John Barrowman not ruling out kids – but not now

John Barrowman isn’t against becoming a father someday.

But the 49-year-old Arrow star doesn’t seem to be in any rush.

‘I wouldn’t say no to having children,’ he tells BigIssue.com.

‘But right now, sitting in my car, going from Manchester to Birmingham, how would a kid cope with that kind of life?’

Barrowman and husband Scott Gill had been together for 20 years by the time they got married in California in 2013. They had entered into a civil partnership in 2006.

Barrowman, who is busy on television, the live stage, recording, writing books and making promotional appearances, admits he is not ready to put a child before his career.

‘Scott keeps saying he’ll do it if I do it but that’s not how it works,’ he says.

‘You don’t go to Tesco and pick up a couple of kids and arrive home saying, look, here’s a family. No, we both have to be very involved. And I can’t force him to become a stay-at-home dad.

‘I decided in my early 20s that my career would be my priority, that it would be the best way to have the life I wanted. I’m not saying I’m the best but I know if you hand me a song and give me a pianist, I can sing the shit out of it.’