X Factor star recalls moment Dannii Minogue addressed his sexuality live on air

The X factor host Dermot O’Leary with Danyl Johnson on the show in 2009, and Dannii Minogue (Images: ITV/BBC)

X Factor star Danyl Johnson has reflected on the moment Dannii Minogue discussed his sexuality live on the TV programme in 2009.

Long-standing LGBTQ ally Dannii was a judge on series six of the hit ITV show, which was eventually won by Joe McElderry.

The ‘Put the Needle On It’ singer made an infamous reference to pronouns after Danyl’s performance of Jennifer Holliday’s ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’.

“If we’re to believe everything we read in the paper, maybe you didn’t need to change the gender reference in it,” Dannii told the then-27-year-old to stunned silence from he studio audience.

It moment meant Danyl felt he “didn’t have

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