Rylan Clarkhas confessed that he would like to have children - and would consider having sex with a woman to do so.
The 24-year-old singer, who [uuid=9e8ca850-cec9-4cf8-83b1-e9e09002755f]got the boot from the show on Sunday[/uuid], got broody in an interview with Now magazine.
He said: "I can't wait to have kids - I do want babies and I want them the right way. I've never been with a girl. It's not my thing but I'm not ruling it out. I'm not sure about surrogacy. I don't know how I'll do it but it will be done.
"Just because I'm gay, I can still come! And if I can't have kids, I'll adopt.
"What's to stop me having kids? Nothing. I want the Range Rover, the husband and two kids. I want to take my boy to football on a Sunday and my little girl dancing on a Wednesday."
He also revealed that he had been single for three years after the break-up of his last relationship.
"The gay world can be promiscuous - a lot of men want to f**k you then chuck you," he explained. "But that's not what I'm about."
Meanwhile, he has also hinted that he could appear on the first ever live edition of The Only Way Is Essex next week.
He told Yahoo: "There is a live episode and I may be part of it, it could definitely happen.
"I am up for anything and I've got a lot of friends there so a week today, who knows?"

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