Why aren’t you married at 36?
I don’t want to get married. I love children. And maybe in the future I might even consider having a child because I do feel I will be a good father. I know I have been a good son, and I will be a good father. I don’t want to be a good husband. At the moment I haven’t thought about whether I would adopt or go in for IVF but after I make My Name is Khan I will give this serious thought. I know my child will be beautiful, will be fantastic, and will be great and I am really looking forward to that phase in my life.

No pressure from your mother?
She is very liberal. We are fantastic together; she is my friend, my buddy, my life, and my soulmate. At the end of the day, what do you want in a spouse? You are looking for a soul mate I have mine. I know I can share my silences with my mother and not feel compelled to say anything and she can give me that hug and may be that’s all I need for the week or the month. Beyond this relationship, I wouldn’t be able to have a relationship or a friendship with somebody who is just lovely and nice. I don’t even like those words. You have to be a little messed up for me to really love you.

Okay...
So I’d love to have a child and I think my mother and I will raise a child fantastically. I don’t need a wife I have my mom. Others around should feel envious of what I have with my mother because they all have a spouse and they have those bickerings and those problems, and their relationship with their own parents gets drained and as a result, eventually they have nothing. I am very sorted in my head.

If you discovered that your sexual orientation was not what people perceive you to be, how would you deal with it?
I don’t care about what people’s perceptions are. People have questioned me about my orientation often. I feel it’s nobody’s problem. There are two words, private and personal, which I haven’t put in this English language, but I know they mean something, that’s why they are attached to the word ‘life’, private life and personal life. It’s my prerogative to say, “it’s not your problem, and it’s none of your concern”. People don’t know any thing about me actually and I don’t want them to share whether I have a marriage hidden somewhere or I have a relationship that no one knows about or I don’t have anything and I am a monk in my head and I have taken an oath of celibacy.

Now for some rapid-fire questions these are descriptions of you by people on the street.

Witty and bitchy:
I get that from my mum. If you ARE to be bitchy, you have to be witty, so I accept that as a compliment.

Smug:
I have tried very hard to be smug, tried very hard to be snobbish. It doesn’t work really. I am dying to be one, but I can’t. Unfortunately I have too much of my father in me.

Suave:
I am all about the new clothes I buy. I am all about wearing them; I am all about not repeating my clothes. I have more clothes and shoes than anyone can even dream of. I love the still camera I love the paparazzi. I love walking down red carpets.