Andrew Ridgeley 'had no ia Gee Michael was gay' before he me out to him - Mirror Onle

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• ANDREW RIDGELEY 'HAD NO IA GEE MICHAEL WAS GAY' BEFORE HE ME OUT TO HIM
• GEE MICHAEL HID BEG GAY TO PROTECT HIS REER THE US, ANDREW RIDGELEY SAYS
• TYLER PERRY OFFERS $100,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATN ON GAY MAN’S MURR
• GEE MICHAEL BELIEVED WHAM! SPL UP BEE HE WANTED TO E OUT AS GAY BUT FELT ‘TRAPPED’

ANDREW RIDGELEY 'HAD NO IA GEE MICHAEL WAS GAY' BEFORE HE ME OUT TO HIM

Michael said he was "persuad" not to e out as gay to his father, which kept him closeted publicly.

He said to me, 'Didn't know how to tell you this, but I'm gay.

GEE MICHAEL HID BEG GAY TO PROTECT HIS REER THE US, ANDREW RIDGELEY SAYS

If not gay, you know, bisexual, '" Ridgeley said. "In 1998, at age 34, Michael publicly me out as gay durg an exclive terview wh CNN.

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TYLER PERRY OFFERS $100,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATN ON GAY MAN’S MURR

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GEE MICHAEL BELIEVED WHAM! SPL UP BEE HE WANTED TO E OUT AS GAY BUT FELT ‘TRAPPED’

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