Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker has spoken of her happiness that her singer daughter has revealed she is gay.
Cheryl, 70, is proud Kyla, 29, who uses the pronoun they, has been so open about her sexuality and reckons society is now far more accepting now than in Bucks Fizz’s 80s heyday. Cheryl, who won Eurovision in 1981 with Bucks Fizz’s Making Your Mind Up, said: “Kyla came out to my husband Steve and me as gay when she was 20.
“I was relieved and happy that they felt able to be so open with us. In the 80s, if you were a gay pop star, you had to pretend you were straight and single so fans liked you more. I’m so glad the world has opened up, but there is still prejudice and people can be rough with their tongue. Kyla has had a few negative experiences.”
She also told Woman’s Weekly magazine she was delighted Kyla and her twin Natalie were musical, and in the arts.
She said: “Kyla has created a musical called Public, which was the hot ticket at Edinburgh Festival last year. They wrote the music and Natalie helped co-write the lyrics. It’s touring this year and I’m so proud. Natalie is also a dance teacher, so I think my husband and I have rubbed off on them.”
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Steve, who worked with Cliff Richard for 20 years, plays with Cheryl and Bucks Fizz originals Jay Aston, 62, and Mike Nolan, 69, in The Fizz. Cheryl said: “We’ve guitars in every room of the house, as well as a studio, so during lockdown we were like the ‘Von Strouds’!”
She recently confessed she turned down appearing in Celebrity Big Brother, which is currently on our screens.
She said: “ Celebrity Big Brother brings out the worse in people … The programme makes people do things they wouldn’t normally do. Plus I have a bit of a temper. If someone’s being nasty or unfair, I’ll say: ‘We’ve got to do something about this’. I don’t want people to see a horrible side to me.”
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