{"id":2344,"date":"2025-06-17T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:47:56","slug":"kim-woodburn-wasnt-perfect-but-she-was-a-gay-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/kim-woodburn-wasnt-perfect-but-she-was-a-gay-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Woodburn wasn\u2019t perfect \u2013 but she was a gay icon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Her impact on pop culture is practically unrivalled (Picture: Mike Marsland\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018If I\u2019m lucky, I might have another 10 years on the earth. Do you think I\u2019m going to waste 10 years putting up with s**tbags?\u2019<\/p>\n

Whatever you might say about Kim Woodburn<\/a>, one thing is certain, she was always true to her word and lived life her way.<\/p>\n

Woodburn died at the age of 83<\/a> yesterday following a \u2018short illness\u2019, leaving behind one of the most unique legacies in showbiz.<\/p>\n

Calling Woodburn a \u2018reality TV icon\u2019 doesn\u2019t do her justice; she was something so much greater \u2013 especially to the LGBTQ+ community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I briefly worked with Woodburn when she became Metro\u2019s I\u2019m A Celebrity columnist<\/a> in 2022. There was absolutely no one else I wanted for that column; if she didn\u2019t do it then it simply shouldn\u2019t go ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She was simply brilliant and a rarity in entertainment now, which is so cautious and dry, its golden years are so far behind us.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll truly miss Kim Woodburn. She was the most badly behaved class act I\u2019ve ever come across and the gay community hasn\u2019t just lost a meme-queen, it\u2019s lost a true ally. This is especially true when fearless voices such as hers are becoming increasingly hard to come by.<\/p>\n<p>My admiration of this <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/17\/queen-clean-kim-woodburn-became-a-beloved-tv-star-50-23434982\/\">national treasure<\/a> began 22 years ago when How Clean Is Your House launched. I was 15 at the time and would do anything to avoid housework (I\u2019m still the same) but Woodburn was unlike anything I\u2019d ever seen on television before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"496\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23438066 lazyload\" alt=\"Lifetime Networks' How Clean Is Your House? Stars Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie Visit NYC and Hairspray\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-528261089.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>My admiration of this national treasure began 22 years ago when How Clean Is Your House launched (Picture: Bruce Glikas\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reality TV in its inception was sexy, fun, and scandalous \u2013 it wasn\u2019t two women cleaning poo from the bottom of a loo.<\/p>\n<p>More than 22 years since How Clean is Your House launched, fascination in Woodburn never died. But it was when she was snapped up for I\u2019m A Celebrity in 2009 that a star \u2013 and gay icon \u2013 was really born.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was exceptional. She was a drag queen in jungle gear; rarely would her conversation not turn to \u2018bonking\u2019, and if she wasn\u2019t talking about sex she was scolding her sexless campmates.<\/p>\n<p>She came second that year, losing out to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/gino-dacampo\/\">Gino D\u2019Acampo<\/a>, but that didn\u2019t matter. She\u2019d become a TV giant in her own right.<\/p>\n<p>And when it seemed her brightest days on television were behind her, she was about to become a true national treasure after she single-handedly became the most disruptive <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/celebrity-big-brother\/\">Celebrity Big Brother<\/a> housemate of all-time.<\/p>\n<section class=\"metro-comment-cta\">\n<div class=\"metro-comment-cta__inner\"><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text-wrap\"><title>Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">What\u2019s your favourite Kim Woodburn moment? Have your say in the comments below<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Her relationship with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/lgbtq\/\">LGBTQ+ community<\/a> was an unlikely marriage, but one that has genuinely enhanced the lives of so many gay people I know since she erupted at everyone and everything in the Celebrity Big Brother house.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt she was impossible to live with, but as a viewer, she was impossible to miss. She was camper than anyone I\u2019ve ever known.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For context, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2018\/08\/29\/remember-when-kim-woodburn-was-removed-from-the-celeb-big-bro-house-by-security-7893480\/\">Woodburn had to be removed from the house<\/a> temporarily when a row broke out over who had the toughest life to-date. You could disagree with Woodburn on the correct way to eat a chocolate digestive and seconds later security would be called in.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, it got so out of hand that while being dragged out of the house by guards, she told footballer Jamie O\u2019Hara: \u2018I wouldn\u2019t s**t on you if you were on fire\u2026 You\u2019re an adulterer that two-timed your wife and she\u2019s got three kids!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Once she was embraced by the LGBTQ+ community with open arms, she embraced them back \u2013 proud in her allyship and making numerous appearances in queer spaces \u2013 and who could possibly want fighting your corner more than Kim Woodburn?<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"metro-video-player \" data-track-module=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed 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\/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.classList.add(‘metro-video-player–related-videos-loaded’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen the moment she was set up on Loose Women for a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/06\/13\/kim-woodburn-claims-itv-lied-about-infamous-coleen-nolan-interview-18941346\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/06\/13\/kim-woodburn-claims-itv-lied-about-infamous-coleen-nolan-interview-18941346\/\">\u2018reconciliation\u2019 with Coleen Nolan<\/a> and took on the entire panel without breaking a sweat, you\u2019ll see what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>Even if she had the delivery of a bull in a china shop, she always stood by her convictions and, for me, that\u2019s what integrity is all about.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, seeing that same level of integrity is becoming increasingly rare. Celebrities and politicians who once gave LGBTQ+ people their word that they\u2019d always have our backs, marched with us at Pride or declared \u2018trans right are human rights\u2019 are now too scared to stand by us.<\/p>\n<p>She may not have always got it right, like appearing on GB News to discuss same-sex changing rooms and declaring \u2018a man\u2019s a man\u2019 and a \u2018woman\u2019s a woman\u2019. Of course, this wasn\u2019t a great move and she was \u2013 quite rightly \u2013 called out for it at the time.<\/p>\n<p>I do honestly hand in heart know that she would not have intended to upset the LGBTQ+ community and knowing that she had would break her heart.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23435023 lazyload\" alt=\"Kim Woodburn\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255830901-d167.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Calling Woodburn a \u2018reality TV icon\u2019 doesn\u2019t do her justice (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She responded to critics: \u2018I will always be an ally to the community and would never say a bad word about any of you. I am very disappointed in those who have deliberately misinterpreted what I said. You are horrible horrible people.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her impact on pop culture, particularly gay pop culture, is practically unrivalled when it comes to reality television in the UK. There isn\u2019t a day that goes by when I don\u2019t see a Kim Woodburn clip being thrown around social media.<\/p>\n<p>That impact was best celebrated on the very first series of Drag Race UK by its eventual winner <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/the-vivienne\/\">The Vivienne<\/a>. Viv did an impression of Woodburn for RuPaul and was a stroke of genius, capturing every single inch of Woodburn\u2019s unapologetically ferocious charm with impeccable precision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/01\/05\/rupauls-drag-race-star-vivienne-dies-aged-32-22298127\/\">Viv died at the beginning of this year,<\/a> with Woodburn among the many mourners <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/01\/27\/ian-h-watkins-jade-thirlwall-among-mourners-arriving-viviennes-funeral-22441843\/\">at their funeral<\/a>. She may not have been someone you wanted to cross, but she too was the first person to laugh at her absurdity.<\/p>\n<p>I hope, and know, wherever she is now she\u2019s giving some \u2018chicken-livered s**t\u2019 what for and I am gutted we\u2019re not there to watch it happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Do you have a story you\u2019d like to share? Get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:jess.austin@metro.co.uk\">jess.austin@metro.co.uk<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Share your views in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her impact on pop culture is practically unrivalled (Picture: Mike Marsland\/WireImage) \u2018If I\u2019m lucky, I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2350,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions\/2350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}