BBC Wal weatherman Owa Wyn Evans has opened up about g out as gay - and revealed he still receiv homophobic msag.
Contents:
- ALEX BERFORD MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, SALARY, HEIGHT
- BBC NORTH WT TONIGHT'S OWA WYN EVANS: "BEG GAY DON'T FE ME, BEG ME DO"
- WHY ARE SO MANY WEATHERMEN GAY?
ALEX BERFORD MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, SALARY, HEIGHT
BBC weatherman Owa Wyn Evans says he felt like he 'had to go back to the closet' and keep his sexualy a 'big secret' for his first TV job as a children's prenterOwa Wyn Evans said that he had to 'go back to the closet' for his first TV jobHe was employed as a children's TV prenter for BBC Wal at the age of 18 Owa, 36, said he didn't feel 'fortable' beg himself the 'high profile job'The prenter also spoke about g out as gay Ammanford, South Wal Updated: 21:05 BST, 22 Febary 2021.
BBC weatherman Owa Wyn Evans has revealed that he felt like he 'had to go back to the closet' after securg his first TV prentg job at the age of 18 for BBC prenter, 36, om Ammanford, South Wal, said he didn't feel 'fortable' beg himself when gettg a job as a children's host for the broadster after leavg admted that he had already e out as gay to his parents and iends, but felt he had to 'go back to the closet' after securg such a 'high profile job' on Welsh language children's news show Ffeil. ' Owa also spoke about the challeng of beg born 1984, durg the AIDS crisis, and there beg 'no posive role mols' for LGBTQ+ dividuals at the admted that he also felt like 'the only gay the village' while growg up Ammanford, a former al mg town Carmarthenshire, Wal. Owa admted that he had already e out as gay to his parents and iends, but felt he had to 'go back to the closet' after securg such a 'high profile job' on Ffeil (above) The journalist (pictured), om Ammanford, South Wal, said he stopped talkg about his sexualy and was a 'big secret' until he felt fortable to e out for a send timeOwa said: 'I knew om a young age that I was gay and one of the problems was, my md anyway, that didn't f wh all of the thgs that I had been brought up around.
'So was a b of an ternal stggle thkg "what is gay? Am I gay? In Ammanford, I was que lerally "the only gay the village", or so I felt.
BBC NORTH WT TONIGHT'S OWA WYN EVANS: "BEG GAY DON'T FE ME, BEG ME DO"
'Speakg about his experience of g out, Owa said his three bt iends 'didn't re', while his parents, who he has a 'great' relatnship wh, found 'difficult' but were 'willg to learn' said although thgs are 'easier' and 'better' now for LGBTQ+ people, he add that we are still not 'there yet', admtg that he still receiv homophobic msag ntued: 'I still get homophobic msag sent on Twter or whatever, bee of the way I prent the weather, I'm uber flamboyant or whatever. For anyone unaware, they're an anisatn that works wh lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.
'Wyn Evans, ahead of the fundraiser, shared that dmmg helped him as hew grew up as a 'young gay man' Ammanford, Wal. Has a crystal clear love life wh his wife that keeps him away om the gay happily married to Natalie blsed wh a son who is of age is seen spendg pleasant tim wh each other... He is timated to earn an average e of 53K Berford Married Or Gay?
"I knew I was gay om a young age, but I jt didn't know what was bee, when I was growg up, there weren't any reference pots for what actually meant to be gay. "It was a very mascule and heteronormative environment: the only cultural touchston for gay people was them beg the butt of jok on TV or overly-flamboyant characters, " Owa ntu.
WHY ARE SO MANY WEATHERMEN GAY?
"I lerally felt like the only gay the village, so I supprsed my sexualy.