.
"I know that I am not but I don't think it's for me to be going round screaming it from the rooftops.
“I think it's just rubbish. It makes no real sense to me. It's quite strange and bizarre but people say what they say.”
He added: “How does the speculation make me feel? It doesn't make any difference to me. Why should it make a difference to me?
"It's only people who don't know you who say things like that — not people who do know you. They are not in my life at all, so it makes no difference to me.”
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Colin Jackson, with Strictly Come Dancing partner Erica Boag, denies he's gay |
The Welsh ex-hurdler, who is an ambassador for the London 2012 Olympics, admitted knowing there are rumours about whether he is homosexual, but said it “doesn't make any difference to me”.
He said his ideal woman was Hollywood actress Halle Berry, but confirmed he is happily single and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Asked by the Voice newspaper how he feels about people thinking he is gay, he said: “I don't mind having people say what they like in that circumstance.
"I know that I am not but I don't think it's for me to be going round screaming it from the rooftops.
“I think it's just rubbish. It makes no real sense to me. It's quite strange and bizarre but people say what they say.”
He added: “How does the speculation make me feel? It doesn't make any difference to me. Why should it make a difference to me?
"It's only people who don't know you who say things like that — not people who do know you. They are not in my life at all, so it makes no difference to me.”
The Olympic silver medallist said there was no stigma attached to gay male sports stars.
He said: “It's the 21st century. I don't think anybody thinks about that any more. There might have been a stigma in years gone by.”
Explaining why he hasn't been seen with any women recently he said: “Because I don't particularly want to be with any woman. It's as simple as that.”
He described his ideal woman as independent and a free spirit.
He added: “What would also be nice is if she earns the same kind of money as me as well.”
Jackson, 40, was the subject of a kiss and tell story in 2006 when a gay male air steward claimed to have had a secret affair with him.
Cardiff-born Jackson won his silver medal for the 110 metre hurdles at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, and holds two gold World Championship medals for the same event, as well as two gold Commonwealth Games medals.
He retired from athletics in 2003 but has stayed in the public eye with stints on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.
He worked on London's Olympic bid and has just released a book, Life's New Hurdles, which describes his life since leaving athletics.