Dusty Springfield’s Untold Story: The Rise and Fall of a Repressed Pop Icon

Coming Out

But it came to the point that she started to be more open in interviews. Dusty explained to the Los Angeles Free Press: “I mean, people say that I’m gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay. I’m not anything. I’m just. People are people. I basically want to be straight. I go from men to women; I don’t give a sh*t. The catchphrase is: I can’t love a man. Now, that’s my hang-up. To love, to go to bed, fantastic; but to love a man is my prime ambition. They frighten me.”

'Live from Two' TV Programme in Manchester. - 1979

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It may have been a relief to come clean about her feelings, but nonetheless, she found herself alone again. Norma left her when she found their relationship too difficult, and Dusty decided to live an isolated life in the United States, where she could avoid questions from pestering media.