ALAN CUMMING - CUMMING STUNNED BY DEGENERES CENSORSHIP

ALAN CUMMING was stunned when US TV network Warner Bros refused to allow the actor promote his new fragrance Cumming on THE ELLEN DeGENERES SHOW. The Scots actor launched the cologne earlier this year (06) and appeared on a string of chat shows to promote the scent. Bisexual Cumming admits he was shocked when DeGeneres' executives told him he couldn't discuss the fragrance on air, because of the sexual meaning of the X2 star's surname. He tells gay magazine Attitude, "The reason I wanted to do it was because of how conservative America is. So it's great when TV shows say, 'I'm sorry, but we can't discuss this,' and I'm like, 'Why not? It's my name!' "And they then have to make a decision that they're not allowed to say that word or they can't show a picture of me. "I was going to go on Ellen DeGeneres show and they wouldn't let me go on and talk about it. Shocking, as I had been on all the mainstream ones - even MARTHA STEWART. And so Ellen's people explained it was the network, blah blah blah, but other shows let me. "Now I've got other products like a soap called Cumming In A Bar and a body lotion of Cumming All Over. I just love the fact that they challenge people."