![]() ![]() I thought it was bad enough when I found out he wore a wig. "I was devastated, angry, and felt so let down. One male fan who wishes to remain anonymous tells me of his extreme disappointment when Glitter first admitted to possessing child sex abuse images. However, some fans have found it harder to reconcile their love of the music with the revelations that have emerged about the man behind Gary Glitter. "I thought it was bad enough when I found out he wore a wig. Gary and glam rock really brightened up my then unhappy days at boarding school… I will always be grateful to him for that." "Then I saw Gary singing on Top of the Pops and went to a shop in Cheltenham and bought my first record. He discovered Glitter in the summer of 1973 shortly after he had been shipped off to boarding school 100 miles from home. Mick Connor, a health-care housekeeper from Hertfordshire, is one such case. For many people, this formed an emotional connection that they have been unable to cast off despite the revelations that dogged Glitter as he fell from stardom. GARY GLITTER TVMost of his remaining fans have been into Glitter since his early days, when he strutted his stuff on TV and drew in a fanatical fan base. I stick by Gary, as I have great affection for him and I would stick by anyone who I felt was genuine in the same way." "They have constantly bullied him… made sure he will never work again, while others in favor have escaped unscathed. There has been a witch hunt against him, and the press will not be happy until they have finished him off," says a fan who would like to be known only as Julia. "I think the media have always treated Gary with ridicule even before the computer business. But many followers see this, as one fan put it, as simply "a silly mistake" that has meant he has been unfairly hounded ever since. Indeed, in 1999, Glitter himself admitted downloading images of child sex abuse. John's response is typical of Glitter fans I spoke to, many of whom accept that the former musician is at the very least guilty of some of the allegations thrown at him over the years. I stick by him because I feel that his life is deliberately being made a hell by the hypocritical media and by the hang-'em-and-flog-'em brigade. ![]() "I would not let him look after my children, but then again, I would not let anyone I didn't know very well look after my children. "I stick by him, because he has given me a great deal of pleasure in my life," says John, a benefits caseworker from Newport, Wales. ![]()
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