Washington, Dec 19 : Queen's band member Brian May has revealed that he didn't know bandmate Mercury was gay because the latter had many girlfriends.

Although the guitarist was very close to Mercury, he had no idea that his bandmate was homosexual.

"No, I didn''t know. I don''t think even he was fully cognisant in the beginning," Contactmusic quoted May, as saying.

"You''re talking to someone who shared rooms with Fred on the first couple of tours, so I knew him pretty well. I knew a lot of his girlfriends and he certainly didn''t have boyfriends, that''s for sure. I think there was a slight suspicion, but it never occurred to me that he was gay," he added.

Washington, Dec 19 : Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy has denied claims stating that he will be taking up the role of `Riddler' in the new Batman flick. A representative for Eddie Murphy rebuffed the claims stating that the actor will not take on the role.

The representative said the claims were `not true', reports Contactmusic.

A British tabloid had earlier stated that Murphy would be seen as The Riddler alongside Shia LaBeouf as Robin in the new flick, tentatively called `Gotham'.

London, Dec 19 : The son of Britain''s Josef Fritzl who made his two daughters pregnant 19 times during almost 30 years of rape and physical abuse has described the terror his father inflicted on the family.

The 56-year-old Sheffield father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given 25 life sentences and ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years and six months.

London, Dec 19 : French football player Thierry Henry says had it not been for his parents bringing him up in a strict manner, he would have ended on the streets.

Henry, who has a daughter with his ex-wife Nicole Merry, said that had it not been for his parents stopping him from going out and joining other kids on the streets, he would have landed in jail by now.

"Talking about other things, the city, my roots, what I think, that is how you can get to know a man," the Sun quoted him as saying.