By Marcus Wratten

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I Kissed A Boy star Ollie King has taken aim at “problematic” non-binary people, his ex partner and co-star Dan Harry, and, er, Jade Thirlwall in a lengthy, now-deleted TikTok video.

In a post over the weekend, King, who starred in the first season of the BBC’s groundbreaking gay reality series I Kissed A Boy in 2023, also shared his views on the inclusive term “queer” and Tommy Robinson’s recent Unite the Kingdom rally.

King explained that he had decided to share all of his views in the video as some social media users “manipulate things in a way and take snippets of what you’ve said”, leading others to “make their own interpretations… then try and paint you out to be a c**t, or a racist, or all the rest of it.”

The saga began earlier this month, when King was criticised by I Kissed A Boy fans and some of his fellow cast mates for sharing his support for the Unite the Kingdom rally, which has been described as “the largest far-right event in decades” and an “anti-immigration protest”.

Clues in the name I guess….. gob shite Chris 🙄 proper mouth ache. You’re right, I didn’t have the private education some of you silver spoon entitled brats had, so my spelling isn’t on par but what does it really matter. One things for sure I live in the REAL WORLD and Let’s…— Ollie king (@Olliebking) September 15, 2025

King stated that the march was made up of “hard working British people who have had enough” and that he refused to “be painted to be a far right racist for supporting my own”.

In response, I Kissed A Boy season two star Ruben Bø Dower criticised him for being in support “a movement which directly discriminates against minorities”, while Ollie King’s ex boyfriend Dan Harry, who he met on the BBC show, published a post on TikTok “in solidarity with asylum seekers and migrants”.

After Harry “put his 50 pence worth in”, King said it was “now my prerogative to tell you exactly what I said and exactly what my views are”.

Speaking about the LGBTQ+ community, King said that he refuses to be labelled “queer” and that unrelatable “fannies” in the community are the reason why some closeted gay people don’t come out.

“I have strong views and support for gay men and women, like the LGBT community, yeah, I’m a spokesman for and I stand up for it,” King said, as reported by Out.

“It is people just like me, who are quite more masculine-presenting – I’m talking boxers, chippies, brickies, scaffolders, all people – whether it be in the sports, athletes, whoever it might be, [but] who can’t come out. They don’t feel they can come out because all they see is these lot of fannies that they don’t, can’t relate to.”

He continued: “You’ve got these people coming to me saying, ‘Oh, as a queer man…’ Let me tell you something now: If you want to identify or call yourself ‘queer,’ that’s fine. That’s big respect to you if you… but me personally, I’m not a queer man; I’m a gay man.”

King went on to state that the original meaning of “queer” is “abnormal”.

“If you don’t know that, go to the dictionary, look up what queer means. It had a meaning long before the gays wanted to reclaim it. I’m not abnormal,” he said. “I’m just a standard, average run-of-the-mill lad, who just so happens to be gay.”

While queer was originally used to describe something “strange” or “odd”, it has been used by queer people as an inclusive term for the community for decades.

King also shared his thoughts on another faction of the LGBTQ+ community: non-binary folk.

“And that’s the other thing, ‘Oh, you hate non-binary people. You’re this. You’re that.’ I don’t hate anyone. I’m a lover, not a fighter… If you want to claim you’re nonbinary or whatever, that’s up to you, right?”

“On my dating profile, as previous, have I put ‘no non-binary’? Yes, I have,” King said. When his involvement in I Kissed A Boy season one was first announced, he was criticised for stating on his dating apps that he did not wish to interact with non-binary people.

“Personally, I’m a gay man. It’s my dating preference, just like you get straight people who don’t want to date gay people, and gay people don’t want to date straight people,” he continued.

“To be quite honest with you, I’ve found a lot of non-binary people to be the most problematic, argumentative people who just want a problem with the world. They don’t want to claim to be a man; they don’t want to claim to be a woman… that’s fine. Live and let live. But my personal preference? No, I don’t want to date someone who’s non-binary,” he said.

Later in his video, King appeared to address Harry’s TikTok post from earlier in the week, threatening to “expose” him.

“Maybe we should tell people, Dan, and expose you, as to why I left you, last September, two years ago. Maybe we should tell them, cos you’re the most rude, arrogantest [sic] turd I’ve ever met. That’s why,” he claimed.

King claimed that Harry, who has spent his time since the show volunteering as part of a HIV vaccine trial and making a BBC documentary, was “jealous” that King received more attention.

“You were the most game-playing, fakest fellow I know, honestly,” King continued. “You might not have spoke to me in two years, Dan; I couldn’t give a f**k because you’re bitter. But you seem to view my [content] every time I post. It’s funny that I don’t follow you — you follow me,” he said. “I screenshot it every time you view my story, I find it hilarious.”

Dan Harry has yet to respond to Ollie King’s post.

Much of the former TV star’s video saw him defend his potion on the Unite The Kingdom march, stating that there were “people of colour and different backgrounds that were at that march” and that he is not a “racist” for supporting the rally.

“To be called a racist… I really want to address this. I’ve had my Black, brown — all kinds of friends of mine — from different backgrounds message me privately… People I’ve worked with, people I used to date, have messaged me and said, ‘Ollie, we know you’re not racist, we completely agree with you. Don’t give people the time,” he said.

“I will not sit here and be called a racist for my views, my opinions, and the freedom of speech,” King said.

On freedom of speech, King did appear to have an issue with Jade Thirlwall, now just JADE, sharing her thoughts on British flags. Earlier this month, the South Shields born singer said that she wanted to “pull down” a St. George’s flag that had been attached to the Angel of the North.

According to Out, King said that JADE should “f**k off” if she doesn’t respect British flags.

“If you’ve got so much disrespect for where you live and what the flag is? Along with all these other little f**king lunatics, if you don’t like this country, and you don’t like the flag and what it represents… f**k off,” he said. “Simple as that.”Share your thoughts! Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.