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Iris Robinson's lover, Kirk McCambley, becomes instant gay pin-up
Saturday, 9 January 2010
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Iris Robinson’s young lover Kirk McCambley has become an unlikely icon for the gay community.
Members of the homosexual community were left outraged when Mrs Robinson described their behaviour as “an abomination”.
The UK’s best-selling gay magazine Attitude has asked the 21-year-old to pose on the next edition of its front cover.
Attitude editor Matthew Todd revealed his magazine has been trying to contact Mr McCambley.
He said: “We would love to see him on the cover of Attitude. We think our readers would go wild for him.”
Devout-Christian Mrs Robinson embarked on the extramarital affair in the summer of 2008 while making a series of homophobic comments in the media.
One posting on Pink News, Europe’s largest gay news service, states “going on the picture here, there's no denying that he's a very good looking lad”. Another says: “Attitude want Kirk as their next cover boy!!!! Please make this happen!!!”
There are also dozens of comments from members of the gay community on an array of social network sites urging Mr McCambley to contact them.
Mr McCambley has also attracted thousands of fans on Facebook thanks to the Kirk McCambley Appreciation Society. Set up on Thursday, it already has more than 3,629 members.
Online campaigns have also been launched to get the Belfast businessman into Celebrity Big Brother 7 and Simon & Garfunkel’s hit song Mrs Robinson to number one in a Rage Against The Machine style download drive.
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shame on u mrs robinson shame
Posted by mary c | 11.01.10, 21:29 GMT
well i am not from the uk but whats the point the only problem i guess was the money they lent for the cafe!
who cares who xxx whom? they are all adults.... and come on who knows how many toyboys and girls the rest of your parliament members got and they hide it propperly.... is it your business?
sorry for the missspelling but i am Bavarian!
Posted by wolfgang | 11.01.10, 17:10 GMT
Jim - you should have gone to Specsavers, mate
Posted by Gerry | 11.01.10, 16:04 GMT
The editor of Attitde must be really dense to want the 'lover' of a homophobic to pose for them! Yes I can spot the irony here but its just making this publication and all those involved in it look really silly.
Posted by Regina Fillangee | 10.01.10, 20:41 GMT
The original "Mrs Robinson" was 36 when the film was made. A mother figure - not a grandmother figure!
Posted by Alec Jones | 10.01.10, 10:36 GMT
Iris, not a bad looking woman. Should have known better.
As for Kirk, better make the best out of a complete mess. Take the option and pose for the gay mag, make a quid. Then write a tell all book.
Here's to you Mrs Robinson.
Posted by Jim | 10.01.10, 05:52 GMT
Strange this, typical Belfast Tele manner to push a story thats settles Kirk with homosexuality rather devoting articles to the very real and precarious situation that we face. Journalism or studied distraction?
Posted by AM | 10.01.10, 03:16 GMT
I think both the young man and Iris Robinson need their heads examined. What a strange pair.
I'm a unionist and I hope both Robinsons leave politics for good.
Both Their equating of homosexuals with murderers is the dumbest logic I ever head.
Funny how a 19 year-old with an IQ of 40 brings down the First Minister of Northern Ireland.
Posted by Gary | 09.01.10, 18:28 GMT
As a gay man in Britain I think the attitude of "Attitude" magazine it is rather childish.
Iris Robinson is a spent force politically and I am grateful to Kirk for his inadvertent role in her demise. However he has a business to run and is entitled to have a private life.
Also, homophobia is alive and thriving in N.I. and Britain. Only by confronting the holders of these opinions will the situation be changed, and I cannot see how putting Kirk forward as a so-called gay icon will change this.
Posted by Andrew | 09.01.10, 17:25 GMT
Perhaps Mrs Robinson should have remembered another Biblical edict (rather than her passion for condemning gay people), "Judge not, yet you be judged".
Religion and politics can be a toxic mix, especially if you set yourself up as a guardian of public morals.
Posted by Bryan James | 09.01.10, 01:39 GMT