Unfortunately Sky News is devoting its schedule tomorrow to live coverage of the funeral of Stephen Gately in Dublin.
In fact the broadcaster has devoted a surprisingly large amount of airtime to cover the premature death of the Boyzone singer. There was even a lengthy interview with a weepy Louis Walsh last night.
While the death of anyone, let alone a 33-year-old, is undoubtedly a tragedy, the circumstances surrounding Gately's death are particularly peculiar even though the coroner has said that he died of natural causes. The fact that so many people have been ushered out to say what a 'lovely', 'kind', 'beautiful' person he was can only add to the mystery.
Why was he sleeping on all fours on the sofa in the 'praying position'? What exactly was going on with his husband and the other man that they met in a club? Putting up shelves?
It's all rather unbelievable and while the PR strategy to the media seems to be about weepy pop singers and misty eyed Irish romanticism, which have willingly bought it and are perpetuating it, the whole thing is all rather strange and distasteful. Wall-to-wall TV coverage of the funeral will not make me believe anything any different.
