Sebastian Love

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Sebastian Love is a fictional character from the cult BBC TV and Radio Show Little Britain, played by David Walliams. His catchphrase is "Whatevah!". He is an aide to the Prime Minister (played by Anthony Stewart Head) on whom he has a huge (homosexual, though he denies it) crush. He is obnoxious to anyone else to whom the (thought to be straight) Prime Minister shows attention, even his wife. Sebastian is often making suggestive gestures to Michael, but the PM never seems to realise the mad love his aide has for him. As the show progresses, Sebastian performs bigger and bolder stunts to show his love for the PM, such as snogging him at a party and singing "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera in the House of Commons. Sebastian frequently tells the Prime Minister that the person that he is talking to (e.g., another minister) is in love with him and should be avoided. The PM never takes him seriously, but Sebastian sometimes turns out to be right.

The character has often been compared to Peter Mandelson and/or Alastair Campbell.

He has a Matt Lucas counterpart, named Marvin, who is an aide to the President of the United States. He too, is a homosexual who is in love with his boss. They have an argument about which of their crushes is better.

Sebastian finally resigns when he finds that the PM is retiring from politics. The person replacing him is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who Sebastian hates because 'He's too fat and Scottish'. This is rather similar to the alleged deal of leadership between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

The PM in the end appears not to be straight; in the second last episode he kisses his assistant, Gregory, and declares his love for him and in the last episode, when Sebastian takes his clothes off as a going away present for the PM, he reciprocates.