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GREEK SGER GEE PERRIS REVEALS HE'S GAY: 'I'M RELIEVED, I'M HAPPY AND I'M PROUD'

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In an exclive terview wh PEOPLE, the Greek-French sger revealed he is gay. An Athens native, Perris knew he was gay om a young age. "I was raised a society where you had no way of seeg the normaly of a gay relatnship, " he says.

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"I didn't know You uld have a superstar who was an extremely talented and credible artist and a betiful man and everythg and he was gay, and he was livg a normal life. " After g out to some close iends his late teens, he told his fay he was gay his early 20s: "There was a ltle b of backlash, but everyone was fe, and they all accepted . "Even today, beg gay is a e for ath so many parts of the world.

GREEK FRENCH SGER GEE PERRIS REVEALS HE'S GAY

So I'm sure [me beg gay] is not gog to be a shock to them or anythg. The well-known sger rpond to qutns on whether he is gay bee he has never appeared public wh a woman. He replied: "If I were gay, I would not be ashamed to say publicly.

If you're gay, you shouldn't be ashamed to say . I had gay childhood iends who weren't ashamed of .