Jonathan Knight Breaks Silence: ‘I Have Never Hidn the Fact That I Am Gay’ – Billboard

Contents:

• JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW
• JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
• JONATHAN KNIGHT BREAKS SILENCE: ‘I HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY’
• JONATHAN KNIGHT BREAKS SILENCE: ‘I HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY’
• WAS JONATHAN KNIGHT FORCED TO E OUT AS GAY? HOW THE SGER'S LOVE LIFE AND SEXUALY WAS CELLY OUTED
• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: IS HE GAY?KYLE WILKER JONATHAN KNIGHT RELATNSHIP: HE’S MY GAY EX-BOYIEND
• ‘HE BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN’T DO ! BUT HE’S FABULO’: WHAT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK DID NEXT
• NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011/11:21 AMBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE CLOSET","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"AMBER KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(CRED: ROBERT E. KLE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER YEARS OF ATTRACTG THRONGS OF SCREAMG GIRLS DURG HIS TEEN DAYS, JONATHAN KNIGHT NOW JOS THE EVER-GROWG BAND OF BOY BANRS WHO LIKE BOYS -- CLUDG FOUNDG MEMBERS *NSYNC'S LANCE BASS AND MENUDO'S RICKY MART -- BY NFIRMG PUBLICLY THAT HE IS GAY. MANY JON GIRLS (GIRLS WHOSE FAVORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER WAS JONATHAN KNIGHT BACK THE '80S, DURG THE BAND'S ORIGAL N) SPECULATED AS TO WHETHER JONATHAN WAS REALLY LIKE "PLEASE DO GO GIRL" WHEN HE WAS CROONG "PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL." ONE FAMO FORMER JON GIRL PARTICULAR (PERHAPS THE MOST FAMO JON GIRL), TIFFANY, UNWTGLY KDA OUTED THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER AN TERVIEW ON BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE." A WEEK AFTER THE TERVIEW, JONATHAN POSTED A BLOG THE MEMBERS-ONLY SECTN OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEBSE, NFIRMG HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY BUT CLAIMED HE HAD ACTUALLY PRIVATELY REVEALED HE WAS GAY "ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIFFANY TOLD BRAVO HOST ANDY COHEN THAT HER EX "BEME GAY LATER." "NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG," TIFFANY SAID, "HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO… AND HE WAS FABULO." TIFFANY LATER APOLOGIZED FOR OUTG JONATHAN ON TWTER: "REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE WRONG THG TO SAY... NEVER MEANT TO HURT JON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPLIED A GOOD-NATURED JONATHAN, "TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN, AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE APPLD JONATHAN KNIGHT FOR BEG OPEN WH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AFTER SO MANY YEARS. BUT WE'RE STILL NOT RETIRG OUR OVERSIZE JON P BEFORE THE NKOTBBSB TOUR THIS SUMMER. AND MEMO TO BACKSTREET BOY A.J. MCLEAN: WHILE JON'S G OUT, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOG IN -- TO REHAB TO GET SOME HELP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEG BOTH GROUPS BACK ACTN E JUNE!{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
• JONATHAN KNIGHT SAYS HE WAS TOLD NKOTB WOULD BE 'OVER' IF HE CAME OUT AS GAY

JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW

Knight, now 54, said that the band’s manager at the time knew that he was gay, but urged him to keep his sexualy a secret. Number one, beg a young gay kid I was trated and wanted to get on wh my own life.

Bass, who beme a father to tws wh his hband, Michael Turch, 2021, also brought up changg attus to parenthood wh the gay muny.

JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT

Knight said that “95%” of his and Rodriguez’s gay iends are now parents, but that the procs was not straightforward for them. New Kids on the Block sger Jonathan Knight revealed he is gay on his group’s official webse over the weekend.

I have lived my life very openly and have never hidn the fact that I am gay!

Apparently the pre requise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn ‘I am gay’. My fellow band members don’t discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don’t feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me! [He] beme gay later.

JONATHAN KNIGHT BREAKS SILENCE: ‘I HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY’

News om the block: sger Jonathan Knight has revealed that he is, ed, gay... Apparently the pre requise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn 'I am gay'.

My fellow band members don't discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don't feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me! New Kids on the Block member Jonathan Knight has ma his first public ments about beg gay an emotnal post on the group's members-only blog.

New Kids on the Block member Jonathan Knight has ma his first public ments about beg gay an emotnal post on the group’s members-only blog. “I have lived my life very openly and have never hidn the fact that I am gay! “Apparently the pre requise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn ‘I am gay’.

JONATHAN KNIGHT BREAKS SILENCE: ‘I HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY’

Vio: Tiffany Outs Jonathan Knight As Gay.

In an terview wh Bravo one week ago, Tiffany joked about datg Knight when the two were teen pop stars and later fdg out he was gay. He beme gay later, ” said Tiffany.

When asked if she thought she had “turned” him gay, Tiffany said, “I had issu wh that, I was thkg maybe I did. Article ntu below advertisementIn 2009, a man claimg to be Jonathan's ex-boyiend spoke wh the Natnal Enquirer and said that the sger is gay. Was Jonathan Knight forced to e out as gay?

WAS JONATHAN KNIGHT FORCED TO E OUT AS GAY? HOW THE SGER'S LOVE LIFE AND SEXUALY WAS CELLY OUTED

But 2010, when news h that Knight was gay, people were taken by surprise, pecially bee the news didn't e om Knight himself, he was outed.

In 2010, The Natnal Enquirer published private imag of the former sger, outg him as gay publicly, somethg Knight himself hadn't done yet.

“I have lived my life very openly and have never hidn the fact that I am gay. ” He even spoke about at length later, addg to his statement on the New Kids on the Block blog that he didn't feel the need to publicize the fact that he's gay “Apparently the prerequise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn ‘I am gay’. When Cohen asked if she'd dated anyone famo, she mentned Knight and also joked about how she thought he turned gay post their relatnship.

FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: IS HE GAY?KYLE WILKER JONATHAN KNIGHT RELATNSHIP: HE’S MY GAY EX-BOYIEND

Kyle Wilker Jonathan Knight Gay Relatnship: He’s My Gay Ex-Boyiend. Nothg wrong wh them beg gay and beg lovers and all but we kda don’t like this Kyle du for his kiss-and-tellg ways. It’s one thg to out a hypocre like Ted Haggard who is preachg hatred agast gays.

Jonathan knight married: No, acrdg to his wikipedia page, Jonathan is not knight leather gay: Hmm, how to rpond to this query? Jonathan has now admted that he is gay followg the earlier kiss-and-tell story of Kyle Wilker and by the recent revelatn of sger Tiffany who had this to say about her ex: “[Jonathan Knight] beme gay later. ” Jonathan nfirmed that he is gay but sists that he never hid his sexualy behd the okay, the leather jacket thg?

He is married wh a kid so we don’t thk he’s gay. "My manager knew I was gay, " he said, although he also noted he felt like was somethg he uldn't share at the Bass asked if Knight had been told to keep quiet, he said, "My manager actually did. Further still, wasn't even Knight's choice for the world to know he was gay, eher.

‘HE BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN’T DO ! BUT HE’S FABULO’: WHAT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK DID NEXT

He wasn’t closeted, but he also never clared on the ver of People magaze, “I’m gay!

” Rather, he was accintally outed the Natnal Enquirer, the news amplified by his fellow 1980s pop star Tiffany when she appeared on a talkshow 2011 and told the host that they’d dated and that “he beme gay later.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011/11:21 AMBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE CLOSET","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"AMBER KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(CRED: ROBERT E. KLE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER YEARS OF ATTRACTG THRONGS OF SCREAMG GIRLS DURG HIS TEEN DAYS, JONATHAN KNIGHT NOW JOS THE EVER-GROWG BAND OF BOY BANRS WHO LIKE BOYS -- CLUDG FOUNDG MEMBERS *NSYNC'S LANCE BASS AND MENUDO'S RICKY MART -- BY NFIRMG PUBLICLY THAT HE IS GAY. MANY JON GIRLS (GIRLS WHOSE FAVORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER WAS JONATHAN KNIGHT BACK THE '80S, DURG THE BAND'S ORIGAL N) SPECULATED AS TO WHETHER JONATHAN WAS REALLY LIKE "PLEASE DO GO GIRL" WHEN HE WAS CROONG "PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL." ONE FAMO FORMER JON GIRL PARTICULAR (PERHAPS THE MOST FAMO JON GIRL), TIFFANY, UNWTGLY KDA OUTED THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER AN TERVIEW ON BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE." A WEEK AFTER THE TERVIEW, JONATHAN POSTED A BLOG THE MEMBERS-ONLY SECTN OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEBSE, NFIRMG HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY BUT CLAIMED HE HAD ACTUALLY PRIVATELY REVEALED HE WAS GAY "ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIFFANY TOLD BRAVO HOST ANDY COHEN THAT HER EX "BEME GAY LATER." "NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG," TIFFANY SAID, "HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO… AND HE WAS FABULO." TIFFANY LATER APOLOGIZED FOR OUTG JONATHAN ON TWTER: "REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE WRONG THG TO SAY... NEVER MEANT TO HURT JON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPLIED A GOOD-NATURED JONATHAN, "TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN, AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE APPLD JONATHAN KNIGHT FOR BEG OPEN WH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AFTER SO MANY YEARS. BUT WE'RE STILL NOT RETIRG OUR OVERSIZE JON P BEFORE THE NKOTBBSB TOUR THIS SUMMER. AND MEMO TO BACKSTREET BOY A.J. MCLEAN: WHILE JON'S G OUT, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOG IN -- TO REHAB TO GET SOME HELP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEG BOTH GROUPS BACK ACTN E JUNE!{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

“If we were then where we are today, I would have been openly gay om day one wh the New Kids and wouldn’t have been an issue, ” Knight tells ET. The girls I went to prom wh were really good iends and today most girls love gay guys and would be like, ‘Yeah!

Plans to officially tie the knot are “ the works” followg last year’s monumental Supreme Court lg, which legalized gay marriage natnwi. Watch below to see more of Knight talkg about his love life:NKOTB's Jonathan Knight Talks About Beg Outed as Gay. Kle/Getty Imag)After years of attractg throngs of screamg girls durg his teen days, Jonathan Knight now jos the ever-growg band of boy banrs who like boys -- cludg foundg members *NSYNC's Lance Bass and Menudo's Ricky Mart -- by nfirmg publicly that he is gay.

JONATHAN KNIGHT SAYS HE WAS TOLD NKOTB WOULD BE 'OVER' IF HE CAME OUT AS GAY

" A week after the terview, Jonathan posted a blog the members-only sectn of the New Kids on the Block webse, nfirmg his sexual orientatn for the first time publicly but claimed he had actually privately revealed he was gay "almost 20 years ago. "Tiffany told Bravo host Andy Cohen that her ex "beme gay later.

Knight, who is gay, appeared this week on the “Frosted Tips wh Lance Bass” podst, where he shared the paful memory of beg told by a manager that his time as a pop sger would be “over” if he addrsed his sexualy publicly. “My manager knew I was gay, ” Knight relled to Bass.