Hungary have pulled the plug on their entertainers appearing on Eurovision Song Contest.
Rumours have been swirling the country will no longer take part because the talent contest is "too gay" after Hungary failed to offer up a reason as to why.
The news broke shortly after TV commentator András Bencsik ridiculed Eurovision for being a "homosexual flotilla".
Sources inside the Hungarian public broadcaster MTVA said employees have assumed Eurovision's strong ties with LGBTQ+ culture was the real reason they dropped out.
Insiders explained there was no official reason given as to why Hungary would no longer compete in the worldwide competition.
A source told The Guardian : “I was not surprised. It comes from the organisational culture of MTVA."
In a statement, MTVA laid out it would shift the focus from Eurovision to the talents of their country's pop music directly.
MTVA said in a statement of their decision: "Instead of taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020, we will support the valuable productions created by the talents of Hungarian pop music directly."
Recently, András hailed the decision to withdraw from Eurovision as he claimed the show was "homosexual flotilla".
The MP dropped the shocking comments when he was asked by the opposition about why Hungary was no longer taking part in Eurovision.
He said: "I welcome the decision, including from a mental health perspective, that Hungary will not take part in the homosexual flotilla that this international song competition has been reduced to.
“Many young people thought that this is something for people under 18, but at this event the destruction of public taste takes place with screaming transvestites and bearded women.”
Zoltán Kovács, who is the spokesperson for the country's prime minister Viktor Orbán, has rubbished the claims Eurovision is "too gay".
In a scathing tweet, he blasted the index.hu story and branded it "shameless gossip".
He wrote: "What are you talking about? This is shameless muckraking, gossip from your liberal press organs.
"Nobody in the HU government ever said Eurovision is, in your words, “too gay.” But don’t let the facts get in the way of your sensational, liberal story line. #fakenews ."
Orbán's government have spearheaded a campaign for a traditional "family first" policy.
