Harold Bishop is not gay

Neighbours stalwart Harold Bishop will not be coming out anytime soon.

The actor who plays Harold, Ian Smith, told the Daily Star that producers were keen to change the character's sexual orientation, but he was having none of it.

There was a lot of talk about this," he told the paper.

"He and Lou once ate a salad together and that means you are gay ... in Australia!"

Poor Harold.

Married to a lady many 12-year-olds assumed was a man in drag, his daughter killed by a stray bullet during a protest against duck hunting, lost at sea, amnesia, owner of Lassiter's coffee shop until it exploded, an ongoing battle with the Russian mafia.

The last thing he needs is a gay sex life.

In any case, Harold will be leaving the cast in April, though he will be returning intermittently.