Daniel Radcliffe 'loves' gay fans

Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he loves having a gay following.

The Harry Potter actor admitted that he is "flattered" when other men have a crush on him.

"For a lot of straight guys - and I know I'm guilty of it sometimes - when you know a gay guy has a crush on you, it is the most flattering thing," he told Daily Beast.

Radcliffe, who appeared nude in West End play Equus, added that he is used to having homosexual company.

"My mum was a casting director and my dad was a literary agent and I was surrounded by gay men from a very young age," he said.

"I was the only boy in my class at school who had that kind of relationship with gay men. Most of my friends had parents who had proper jobs in banks and law firms so none of them had been exposed to homosexuality in the way I had - as a normal course of things. So they had a rather different attitude toward it than I."

Radcliffe recently admitted that he purchased a Skorcher Butt Machine to tone up his bottom before making his Broadway debut.