Barry Manilow: Sger out as gay aged 73 nfirmg s-long relatnship | The Inpennt | The Inpennt

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• BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
• BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
• BARRY MANILOW: SGER OUT AS GAY AGED 73 NFIRMG S-LONG RELATNSHIP
• BARRY MANILOW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO PARTNER OF 39 YEARS
• BARRY MANILOW 'DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GAY' UNTIL HE MET HBAND
• BARRY MANILOW REVEALS WHY HE DIDN'T E OUT AS GAY YEARS AGO
• BARRY MANILOW ME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 73 – MEET THE MAN HE’S BEEN WH FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
• BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, DISCS LONGTIME PARTNER
• BARRY {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BARRY MANILOW MA THE WHOLE WORLD SG WH HIS 1970S HS "I WRE THE SONGS," "MANDY" AND "COPABANA (AT THE COPA)."{LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: APR 12, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1943-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}SYNOPSISBORN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 1943, BARRY MANILOW ATTEND THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL NEW YORK CY BEFORE WRG MIC FOR TELEVISN AND ADVERTISG. IN THE 1970S, MANILOW'S VOICE ULD BE HEARD SGG "YOU DERVE A BREAK TODAY" ON ADS FOR MCDONALD'S. HIS BIG BREAK ME WHEN HE TEAMED UP WH BETTE MIDLER FOR A NIGHTCLUB ACT, LEADG TO SOLO HS LIKE "MANDY" (1974), "I WRE THE SONGS" (1975) AND "CAN'T SE WHOUT YOU" (1978).MANILOW'S STYLEBORN BARRY ALAN PC BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ON JUNE 17, 1943, BARRY MANILOW IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS ROMANTIC AND BORRLE SACCHARE SONGS. BUT BEFORE ACHIEVG STARDOM, MANILOW WAS A WHIPPG BOY FOR THE CRICS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE 1970S, EVEN AS HE SOLD LNS OF ALBUMS AND GAED A HUGE DIENCE BASE. THOUGH HE DIDN'T ALWAYS WRE MIC, EVEN WHEN RERDG WORK BY OTHER ARTISTS, MANILOW CULTIVATED A LH AND MELODIC MIL STYLE THAT WAS POPULAR DURG THE PRE-ROCK ERA. HIS STYLE EVOLVED DURG THE EARLY 1980S, OM TAME, STRG-LAN, AM-RAD POP TO A MORE CLASSIC, JAZZY SOUND FLUENCED BY BOTH SWG AND 1930S AND '40S BROADWAY SHOW TUN (MANY OF WHICH HE LATER VERED).UNABASHEDLY EMBRACG A SENTIMENTAL STYLE THAT APPEALED PRIMARILY TO WHE MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN OF THE WORKG AND HOMEMAKG SORT, IS UNSURPRISG THAT THIS BROOKLYN-BORN AND -RAISED SONGWRER WAS EQUENTLY NOUNCED BY THE MALE-DOMATED ROCK AND ROCK CRIC WORLDS. BEE FEMALE-ASSOCIATED FORMS OF ENTERTAMENT SUCH AS SOAP OPERAS AND ROMANCE NOVELS HAVE HISTORILLY BEEN VALUED, ENTERTAERS TERG TO THAT DIENCE HAVE ROUTELY BEEN DISMISSED BY MASTREAM CRICS.EARLY LIFEUNLIKE HIS RAGTAG ROCK 'N' ROLL WORLD UNTERPARTS, HOWEVER, BARRY MANILOW'S RUMé HAS "PROFSNALISM" WRTEN ALL OVER . AFTER TAKG UP A VARIETY OF STMENTS AT AN EARLY AGE, MANILOW ATTEND BOTH THE NEW YORK COLLEGE OF MIC AND THE PRTIG JUILLIARD SCHOOL NEW YORK CY, AND BEME THE MIL DIRECTOR OF A CBS WORK TELEVISN SHOW 1967. THEREAFTER, MANILOW REMAED BY WRG A SUCCSFUL OFF-BROADWAY ADAPTATN OF THE DNKARD, DOG MIL ARRANGEMENT WORK FOR ED SULLIVAN PRODUCTNS AND WRG A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN MERCIAL JGL FOR DR. PEPPER AND BAND-AID, AMONG OTHER LARGE PANI. IN THE 1970S, MANILOW'S VOICE ULD BE HEARD SGG THE MCDONALD'S JGLE "YOU DERVE A BREAK TODAY." HE EVEN RELEASED A MEDLEY OF HIS MERCIALS ON ONE OF HIS '70S 73-YEAR-OLD SGER, WHO HAS A DITED, MOSTLY FEMALE FAN BASE LLED 'FANILOWS,' SAID HE WAS THKG OF HIS FANS WHEN HE KEPT HIS PERSONAL LIFE PRIVATE FOR MOST OF HIS REER. “I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DISAPPOTG THEM IF THEY KNEW I WAS GAY. SO I NEVER DID ANYTHG,” MANILOW SAID. “WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT GARRY AND I WERE TOGETHER, THEY WERE SO HAPPY. THE REACTN WAS SO BETIFUL — STRANGERS MENTG, ‘GREAT FOR YOU!’ I’M JT SO GRATEFUL FOR .”CAREER HIGHLIGHTSBARRY MANILOW GOT HIS FOOT THE DOOR OF THE POP MIC WORLD WHILE WORKG AS PART OF A DUO WH THE THEN-UNKNOWN BETTE MIDLER. WORKG OUT OF NEW YORK CY GAY BATHHO AS HER PIANIST, MANILOW SOON BEME HER MIL DIRECTOR AND ARRANGER, -PRODUCG AND ARRANGG HER GRAMMY AWARD-WNG BUT ALBUM AND S FOLLOW-UP. HIS OWN BUT ALBUM, ON THE OTHER HAND, WENT NOWHERE, BUT HIS SEND ALBUM FEATURED THE NUMBER ONE BILLBOARD POP SGLE, "MANDY," LAYG THE GROUNDWORK FOR HIS RISE TO FAME THROUGHOUT THE RT OF THE 1970S. MANY MORE H SONGS, CLUDG "I WRE THE SONGS," "LOOKS LIKE WE MA IT," "COULD IT BE MAGIC" AND "COPABANA (AT THE COPA)," FOLLOWED, AS DID GRAMMY AND TONY WS FOR A BROADWAY PERFORMANCE.IN THE EARLY 1980S, MANILOW BEGAN TO POSN HIMSELF AS A MORN TERPRETER OF SHOW TUN AND POP STANDARDS, WORKG WH SGERS MEL TORME AND SARAH VGHAN AND VETERAN JAZZ STMENTALISTS GERRY MULLIGAN AND SHELLY MANNE ON 1984'S 2:00 AM PARADISE CAFE. HE FOLLOWED THIS SAME PATH ON 1987'S SWG STREET AND 1991'S SHOWSTOPPERS, ON WHICH HE SANG WH MICHAEL CRAWFORD AND BARBARA COOK. ONE OF MANILOW'S SELF-SCRIBED REER HIGHLIGHTS WAS SRG MIC TO A LLECTN OF UNPUBLISHED LYRICS BY JOHNNY MERCER, THE FAMED LYRICIST WHO PENNED A MULTU OF POP STANDARDS OM THE 1930S TO THE 1950S. FROM POP STANDARDS TO SHOW TUN, MANILOW HAS PTURED A VOTED DIENCE WHO NTUE TO MATA HIS IMPORTANCE TO AMERIN MIC AND POPULAR CULTURE.AS TTAMENT TO HIS MIL SIGNIFINCE, MANILOW WAS DUCTED TO THE SONGWRERS HALL OF FAME JUNE 2002, ALONGSI STG AND MICHAEL JACKSON.PERSONAL LIFEAFTER GRADUATG HIGH SCHOOL, MANILOW MARRIED SAN DEIXLER, BUT THE MARRIAGE WAS SHORT-LIVED AND LASTED JT A YEAR. ACRDG TO PEOPLE MAGAZE, MANILOW AND HIS LONGTIME MANAGER GARRY KIEF SECRETLY TIED THE KNOT 2014. IN 2017, MANILOW OPENED UP PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND MARRIAGE TO KIEF AN TERVIEW WH {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}PEOPLE MAGAZE. THE 73-YEAR-OLD SGER, WHO HAS A DITED, MOSTLY FEMALE FAN BASE LLED 'FANILOWS,' SAID HE WAS THKG OF HIS FANS WHEN HE KEPT HIS PERSONAL LIFE PRIVATE FOR MOST OF HIS REER. “I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DISAPPOTG THEM IF THEY KNEW I WAS GAY. SO I NEVER DID ANYTHG,” MANILOW SAID. “WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT GARRY AND I WERE TOGETHER, THEY WERE SO HAPPY. THE REACTN WAS SO BETIFUL — STRANGERS MENTG, ‘GREAT FOR YOU!’ I’M JT SO GRATEFUL FOR .”{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
• BARRY MANILOW ME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 73 – MEET THE MAN HE’S BEEN WH FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
• BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, DISCS LONGTIME PARTNER
• BARRY MANILOW HAD SECRET GAY AFFAIR WHILE CLOSETED, SOURCE CLAIMS
• BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, DISCS LONGTIME PARTNER

BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET

Manilow on Wednday nfirmed that he was gay, that he and Kief have been together almost 40 years, and that they are married. At 73, Barry Manilow announc he is gay, married, and has been wh the same man for almost 40 years.

‘I thought I would be disappotg [my fans] if they knew I was gay. Barry Manilow opened up about beg gay a rare terview about his private life.

”“I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay. The sger Barry Manilow has said publicly that he is gay after keepg his sexualy secret for s for fear of “disappotg his fans”. “I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay.

BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY

“Not que sure how I’m gonna tell my mum that Barry Manilow is gay, ” said Takei, the gay actor bt known for his work the Star Trek televisn seri, was one of the first stars to react to the news on Twter. Femist wrer Roxane Gay said: “I didn’t realise Barry Manilow was the closet!

“I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay, ” the legendary sger recently told People magaze.

Sign up to Rois O’Connor’s ee weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the si track on all thgs micGet our Now Hear This email for eeBarry Manilow has spoken about his sexualy for the first time and e out as gay, nfirmg he is married to manager Garry Kief, his partner of nearly 40 famoly private pop in nfirmed his relatnship to People, explag that he feared fans would be disappoted if they knew he was gay. I thought I would be disappotg them [fans] if they knew I was gay. Barry Manilow has publicly nfirmed for the first time that he is gay and legendary sger, 73, appears on the ver of People this week, speakg about his 39-year romance wh manager hband Garry pair married a secret ceremony at their tate Palm Sprgs, California, April 2014.

BARRY MANILOW: SGER OUT AS GAY AGED 73 NFIRMG S-LONG RELATNSHIP

"I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay. Barry Manilow is explag why he took so long to acknowledge publicly that he's gay, even after he married his longtime manager/partner: He was aaid of "disappotg" his fans. For those who were snarky, Anna Kendrick had a sarstic retort: "Lot of people seem really proud of themselv for announcg they "already knew" Barry Manilow was gay.

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Manilow scrib his hband as "the smartt person I've ever met my life"Sger Barry Manilow has spoken for the first time about beg gay, revealg he kept his sexualy secret for years out of fear of disappotg his 73-year-old, who married his long-term partner Garry Kief 2014, said he "never did anythg" to addrs speculatn about his private news of the weddg broke, though, he found the reactn hearteng. It turned out Manilow rried a huge secret for a large chunk of his life – he me out as gay at 73.

BARRY MANILOW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO PARTNER OF 39 YEARS

Fally, 2017 – at 73 years of age – Manilow me out as gay. Comg out as gay wasn’t an easy cisn Barry.

But by the time Garry and I cid to do , beg gay and beg alive was accepted, so nothg changed, ” Barry explaed. Barry Manilow is a te legend – and he should be praised for his urage g out as gay so late his life.

)This week also saw the passage of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, affectg what n and n’t be said and tght the state’s classrooms.

BARRY MANILOW 'DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GAY' UNTIL HE MET HBAND

The are jt the hight-profile of hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills prently Republin-n state legislatur, cludg would Manilow, who me out as gay 2017, say to all the Republin legislators tryg to ph this panoply of anti-LGBTQ, anti-trans bills, I asked. Barry Manilow has spoken publicly for the first time about beg gay, sayg he feared he would disappot his mostly female fan base had he e out s "Can't Se Whout You" sger, now 73, talked wh People magaze and "Entertament Tonight" about his prevly secret, almost 40-year romance wh hband Garry Kief.

"I thought I would be disappotg them (fans) if they knew I was gay. Barry Manilow has fally lowered his guard on his personal life and revealed that he is gay. “I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay, ” he said.

BARRY MANILOW REVEALS WHY HE DIDN'T E OUT AS GAY YEARS AGO

"Not only was Manilow gay, he got his start performg at gay bathho as Bette Midler's pianist.

BARRY MANILOW ME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 73 – MEET THE MAN HE’S BEEN WH FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.

When Manilow me out as gay 2017, he also announced that he had been wh his partner Garry Kief, who is also his manager, sce 1978 and that the two got married 2014. Manilow also mented that while he is a gay sger, he's not a great sger! “I thought I would be disappotg [the fans] if they knew I was gay, so I never did anythg, ” he told People.

Lot of people seem really proud of themselv for announcg they “already knew” Barry Manilow was gay. Barry Manilow talked about beg gay and why he kept his sexualy a secret for nearly 40 years an terview wh People magaze. Earlier today, Barry Manilow me out as gay, a related story, Samuel L Jackson has also announced he's black.

If Barry Manilow is brave enough to e out as gay. Workg out of New York Cy gay bathho as her pianist, Manilow soon beme her mil director and arranger, -producg and arrangg her Grammy Award-wng but album and s follow-up. Sger-songwrer Barry Manilow me out as gay when he was 73 years old.

BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, DISCS LONGTIME PARTNER

Pepper, Band-Aid, and McDonald’ Manilow and spoe Garry Kief on Febary 14, 2016 Beverly Hills, California | Photo: Getty ImagBARRY MANILOW’S CAREERHis mic reer signifintly improved after workg as Bette Midler’s pianist gay bathho New York Cy. When people found out, they were “so happy, ” as strangers would ment, “great for you, ” makg Manilow feel sger only publicly me out as gay 2017 at 73 durg an terview wh People, sayg that he thought he uld disappot fans if he me out. Manilow, who said that beg gay beme “ok a uple of years ago, ” poted out that if he had shared the news of his sexualy at the begng of his reer, would have “killed” later admted that, when he beme a famo mician, his iends, fay, and band members knew that he was gay and that the topic didn’t really bother him, he didn’t share the news publicly bee he’s jt a private person.

) This week also saw the passage of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, affectg what n and n’t be said and tght the state’s classrooms. But by the time Garry and I cid to do , beg gay and beg alive was accepted, so nothg changed, ” Barry explaed. Even after beg outed as gay a bgraphy, he refed to ment about his sexual orientatn.

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IN THE 1970S, MANILOW'S VOICE ULD BE HEARD SGG "YOU DERVE A BREAK TODAY" ON ADS FOR MCDONALD'S. HIS BIG BREAK ME WHEN HE TEAMED UP WH BETTE MIDLER FOR A NIGHTCLUB ACT, LEADG TO SOLO HS LIKE "MANDY" (1974), "I WRE THE SONGS" (1975) AND "CAN'T SE WHOUT YOU" (1978).MANILOW'S STYLEBORN BARRY ALAN PC BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ON JUNE 17, 1943, BARRY MANILOW IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS ROMANTIC AND BORRLE SACCHARE SONGS. BUT BEFORE ACHIEVG STARDOM, MANILOW WAS A WHIPPG BOY FOR THE CRICS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE 1970S, EVEN AS HE SOLD LNS OF ALBUMS AND GAED A HUGE DIENCE BASE. THOUGH HE DIDN'T ALWAYS WRE MIC, EVEN WHEN RERDG WORK BY OTHER ARTISTS, MANILOW CULTIVATED A LH AND MELODIC MIL STYLE THAT WAS POPULAR DURG THE PRE-ROCK ERA. HIS STYLE EVOLVED DURG THE EARLY 1980S, OM TAME, STRG-LAN, AM-RAD POP TO A MORE CLASSIC, JAZZY SOUND FLUENCED BY BOTH SWG AND 1930S AND '40S BROADWAY SHOW TUN (MANY OF WHICH HE LATER VERED).UNABASHEDLY EMBRACG A SENTIMENTAL STYLE THAT APPEALED PRIMARILY TO WHE MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN OF THE WORKG AND HOMEMAKG SORT, IS UNSURPRISG THAT THIS BROOKLYN-BORN AND -RAISED SONGWRER WAS EQUENTLY NOUNCED BY THE MALE-DOMATED ROCK AND ROCK CRIC WORLDS. BEE FEMALE-ASSOCIATED FORMS OF ENTERTAMENT SUCH AS SOAP OPERAS AND ROMANCE NOVELS HAVE HISTORILLY BEEN VALUED, ENTERTAERS TERG TO THAT DIENCE HAVE ROUTELY BEEN DISMISSED BY MASTREAM CRICS.EARLY LIFEUNLIKE HIS RAGTAG ROCK 'N' ROLL WORLD UNTERPARTS, HOWEVER, BARRY MANILOW'S RUMé HAS "PROFSNALISM" WRTEN ALL OVER . AFTER TAKG UP A VARIETY OF STMENTS AT AN EARLY AGE, MANILOW ATTEND BOTH THE NEW YORK COLLEGE OF MIC AND THE PRTIG JUILLIARD SCHOOL NEW YORK CY, AND BEME THE MIL DIRECTOR OF A CBS WORK TELEVISN SHOW 1967. THEREAFTER, MANILOW REMAED BY WRG A SUCCSFUL OFF-BROADWAY ADAPTATN OF THE DNKARD, DOG MIL ARRANGEMENT WORK FOR ED SULLIVAN PRODUCTNS AND WRG A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN MERCIAL JGL FOR DR. PEPPER AND BAND-AID, AMONG OTHER LARGE PANI. IN THE 1970S, MANILOW'S VOICE ULD BE HEARD SGG THE MCDONALD'S JGLE "YOU DERVE A BREAK TODAY." HE EVEN RELEASED A MEDLEY OF HIS MERCIALS ON ONE OF HIS '70S 73-YEAR-OLD SGER, WHO HAS A DITED, MOSTLY FEMALE FAN BASE LLED 'FANILOWS,' SAID HE WAS THKG OF HIS FANS WHEN HE KEPT HIS PERSONAL LIFE PRIVATE FOR MOST OF HIS REER. “I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DISAPPOTG THEM IF THEY KNEW I WAS GAY. SO I NEVER DID ANYTHG,” MANILOW SAID. “WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT GARRY AND I WERE TOGETHER, THEY WERE SO HAPPY. THE REACTN WAS SO BETIFUL — STRANGERS MENTG, ‘GREAT FOR YOU!’ I’M JT SO GRATEFUL FOR .”CAREER HIGHLIGHTSBARRY MANILOW GOT HIS FOOT THE DOOR OF THE POP MIC WORLD WHILE WORKG AS PART OF A DUO WH THE THEN-UNKNOWN BETTE MIDLER. WORKG OUT OF NEW YORK CY GAY BATHHO AS HER PIANIST, MANILOW SOON BEME HER MIL DIRECTOR AND ARRANGER, -PRODUCG AND ARRANGG HER GRAMMY AWARD-WNG BUT ALBUM AND S FOLLOW-UP. HIS OWN BUT ALBUM, ON THE OTHER HAND, WENT NOWHERE, BUT HIS SEND ALBUM FEATURED THE NUMBER ONE BILLBOARD POP SGLE, "MANDY," LAYG THE GROUNDWORK FOR HIS RISE TO FAME THROUGHOUT THE RT OF THE 1970S. MANY MORE H SONGS, CLUDG "I WRE THE SONGS," "LOOKS LIKE WE MA IT," "COULD IT BE MAGIC" AND "COPABANA (AT THE COPA)," FOLLOWED, AS DID GRAMMY AND TONY WS FOR A BROADWAY PERFORMANCE.IN THE EARLY 1980S, MANILOW BEGAN TO POSN HIMSELF AS A MORN TERPRETER OF SHOW TUN AND POP STANDARDS, WORKG WH SGERS MEL TORME AND SARAH VGHAN AND VETERAN JAZZ STMENTALISTS GERRY MULLIGAN AND SHELLY MANNE ON 1984'S 2:00 AM PARADISE CAFE. HE FOLLOWED THIS SAME PATH ON 1987'S SWG STREET AND 1991'S SHOWSTOPPERS, ON WHICH HE SANG WH MICHAEL CRAWFORD AND BARBARA COOK. ONE OF MANILOW'S SELF-SCRIBED REER HIGHLIGHTS WAS SRG MIC TO A LLECTN OF UNPUBLISHED LYRICS BY JOHNNY MERCER, THE FAMED LYRICIST WHO PENNED A MULTU OF POP STANDARDS OM THE 1930S TO THE 1950S. FROM POP STANDARDS TO SHOW TUN, MANILOW HAS PTURED A VOTED DIENCE WHO NTUE TO MATA HIS IMPORTANCE TO AMERIN MIC AND POPULAR CULTURE.AS TTAMENT TO HIS MIL SIGNIFINCE, MANILOW WAS DUCTED TO THE SONGWRERS HALL OF FAME JUNE 2002, ALONGSI STG AND MICHAEL JACKSON.PERSONAL LIFEAFTER GRADUATG HIGH SCHOOL, MANILOW MARRIED SAN DEIXLER, BUT THE MARRIAGE WAS SHORT-LIVED AND LASTED JT A YEAR. ACRDG TO PEOPLE MAGAZE, MANILOW AND HIS LONGTIME MANAGER GARRY KIEF SECRETLY TIED THE KNOT 2014. IN 2017, MANILOW OPENED UP PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND MARRIAGE TO KIEF AN TERVIEW WH {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}PEOPLE MAGAZE. THE 73-YEAR-OLD SGER, WHO HAS A DITED, MOSTLY FEMALE FAN BASE LLED 'FANILOWS,' SAID HE WAS THKG OF HIS FANS WHEN HE KEPT HIS PERSONAL LIFE PRIVATE FOR MOST OF HIS REER. “I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DISAPPOTG THEM IF THEY KNEW I WAS GAY. SO I NEVER DID ANYTHG,” MANILOW SAID. “WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT GARRY AND I WERE TOGETHER, THEY WERE SO HAPPY. THE REACTN WAS SO BETIFUL — STRANGERS MENTG, ‘GREAT FOR YOU!’ I’M JT SO GRATEFUL FOR .”{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Sure, Manilow would serve as a fantastic vol role mol the gay muny, but not everyone is fortable that role, and that’s OK.

Now that the ial shock has passed, we n pass along the news that’s been stg on our sk all morng: Barry Manilow has e out as gay at 73, th breakg his s-long silence on the subject. Speakg to People, the inic “Copabana” crooner fally opened up about his relatnship wh hband/manager Garry Kief, nfsg to the publitn that thought he “would be disappotg [my fans] if they knew I was gay. Durg that time, when gay rights were still a growg dream, the soon-to-be mil in allegedly fell love wh a man named Michael Kearns.

"Michael had guys fallg over him back the day, " the sir says, referrg to the now happily married 65-year-old acplished actor, wrer, director, teacher, producer and gay rights activist. "But Michael was openly gay 70's and that was nsired to be reer suici. " PHOTOS: See 10 Photos Of Barry Manilow Wearg Weddg Band After Marryg PartnerAcrdg to the well-nnected iend, "Barry lived his whole life actually thkg that people did not know he was gay and he lost a ton of iends and rpect om people the muny.

BARRY MANILOW ME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 73 – MEET THE MAN HE’S BEEN WH FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.

""Instead of g his fame to bee an activist durg an era when gay rights were such a huge issue, he kept quiet and seemed he did not even want to be associated wh those who would out him, " the source tells Radar.

Now Barry, who never even gave fans reason to believe he was gay, has been snapped flyg out of LAX airport, joed by 68-year-old Garry, who he married secretly 2014. Barry is actually her godfather, and Kirsten's age means she was born around 1976 — though 's not clear when her father cid he was gay. A 2002 bgraphy of Barry by Patricia Butler, which the crooner threatened legal actn over, ntaed referenc to the star beg a gay man.

BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, DISCS LONGTIME PARTNER

Publisher Chris Charlworth said he felt nfint publishg as " fairly well known wh the mic dtry that Manilow was gay", and there were plenty of supportg quot om iends and lleagu nfirmg that the book. But Barry, who did not sue after the book was published, has always referred to himself as "happily sgle" terviews and until now hasn't given his fans any e to believe he was gay.

BARRY MANILOW HAD SECRET GAY AFFAIR WHILE CLOSETED, SOURCE CLAIMS

Barry Manilow opens up about marryg Garry Kief and g out as gay. In one of the most shockg news stori of our time, perpetually young entertaer Barry Manilow me out as straight this week, shockg lns of fans who had believed for s that he was “pletely, utterly gay, ” as one trmatized fan sobbed outsi a Las Vegas rerd gay muny had planned boytts of his mic and Vegas shows, cg cultural appropriatn ncerns. “It’s jt not right, ” one San Francis-based gay anizer huffed.

“You n’t drs like that and look like that and not be gay. I feel betrayed, ” he said, llg an afont to gay men everywhere. To add sult to jury, Manilow admted that his show bs start — acpanyg Bette Midler at gay bathho, often drsed only a towel — was a publicy stunt.

BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, DISCS LONGTIME PARTNER

“So gay.