'Biggt Loser' traer Bob Harper reveals he's gay

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• BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY ON THE BIGGT LOSER
• "THE BIGGT LOSER" TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO HELP {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013/9:56 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013 / 9:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE BIGGT LOSER\" TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO HELP CONTTANT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-27T14:56:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-27T14:56:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB HARPER, THE LONGTIME TRAER ON NBC'S THE BIGGT LOSER, ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO OF THE BIGGT LOSER, ORR TO HELP A NTTANT STGGLG WH HIS WEIGHT AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARPER TOLD BOBBY SALEEM, “I TOTALLY UNRSTAND WHAT YOU’RE TALKG ABOUT. I TOTALLY GET — I’M GAY. I KNEW A VERY LONG TIME AGO THAT I WAS GAY, AND THE FAY THAT I GREW UP AROUND WAS VERY MUCH THE SAME THAT WAY — YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH REPRSN THERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS NFSNAL, THE 48-YEAR-OLD HARPER ADMTED “I HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT MY SEXUALY ON THIS SHOW EVER," BUT THAT "I REALLY DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME. I WANT TO SHOW BOBBY THAT HE DON’T HAVE TO LIVE SHAME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS FELLOW TBL MOTIVATOR JILLIAN MICHAELS, ME OUT AS BISEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARPER TELLS BOBBY THAT, WHEN HE ME OUT AT 17, "I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS GOG TO BE SO MANY OBSTACL, BUT BEG GAY DON’T MEAN BEG WEAK—AND BEG GAY DON’T MEAN THAT YOU ARE LS THAN ANYBODY ELSE. IT’S JT WHO YOU ARE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB ENURAGED BOBBY TO E OUT TO HIS DAD, BELIEVG THAT HIS DAD WOULD SUPPORT AND LOVE HIM FOR WHO HE WAS. AND IF DAD DON'T, SEEMS LIKE HARPER HAS HELPED GIVEN BOBBY THE SELF-NFINCE TO STAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'THE BIGGT LOSER': TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE BIGGT LOSER" AIRS TUDAYS AT 8 P.M. EST ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ‘BIGGT LOSER’ REP: BOB HARPER SAYS ‘I’M GAY,’ GETS HEART BROKEN
• 'BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER REVEALS HE'S GAY

BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY ON THE BIGGT LOSER

26 episo of the NBC realy weight loss petn show, the 48-year-old personal traer me out as gay orr to enurage nttant Bobby Saleem. Saleem me out as gay on the show, but stggled to break the news of his sexualy to his father.

"I'm gay.

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I knew I very long time ago that I was gay, " the Tennsee native said. "When I me out — when I was 17 years old — was one of those thgs where I realized that there was gog to be so many obstacl, but beg gay don't mean beg weak. And beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else.

‘BIGGT LOSER’ REP: BOB HARPER SAYS ‘I’M GAY,’ GETS HEART BROKEN

"THANK YOU to everyone that supported my cisn to talk about beg gay w/ Bobby, " he tweeted. Bob Harper, the longtime traer on NBC's The Biggt Loser, me out publicly as gay on last night's episo of The Biggt Loser, orr to help a nttant stgglg wh his weight and his told Bobby Saleem, “I totally unrstand what you’re talkg about. I totally get — I’m gay.

I knew a very long time ago that I was gay, and the fay that I grew up around was very much the same that way — you know, there was so much reprsn there.

'BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER REVEALS HE'S GAY

”His fellow TBL motivator Jillian Michaels, me out as bisexual tells Bobby that, when he me out at 17, "I realized that there was gog to be so many obstacl, but beg gay don’t mean beg weak—and beg gay don’t mean that you are ls than anybody else.

Much like the “It gets better” project, Harper’s g out on TV will be profound solace to untls men and women stgglg to e to grips wh their more of Entertament’s top stori on Facebook >>“I’m gay...