Nigel Owens asked to be chemically castrated

Name: Nigel Owens asked to be chemically castrated
Uploaded: 2017-02-05T16:59:19.000Z
Duration: 1 min 27 s
Description: Rugby union referee Nigel Owens speaks to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs about coming to terms with being gay.

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Rugby union referee Nigel Owens asked to be chemically castrated after realising he was gay.

Speaking to Kirsty Young on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Owens said the pressure of officiating the 2015 final was nothing compared to accepting his homosexuality.

You can listen to the full Desert Island Discs interview on BBC iPlayer

Wales

5 February 2017