Homosexual overtones reportedly omitted from U.S edition of Morrissey's Autobiography

It’s being reported that the U.S version of Morrissey’s recent, highly-publicised and best-selling Autobiography contains some curious editorial choices, specifically the omitting of the singer’s suggested relationship with photographer Jake Walters.

In the original version, published as a Penguin Classic in the UK during October, the former Smiths singer describes at length his close intimacy with Walters, which originated during the mid-1990s. At one part, the pair are confronted by a British Airways hostess who states she cannot tell whether they are “brothers or lovers”, Morrissey’s retort is to ask why they can’t be both.

But in the U.S edition, published this week, many details are supposedly “missing or edited down”. WENN also state that a “photograph of Walters as a boy has also been removed, and his name has been cut out of a story detailing a night out with The Pretenders star Chrissie Hynde”.

It’s not yet known whether these amendments were the decision of Morrissey himself, the publishers, or at the request of Walters.

Just last month, Morrissey issued a statement saying that rather than homosexual, he classes himself as “humasexual”. ”I am attracted to humans,” he wrote. “But, of course … not many.”