Scissor Sisters leading man a cut above

He might have an odd taste in eye liner, but Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters has manners.

He might have an odd taste in eye liner, but Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters has manners.

Shears was among Michael Stipe, Boy George and Tatum O’Neal at a party when he slopped his drink over New York gossip columnist Ben Widdicombe.

Widdicombe says: “The polite popster tapped me on the shoulder to apologise for dumping half his martini down the back of my jacket. Then someone bumped him and he sloshed the other half down the front of my jacket.”

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