I do remember a lot of homophobia towards MB at the time he came out - though it does sound like he not only outed himself, but turned it into a performance. Made it into something he played to a crowd, where his wife became almost incidental.
I never really liked seeing him on TV back in the day because often he reminded me of people I knew when I was a kid that everyone wanted to be friends with, but were also slightly scared of. They'd choose some hapless person, pretend to be their mate whilst winking at everyone else, then kind of use that person as a prop in their comedy performance where their humanity is removed and everyone laughs at their humiliation, but it's OK because the bully is a cheeky chappie - and don't you have a sense of humour? The Susan Boyle clip and the clip on the documentary of him climbing on top of that women are a couple of cases in point.
It's an odd way to gain approval from people and to be liked, but the world is full of bullies that behave like this and full of people that are acolytes to that type of person. If you then do that type of thing for an actual living and it gives you love and approval and makes you a national treasure... It does seem that people love watching that kind of cruelty and buy into it and almost become complicit in it - I suppose it's why laughing at bad auditions on the X Factor is so popular and why Jeremy Kyle got away with the shit that he did on TV for so long.
I'm another person that hadn't realised just what Stuart Lubbock went through that night. From the headlines, at the time, I'd assumed it was a drowning and that people were just being salacious about it because it was depicted as some sort of seedy "gay thing". Just thought it was the tabloids with their usual homophobic nonsense and didn't pay it much attention. That poor man though :(
Trouble is, it was so long ago, people were off their heads/unreliable. The scene wasn't secured properly. There's been all this public interest. I don't know whether MB was involved or not. I suppose all people can do on a thread like this is speculate, which isn't always helpful. Not sure why I'm posting about it really. I suppose the documentary was just really upsetting and unsettling.
My heart goes out to that poor family. I feel upset and disturbed just watching the documentary and I didn't even know Stuart Lubbock - to hear that someone you loved went through something so horrific must be devastating. I really hope they are able to get the answers they need :(