10 Years Later: Former FCC Chairman Admits Janet Jackson Was Treated “Unfairly” After Super Bowl “Wardrobe Malfunction”

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You’re going to find this interview in full in ESPN’s upcoming Music issue. From USA Today:

It’s been a decade since Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake put on the most controversial halftime show in Super Bowl history. Timberlake concluded the show by exposing Jackson’s breast to the shock of the world. In ESPN The Magazine’s ‘Music Issue’, Marin Cogan speaks with several figures who played key roles in the controversy, including ex-FCC chairman Michael Powell.

“I think we’ve been removed from this long enough for me to tell you that I had to put my best version of outrage on that I could put on,” Powell says in the exposé In the Beginning, there was a Nipple which hits newsstands Friday. “Part of it was surreal, right? Look, I think it was dumb to happen, and they knew the rules and were flirting with them, and my job is to enforce the rules, but, you know, really? This is what we’re gonna do?”

Powell and the FCC fined CBS $550,000 for the incident, the largest sum in history at the time. MTV executive producer Salli Frattini, who oversaw the halftime show, wasn’t immediately aware of what had occurred.

“We were like, ‘Uh, we’re playing that back right now,'” Frattini says. “There was lots of chaos in the truck, and we played it back and we were like, ‘Oh, [expletive]. What just happened?’ ”

Another show producer, Alex Coletti, thinks it was a setup.

“Her entire camp stopped answering the phones. I finally got to her tour manager, and they were already at the airport.” Coletti says. “No, she set us up and she’s out of here. That was the last time I’ve seen or heard from Janet Jackson.”

Eminem, Kendrick Lamar & Nicki Minaj Join Calvin Johnson, Chris Paul & Kobe Bryant For ESPN’s Music Issue

Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj and many others are meshing with some of the biggest athletes for ESPN’s Music issue….you can check out the covers for that above, as well as a few other candids found within the magazine.

ESPN’s Music issue hits newsstands Friday, January 24th (with live content hitting ESPN’s website tomorrow).

LeToya Luckett Covers Kontrol Magazine

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Get ready for LeToya Luckett….she’s now one of the stars of Single Ladies, she’s set to drop a new album and is now sitting gorgeous on the cover of the latest issue of Kontrol (alongside Ladies‘ co-star Charity Shea).

In the issue, LaToya speaks on her new TV role, among other things:

“Felicia…sometimes she can be a little misunderstood if you will. She doesn’t come off as the nicest person when you meet her, so for that I definitely went into my ‘Devil Wears Prada’, Meryl Streep bag and tried to put my little spin on it.”

Dancehall Artist Reportedly Suffered Near Blindness After Getting His Eyeballs Tattooed (PICS)

There was a strong rumor that Dancehall artist Derick Walters (better known as Mace) encountered complications which resulted in him almost losing his vision while having his eyeballs tattooed. This is after he had received several warnings against it.

It appears that, while there were some complications and blurring issues, the artist is nowhere near blindness. With that said, Mace (and DJ Alkaline, who must’ve inspired him) are on some truly crazy alien shit….couldn’t they have just put in contacts like Method Man?

You can check out pics of Mace (post-op) and Alkaline above. From the Jamaican Observer:

SCLERAL tattooing, or eye tattooing, is slowly becoming a trend among Jamaican entertainers. Singjay Alkaline caused a stir last year with his coloured eyes, and now Derrick ‘Mace’ Walters has followed suit.

Mace, a 19-year-old singjay, told Splash that he had his eyes ‘inked’ in New York City last week. Shortly after his bold operation, he was forced to check into a hospital after his sight became blurred and he felt a burning sensation in his eyes.

“It was a bit frightening. The doctors told me that it wasn’t numbed properly, hence the burning sensation that I felt,” Mace explained. “It’s like a mini surgery, if the area isn’t properly, numbed, there is going to be after-pains.

He says his sight has improved now that he is on medication, but admits the experience was scary.

“It is not infected, neither am I going blind as is being circulated on the Internet and it wasn’t that I was following anyone. It was a bit frightening but I don’t regret it, I love tattoos,” said Mace, who disclosed that the procedure took 90 minutes to complete.

PICS: Ice Cube’s ‘Goodyear Blimp’ Lyrics Come True…Sort Of

So, it didn’t say “Ice Cube’s a pimp“, but it’s still art becoming reality. From the L.A. Times:

The message on the blimp may be different, but today is still a “good day.”

In 1993, Ice Cube rapped about a good day in South Los Angeles — the Lakers beat the Supersonics, he had a solid breakfast and he saw his name on the Goodyear blimp.

To remind people “that good days do exist,” the Good Day Blimp project launched a social media campaign to persuade Goodyear to fly its aircraft just how the rapper imagined it — with “Ice Cube’s a pimp” in lights — Monday, on the anniversary of the fictional day.

The campaign aimed to raise and donate $25,000 to A Place Called Home, a South L.A. charity that works to provide at-risk youth with a secure, positive family environment, on the condition the company flies the blimp.

And Goodyear agreed — though, with “it’s a good day” on the side of its blimp.

Ice Cube accepted the “Ride Along” — the actor’s new movie with the same name opened Friday — urging the company to participate during an appearance on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” last week.

“Goodyear, Goodyear, do this before we call you Bad Year,” he said. “Do it for the kids.”

The company typically receives thousands of requests each year from charities and is unable to accommodate them, but the “Good Day” proposal got their attention, according to a letter tweeted at the star.

“We want to make sure this group of kids has a ‘Good Day,’” the letter said.

Several students from A Place Called Home were invited to ride the blimp Monday with Ice Cube over Los Angeles. Photos posted to social media showed the star signing a giant check for the organization.

About a year ago, stand-up comedian Donovan Strain broke down the song lyrics and determined that “National Good Day Day” was Jan. 20, 1992. He felt inspired to listen to the song, which is “still the anthem for having a good day,” one morning when he woke up and “Space Jam,” his favorite movie, was on TV, he told Complex music.

“I was having such a good day, I was curious what day his good day was,” he said. “If he was having a good day, it had to be this day, because I was having such a good day.”

Strain started Googling on his iPhone — while watching “Space Jam” upside down on his couch — and using clues from the lyrics discovered the only possible day the song could be about: Jan. 20, 1992.

“It doesn’t make any sense at all, but it’s cool. It’s so cool,” Ice Cube told Jimmy Fallon.

The campaign had so far raised about $20,000 for the organization. Ice Cube told Fallon he would make sure the fundraiser went over the top.

Toni Braxton Announces New Memoir

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So, Toni Braxton is now sharing her story with a new book, the uncreatively-titled Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir, which drops May 20th of this year. Wanna hear more about it? Here it goes:

In this heartfelt memoir, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and star of WE TV’s reality hit Braxton Family Values, Toni Braxton writes about her personal life decisions and their impact on her health, family and career.

While Braxton appears to be living a gilded life—selling 60 million records, appearing in sold-out Las Vegas performances and hit shows like Dancing with the Stars, and starring in her own reality series—hers is in fact a tumultuous story, a tale of triumph over a life filled with obstacles, including two bankruptcy filings. The mother of an autistic child, Braxton long feared that her son’s condition might be karmic retribution for earlier life choices, some of which will shock fans. But when heart ailments began plaguing her at the age of 41 and she was diagnosed with Lupus, Braxton knew she had to move beyond the self-recrimination and take charge of her own healing. Intensely honest and deeply inspirational, Unbreak My Heart is the never-before-told story of the measures Braxton took to make herself and her family whole again. (Harper Collins)

Cali Swag District Invite President Obama To A ‘Dougie’ Lesson

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From one “District” to the other. Spotted on TMZ:

President Barack Obama may THINK he’s good enough to teach “The Dougie” to party goers at Michelle’s 50th b-day bash … but the rappers who invented it say it’s the Prez who needs a lesson … from them.

Rappers Cali Swag District were stoked that their moves made it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, telling us, “it just took us to a new level … political, upper class level.”

But the guys say it’s impossible for B.O. to get his Dougie certification without a lesson from the masters … so they’re sending an invite for the Prez to attend one of their BBQs.

As for why they chose a barbecue … Yung from C.S.D. says it’s simple … “Black people love BBQ!”

His words.

Sources Are Claiming That The Blame For Dennis Rodman’s Alcohol Abuse Goes To North Korea

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From TMZ:

Dennis Rodman’s alcohol-fueled meltdown was caused by North Korea … so claim the people who got the former Hall of Famer into rehab.

Sources connected with Rodman — the ones who convinced him he needed to check into rehab after his controversial trip — tell TMZ, from the minute Rodman landed in North Korea he was plied with alcohol.

Rodman claims his bizarre — arguably unpatriotic comments — were the result of alcohol abuse and he says the pressure he felt before doing his disastrous interview is why he landed in rehab.

But people close to him say … the mucky-mucks in the North Korean government were more than happy to supply Rodman with endless amounts of alcohol … to the point his mind was poisoned.

Lib Dems Suspend Lord Rennard Amid Apology Row


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The Lib Dems have suspended Lord Rennard from the party after its former chief executive refused to apologise over sexual harassment claims.

The peer said he felt “regret” if he had unintentionally “hurt” any women but would not apologise for something he “had not done”.

He was considering a legal bid to reverse the suspension, the peer added.

Bridget Harris, one of his accusers and a former adviser to party leader Nick Clegg, welcomed the action against him.

It signalled that “this kind of behaviour is not tolerated”, she explained on Sky news.

“I absolutely welcome the fact that the Liberal Democrats have taken the very strong message that if someone is not willing to apologise and they’re not willing to accept responsibility for their behaviour then they shouldn’t be entitled to be a member of the Liberal Democrats.”

Lord Rennard resigned the party whip last year amid claims, which he denies, that he had made unwanted sexual advances to several women and touched them inappropriately.

The allegations were investigated by senior barrister Alistair Webster QC, who concluded they could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

But he also said the evidence of the four women who lodged complaints was “broadly credible” and urged the peer to apologise.

Lord Rennard says he cannot apologise for legal reasons, as it would be an admission of guilt.

In a 2,600 word statement, he said he had suffered from “severe stress, anxiety and depression” as a result of the allegations.

“If ever I have hurt, embarrassed or upset anyone, then it would never have been my intention and, of course, I regret that they may have felt any hurt, embarrassment or upset,” he said.

“But for the reasons given, I will not offer an apology to the four women complainants. I do not believe that people should be forced to say what they know they should not say, or do not mean.”

PICS: Dr. Dre At The Seahawks/49ers NFC Championship Game

While Macklemore had the Seattle fans hype, the appearance of Dr. Dre (with Jimmy Iovine, no less)….reportedly didn’t. But you can check out some pics of his attendance to the NFC Championship game (above).

So why were the fans irate with Dre (& Jimmy)? Because one of the Beats By Dre endorsers is none other than 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick…..and in a recent Beats commercial shown during the game, well…..you can check out the extended version of that advert below:

 

No love lost when you’re standing knee-deep in money, right?

PICS: Macklemore With The Seattle Seahawks At The NFC Championship Game

If you’ve been living under a rock (or don’t watch American football), then you may not know that on Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game to advance to the Super Bowl (but I’ll let Richard Sherman express his excitement for you). During the madness, Macklemore was definitely showing his team support, all the way down to a big halftime performance with Ryan Lewis and his post-game celebration with the team. Check out the picks above, as well as his speaking on the win below (spotted on SeattlePI).

On the Seattle Seahawks’ win:

“It’s very surreal. It is a very surreal experience…I’ve been a Seattle sports fan my entire life, and this was by far and away the greatest moment.”

On his and Ryan Lewis’ halftime performance:

“It was a huge honor, the fact that the Seahawks let us do that…but really, to be completely honest, I was thinking about the game. I performed for six minutes, and it was awesome to be in front of that many people, but it was about the game.”

ARTWORK: ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron

It’s so, so good to see the momentum of Q’s forthcoming album Oxymoron (for a minute, it seemed like clearance issues were going to turn the situation into a mini-Detox of sorts.

The album drops February 25th — you can preorder the project here. Check out the album covers for both the Standard and Deluxe versions above. The Standard version features his daughter Joy.

Mother Of Mikaeel Kular Officially Charged With Son’s Murder

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From BBC News:

The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has appeared in court charged with his murder.

Rosdeep Kular, 33, appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, charged under her married name of Adekoya.

She is also accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice. She made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.

Mikaeel was reported missing from his home in Edinburgh last Thursday, prompting a major search.

His body was found 20 miles away in Kirkcaldy, Fife, late on Friday.

The private hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court lasted only a few minutes and no media or members of the public were present.

The case was continued for further examination, with another court appearance expected on 28 January.

Forensic officers have been continuing their investigations at the site where Mikaeel’s body was discovered.

It was removed from woodland behind a property in the town’s Dunvegan Avenue at the weekend.

A house in the street was searched, along with an area of woodland to the rear and side of the property.

Ms Kular and her five children had previously lived at the address. A neighbour told the BBC that Mikaeel and his twin sister were born while the family was living there.

Mikaeel was reported missing from his home in Ferry Gait Crescent, Edinburgh, at about 07:15 on Thursday morning.

More than 200 volunteers from the community joined the emergency services in a huge search operation for the young boy.

Hundreds of people gathered at Muirhouse St Andrew’s Church in Edinburgh on Saturday evening for a service in Mikaeel’s memory.

Many also left flowers and soft toys and lit candles outside his home in Edinburgh.

Ashanti Gets Into It With A Twitter Follower

Some guy on Twitter threw out a pretty humorous response to one of Ashanti’s tweets, and she sent a dart back. I just hope her upcoming album doesn’t flop like her single (hey, it did….she dropped a track in 2011 with Busta Rhymes, titled ‘The Woman You Love’….two singles have since dropped after that in 2013 too little fanfare).

@MangaStHilare Removes Roll Deep From His Name…

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…and the reasoning looks to be nothing more than an evolution as a solo artist (he’s still very much a representative of the group). Check out the below message posted on his Instagram:

ROLLDEEPMANGA IS GONE LONG LIVE MANGA SAINT HILARE Some of you might of noticed that I’ve changed my name. Well it’s more of an update than a change,I’m still Manga. Before everyone starts with the “have you left RollDeep?” stuff No I haven’t. They are my brothers,I’ll always be in RollDeep & make music with them. I’m proud of everything I’ve achieved with them. I don’t want people just to follow me on some nostalgia vibe of “I used to listen to roll deep” or on the basis on what we’ve done. The reason I’ve taken the “RollDeep” part out of my username is because it’s time I make my own mark with my solo music. Manga has been my mc name since school & that’s just it,it’s just a “mc” name. I feel like I’m way past being just an mc I’m an artist now. Everything I’m saying in my music is for a reason & carries a lot of meaning. It’s my stories,issues & thoughts. No more trying to prove to people I can spit or I’ve good lyrics,I’ve grown out of that. I know my abilities & talents,spending time convincing people who don’t want listen to like me. Is pointless. No more shouting over others to get my story heard. So I had to make a change that will show the difference from the mc I was to the artist I am now. So yeah everyone that believes in me & wants me wish me well in my journey forward from here. Just continue to follow & listen to my music. If you not here for that please unfollow so I can see who’s really here. New music is on it’s way Plus it will be NUFF easier to search my name no more kinky Japanese cartoons popping up lol Thankswickedcoolsafe – Manga Saint Hilare #TheReluctantAdventurer coming soon

Two Cops Caught Having Sex In Hamptons Home While Owner Was Away

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Spotted in the New York Post:

Shocked cops in tiny East Hampton Village say they caught a couple of frisky fellow flatfoots trespassing in a cottage down the road from police headquarters — reportedly to have sex.

The two — she’s a 20-year-old part-time traffic-control officer, he’s a 31-year-old patrolman — were caught in a secluded, shingled hideaway, according to police in the scandalized station house.

The patrolman, who has not been named publicly, has been suspended with pay and relieved of his gun and badge, police said. He is believed to be out of the country.

The woman was summarily fired Friday at a village board meeting, retroactive to Dec. 30, the day of the ­alleged shenanigans.

She’s also a part-time maid — at the house where the alleged tryst occurred.

Both the maid and her patrolman-colleague were allegedly engaging in some off-duty internal investigations at the house on leafy Talmage Lane while the owner, prominent Manhattan interior designer J. Arthur Dunnam, 55, was away.

The two were allegedly caught when three house-guests arrived from Georgia, invited by Dunnam to stay for the New Year’s weekend, according to police paperwork obtained by The Post.

The three startled visitors quietly left and called in a trespass complaint to police, who were undoubtedly surprised by what, and whom, they found inside.

“Upon arrival, they located two suspects inside the residence that were not authorized to be there,” the East Hampton Village Police incident report states.

Dunnam declined to comment, but the incident report says “he does wish to pursue charges because no one should be in the house.”

Dunnam is design director of Jed Johnson Associates; his Sutton Place apartment has been featured in Architectural Digest.

The cops are being investigated for trespassing in the home for a “sexual encounter,”the East Hampton Star reported.

“Further departmental action is expected,” Chief of Police Gerard Larsen Jr. wrote — without a note of irony — in a press release.

PICS: Walmart Under Fire After Customer Reveals Tanks Full Of Dead Fish

From Daily Mail:

A New Jersey Walmart customer has become the owner of a number of fish she purchased after discovering a dozen dirty fish tanks filled with dead and dying fish at her local store.

Donna Lohmeyer was with her young grandson when the pair went to look at the live fish at the Flanders Walmart outlet.

Instead of happily swimming pet fish, Lohmeyer and her grandson came upon a nightmarish scene.

‘Most [of the fish] were dead, and rotting in the tanks… Many were still swimming — starving, freezing, choking on foul water full of ammonia and algae,’ Lohmeyer told Mendham-Chester Patch.

She says there was no power or filtration in any of the tanks, but they were still full of fish.

Other customers in the live pets section of the store told Lohmeyer that the power had been off for more than a week.The water temperature in the tanks was 64 degrees, she said.

The disgusted customer asked to see the store’s manager and was told he was unavailable. She then asked to see the pet department manager, who was ‘on break.’

After waiting more than an hour, Lohmeyer purchased the remaining ‘least sick’ fish to rescue them from the putrid tanks.

Mendham-Chester Patch contacted Walmart’s head office in Arkansas and was told the store had stopped selling live fish ‘months ago.’

Patch responded with pictures taken by Lohmeyer’s daughter Dina of the tanks in their local Walmart.

Walmart representative Kayla Whiting finally responded after receiving the pictures, saying, ‘This is unacceptable.’

‘There are protocols in place that were not followed, and associates [in the pet department] will be retrained immediately,’ she told Patch.

No Walmart staff members have been punished for the incident.

Police Found A Variety Of Drugs At Justin Bieber’s House During Recent Raid

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From TMZ:

Justin Bieber had drugs and drug paraphernalia strewn all over his house when it was raided Tuesday … but drugs were not on deputies’ radar … TMZ has learned.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … when L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies searched the house … there were 2 large cookie jars filled with weed in plain view. There were also 4 – 5 empty codeine bottles in the mansion.

There were also 3 bongs — 1 in the TV room and 2 in the kitchen.

There were styrofoam cups scattered throughout the house that had elaborate drawings on them … including the names of the people who used them. The cups, we’re told, were used for Sizzurp (also called lean) — which is Justin’s drug of choice. We’re told he likes to draw on the cups with markers after using them.

And speaking of Sizzurp … Sprite is usually part of the mix, but we’re told Justin preferred pineapple Fanta instead. There were empty Fanta bottles that were discolored … we’re told from the codeine.

There were lots of “swisher sweets” cigars laying around the house — Bieber’s preferred way to smoke marijuana.

And speaking of weed … we’re told Justin has a dedicated smoking room in the house, complete with hookah pipes. Sources say when cops showed up … some of his friends went into the room and some of the illicit stuff went down the toilet.

As for why cops didn’t seize any of these items … law enforcement sources say they were not on the hunt for drugs — they were primarily looking for video equipment that may have been attached to surveillance cameras. In fact, cops probably couldn’t pry and open jars and such, because it would have exceeded the scope of the search warrant.

TMZ broke the story … Justin has developed a serious drug problem and his people are pushing him to enter rehab … something he has resisted.

Ice Cube & Kevin Hart’s ‘Ride Along’ Hits #1, Breaks Opening Records

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From E!:

Moviegoers went along with Ride Along this weekend. And they helped the comedy break all sorts of records.

The action flick, starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, earned $41.2 million its debut weekend. Cloverfield was the top-grossing movie during MLK weekend, up until this weekend, earning $40 million from Friday-Sunday and $46 million in its four-day debut in 2008.

Ride Along also takes the honor of being the biggest Friday-Sunday opening in January history.

Last week’s No.1 movie, the drama thriller Lone Survivor slipped to the No.2 spot and made $23.2 million.

China Lifts Music Ban On Lady Gaga

From NME:

Lady Gaga’s music is no longer banned in China.

The singer, along with Katy Perry, Beyonce, Take That and a group of other artists, had songs banned by the Chinese government in 2011 after they were deemed vulgar by the Chinese Ministry Of Culture and placed on a ‘poor taste’ blacklist. Around 100 songs ended up on the list in total.

The decision has been reversed, however, with Gaga’s latest album ‘Artpop’, in its original state, now approved for release. The singer tweeted to express her delight.

When the ban initially came in, music sites were given around three weeks to remove the offending tracks which officials say harmed “national cultural security.” Gaga had six tracks banned, including ‘Marry The Night’ and ‘Edge Of Glory’, while Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’, on sale for around 10 years before the ruling, was also banned.

Prior to this announcement, Gaga claimed she had been “betrayed” and “mismanaged” by the people around her, resulting in the delays and problems she faced with ‘Artpop’.

PICS: Kanye West Covers Interview Magazine

Kanye West gets the cover feature in the February issue of Interview Magazine. In the issue, he continues to push his philosophies to director Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave) in grand fashion; you can check that dopeness out here.

Shoutout to photography Steven Klein and stylist Karl Templer for their work on this spread (you can check those pics out above).

Vladimir Putin Attempts To Use Elton John To Prove That Russia’s Not Homophobic

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From the Daily Mail:

Vladimir Putin has insisted he is ‘not prejudiced in any way’, and that he has some gay friends, amid an outcry against Russia’s laws against gay ‘propaganda’.

He also made efforts to praise the ‘personal achievements’ of gay celebrities such as Elton John, whom he called ‘extraordinary’.

But the Russian leader also linked gay people to paedophiles, who are covered jointly in the controversial propaganda law, ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics, which start next month.

Despite reassuring visitors the laws present ‘no danger’ to them, the Russian leader still suggested there was a need to ‘clean up’ homosexuality in Russian order to drive up the country’s birth rate, and defended the country’s right to pass such a law.

In an interview broadcast amid international outrage ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics, he said: ‘Read our law carefully – it’s called “a ban on the propaganda of paedophilia and homosexuality”. But this is nothing to do with persecuting invididuals for their sexual orientation.’

‘It seems to me that the law we adopted doesn’t harm anybody. What’s more, homosexual people can’t feel inferior here because there is no professional career or social discrimination against them.

‘When they achieve great success [they are honoured] – for example Elton John is a extraordinary person, a distinguished musician, and millions of our people sincerely love him, regardless of his sexual orientation.’

In a segment later broadcast on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, the president dodged a question on whether gay people are born or made.

But he did tell Andrew Marr: ‘If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don’t care about a person’s sexual orientation.

‘I myself know some people who are gay – we are on friendly terms. I am not prejudiced in any way.’

Mr Putin also made efforts to assure athletes and sports fans visiting the Sochi Winter Olympics that the new propaganda laws present ‘no danger’ to them.

The games, which start on 7 February, have cost more than £30billion, making them the most expensive in Olympic history.

The Russian government hopes to show the world a modern face of Russia, which has faced increased criticism from the West over human rights.

Mr Putin’s comments come as gay rights activists marched through Moscow with placards reading ‘Down with all Kinds of Fascism’, ‘ Homophobia in to the Fire!’, ‘ For Peace without Racism ! ‘, and ‘Bisexuals Against Fascism’.