Blair's wife asks known gay man 'why can't you get a girlfriend'!

[dArKeR]

WHAT A GAY DAZE, CHERIE!

YOU'D think all that walking around the Houses of Parliament would help Cherie Blair know a gay man when she spots one.

But the QC and part-time judge dropped a clanger on Thursday night when she asked one of the country's most famous homosexuals, The Salon's Brian Dowling, why the 2001 Big Brother winner couldn't find a girlfriend.

We kid you not...

GAFFE: Cherie

The Prime Minister's wife was at the annual gala of Breast Cancer Care, of which she is patron, at the London Hilton. Brian, 24, was hosting the bash when Cherie spotted him. "It was really embarrassing," reveals an insider. "Cherie went over to thank Brian for his help and they were having a general chit-chat. He's known for being saucy but looked to be on his best behaviour that night.

"But he nearly choked when they got on to the topic of girlfriends. Cherie asked him: 'So, Brian, where's your girlfriend tonight? Have you got one?'" Cue blushes all round.

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[Booberdawg]

1. Well at least it was an honest mistake.

[Paschall]

3. Honest mistake?

Only if Cherie were not British maybe.

http://www.briandowling.biz

[Booberdawg]

4. I read it again

It read like an honest mistake to me.:shrug: I've never heard of him. Maybe I'm being gauche??

[Paschall]

5. Dowling won Big Brother 2

He's a media presenter. Very public personality.

Cherie is just totally out of the loop. Or she's been seeing Rush's maid.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. It's very easy to not know about him

He won Big Brother 2 years ago (or was it last year?) - let's face it, they all merge into one. The majority of the UK doesn't watch the programme, and Cherie's age group even less than average. I've heard of one TV show he did afterwards, which I never saw, but understood to be a "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"-style thing. It was on after midnight, wasn't it?

He might appear in the gossip columns regularly, for all I know; like a lot of people, I never read them. I doubt she does either.

[foreigncorrespondent]

2. Unbelievable.

All this coming from a human rights lawyer. I guess human rights for her walked out the door the moment she meant poodleboy.

This guy is bloody well famous, she cannot tell me she didn't know he was gay. For crying out loud it would be like walking up to Julian Cleary and asking the same thing.

[Warren Stuart]

6. Julian who?

Elton John I can see, but Julian Cleary? Sorry dude but I'm basically clueless. Maybe Mrs. Poodleboy gets her news from American news media. In which case I can see how she can be the most misinformed person in England.

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. Probably watches "Sky News"

a.k.a. FAUX-UK