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GOOD looks can make life tough when you're a showbiz heart-throb like Adam Rickitt.
Cynics put a question mark over your talent as an actor and a singer, groupies cause chaos, and gossips spread the almost inevitable rumours about your sexuality.
But Adam insists he is just one of the lads - as his latest marathon booze bender shows.
The millennium celebrations for the former Coronation Street star- turned-pop singer read like a road map.
Adam and his mates partied their way through Manchester, Preston, Leeds and Newcastle before ending up in Glasgow just before breakfast time.
After eventually sobering up, he told the Sunday Mail he wanted to put the record straight on his personal life.
Adam is fed up with the gay rumours that have dogged him since launching his music career.
As he prepares to release the third single from his debut album, Good Times, Adam declared that being gay is no big deal these days, and said he doesn't understand why people are so interested in his sexuality.
"I've said from day one that I was straight, and I hate it when people make such an issue about it.
"It does hurt when people make nasty remarks about me.
"To be honest I have too much respect for myself and the gay community to make such a big deal about it, as if I've got something to prove."
Speculation about Adam's sexuality grew after critics branded his new album as "disco-fluff" that would only appeal to girls under 13 and gay men under 30.
The rumours were not helped by the fact Adam's videos featured him dancing provocatively, showing off his muscle-bound body.
He eventually became so upset about the jibes that he covered up and refused to show off his six-pack in TV interviews.
But he's less bothered about it these days and has decided to take it all in his stride.
"As long as I know that I'm straight, it's not going to bother me any more what other people say," he maintains.
The former soap star was so grateful to his homosexual fans for their loyal support that he performed at the well-known gay event in London's Astoria recently.
He admits gay groupies are easier to deal...