'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
• 'THE BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY
• THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT
• THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT
• BOB HARPER OUT AS GAY ON BIGGT LOSER
• THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER OUT AS GAY (ARCHIVE)
• “BIGGT LOSER'S” BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT
• BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO HELP A CONTTANT ON 'THE BIGGT LOSER' (VIDEO)
• BIGGT LOSER’S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY
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BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY ON THE BIGGT LOSER

In orr to help nttant Bobby Saleem who was stgglg wh his sexualy, traer Bob Harper me out as gay on the Nov. 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. 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.

"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

And beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else. "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.

”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...

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

Beg gay don’t mean beg weak, ” Harper said.

“Beg gay don’t mean that you are ls than anybody else. Raised a strict Catholic fay, Bobby has been hidg behd more than 100 pounds of excs weight part bee he stggl to keep his sexual orientatn om his parents, particularly his Bobby is not the first gay petor on the show, he is the first to reveal such he is, an acplished young man, a lawyer, and yet he wers at the thought of his father’s disapproval. But while Bobby opened up to his folks about his weight-loss journey, he still uldn't brg himself to tell his father that he's gay.

"Homosexualy, a sense, was wrong, so I kd of hid . "I totally get — I'm gay.

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

But beg gay don't mean beg weak; beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else.

'THE BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY

Bob Harper, a traer on the weight-loss petn realy TV show The Biggt Loser, me out of the clost as a gay man on last night's episo of the seri, reports TV 's cisn to reveal that he is gay stemmed om his sire to help Bobby, a nttant who is stgglg wh his own sexualy. "When I me out [at] 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, " Harper told Bobby.

"And beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else. Durg Tuday's episo of the show, the personal traer me out as gay to help blue team member Bobby Saleem, who revealed he was stgglg to do so himself wh his father. I totally get — I'm gay.

THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT

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, " Harper said. He add, "But beg gay don't mean beg weak.

THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT

Beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else.

"THANK YOU to everyone that supported my cisn to talk about beg gay w/Bobby, " he tweeted. Harper, for his part, me out as gay on The Biggt Loser November 2013, hop to enurage a show nttant who was stgglg wh g out.

BOB HARPER OUT AS GAY ON BIGGT LOSER

"I'm gay, " Harper told the nttant Bobby Saleem a heart-to-heart. "I knew a very long time ago that I was gay. 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.

On last night’s The Biggt Loser, Bob Harper publicly revealed he’s gay for the first time, though ’s long been well-known, and not jt bee he’s the traer on the Queer Abs workout DVD or said he’s been out sce he was 17. He told Bobby, “I totally get — I’m gay. But beg gay don’t mean beg weak; beg gay don’t mean that you are ls than anybody else.

THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER OUT AS GAY (ARCHIVE)

In a season 15 episo of The Biggt Loser, ach and mentor Bob Harper me out as gay to help one of the nttants e to terms wh his own sexualy.

Bob Harper opened up on Tuday’s episo of The Biggt Loser, statg for the first time on natnal televisn that he is gay.

Harper said he knew was time to talk about beg gay on The Biggt Loser when he met Bobby, a nttant on the show’s 15th season: “I really do believe that this is the right time. In a powerful moment, Harper shared wh Bobby his siar stggle and rultg cisn to e out to his father 31 years ago, sayg, “Beg gay don’t mean beg weak and beg gay don’t mean you’re ls than anybody else.

“BIGGT LOSER'S” BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT

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, " Harper said.

BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO HELP A CONTTANT ON 'THE BIGGT LOSER' (VIDEO)

PHOTOS: See more stars who are openly gay. The Biggt Loser traer Bob Harper opened up about his sexualy on last night's episo of the cid to talk openly about beg gay an attempt to spire nttant Bobby Saleem, who had not yet told his father about his sexual orientatn.

"Homosexualy, a sense, was wrong.

BIGGT LOSER’S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY

I'm gay.

I knew a very long time ago I was gay, and the fay I grew up around was very much the same - there was so much reprsn there.

But beg gay don't mean beg weak. Beg gay don't mean beg ls than anybody else.

BOB IGER AND RON DESANTIS WON’T BE TAKG A RI ON SPACE MOUNTA TOGETHER ANY TIME SOONTHE DISNEY CEO TORE THE FLORIDA ERNOR A NEW ONE ON WEDNDAY.BY BS LEVJULY 13, 2023LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2023/04/17: FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS HOLDS A PRS NFERENCE AT THE REEDY CREEK ADMISTRATN BUILDG LAKE BUENA VISTA. DESANTIS ANNOUNCED LEGISLATIVE ACTN TO NULLIFY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REEDY CREEK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND WALT DISNEY WORLD WHICH WAS SIGNED TO PERM DISNEY TO RETA NTROL OF S THEME PARK AND SURROUNDG PROPERTY. (PHOTO BY PL HENNSY/SOPA IMAG/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAG)SOPA IMAG/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVELAST MONTH, AS PART OF HIS ONGOG WAR AGAST THE LARGT EMPLOYER CENTRAL FLORIDA, ERNOR AND PRINTIAL NDIDATE RON DESANTIS SAID AT A TOWN HALL, OF DISNEY: “WE’VE PUT THIS PANY ON A PESTAL… THE PAST HAS BEEN LIKE THE ALL-AMERIN PANY. BUT THEY’VE REALLY EMBRACED THE IA OF GETTG THE SEXUALIZED NTENT THE PROGRAMMG FOR THE YOUNG KIDS. AND THAT IS JT A LE THAT I AM NOT WILLG TO CROSS.” THAT WAS OBVLY A WILD, BASELS CLAIM TO MAKE AND, UNSURPRISGLY, THE CEO OF WALT DISNEY CO. WASN’T THRILLED ABOUT —TO SAY THE LEAST.SPEAKG TO CNBC OM SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, ON WEDNDAY, BOB IGER TOLD DAVID FABER, “THE NOTN THAT DISNEY IS ANY WAY SEXUALIZG OUR CHILDREN, QUE ANKLY, IS PREPOSTERO AND ACCURATE.”DESANTIS’S MENTS, AND IGER’S RPONSE, E AS THE FLORIDA ERNOR’S FD WH THE PANY* APPROACH THE 18TH-MONTH MARK. AS A REMR, THAT FD BEGAN WHEN DESANTIS, WH THE SUPPORT OF FLORIDA’S GOP-NTROLLED LEGISLATURE, STRIPPED DISNEY OF S SPECIAL SELF-ERNG STAT LAST YEAR,  WHAT WAS SEEN AS AS RETRIBUTN FOR THE PANY’S CISN TO SPEAK OUT AGAST THE WILDLY BIGOTED “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW. DISNEY HAD SAID THE LAW “ULD BE ED TO UNFAIRLY TARGET GAY, LBIAN, NONBARY AND TRANSGENR KIDS AND FAI.” (INED, HAS.) THIS PAST APRIL, IGER LLED DESANTIS “ANTI-BS” AND “ANTI-FLORIDA.” LATER, DESANTIS PUBLICLY MED ABOUT BUILDG A PRISON PLEX NEXT TO THE PARK AND RAISG S TAX. NOT LONG AFTER, THE PANY SUED THE ERNOR AND ACCED HIM OF WAGG A “TARGETED MPAIGN OF ERNMENT RETALIATN,” ADDG: “DISNEY REGRETS THAT HAS E TO THIS. BUT HAVG EXHSTED EFFORTS TO SEEK A ROLUTN, THE COMPANY IS LEFT WH NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE THIS LAWSU TO PROTECT S ST MEMBERS, GUTS, AND LOL VELOPMENT PARTNERS OM A RELENTLS MPAIGN TO WEAPONIZE ERNMENT POWER AGAST DISNEY RETALIATN FOR EXPRSG A POLIL VIEWPOT UNPOPULAR WH CERTA STATE OFFICIALS.” DESANTIS’S FIGHT AGAST DISNEY IS, OF URSE, PART OF HIS LARGER RIGHT-WG CULTURE WAR THAT HE APPARENTLY BELIEV WILL TAPULT HIM TO THE WHE HOE. THAT WAR HAS CLUD SIGNG NOT JT THE “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW BUT OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS, LIKE ONE THAT CRIMALIZ G A BATHROOM THAT DO NOT RRPOND TO ONE’S ASSIGNED SEX AT BIRTH (THE CRIME WOULD BE TRPASSG) AND ANOTHER THAT PROHIBS DOCTORS OM OFFERG GENR-AFFIRMG RE TO MORS, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THEIR PARENTS’ PERMISSN. (THE LAW OUT OF THE “EE STATE OF FLORIDA” ALSO GIV FLORIDA URTS THE POWER TO TERFERE WHEN MORS GO OUT OF STATE FOR TREATMENT.)*HERE WE ARE MORALLY OBLIGATED TO REMD PEOPLE OF THE CREDIBLE FACT THAT RON DESANTIS AND HIS WIFE, CASEY DESANTIS, GOT MARRIED AT DISNEY WORLD. AS HE WROTE  HIS MEMOIR: “CASEY’S FAY WAS WHAT ONE MIGHT LL A FAY OF DISNEY ENTHIASTS. THEY LOVED GOG TO DISNEY WORLD. BEG THE DUTIFUL GROOM, I FERRED TO HER.” DESANTIS, THOUGH, HAD ONE REQUIREMENT: “MY ONLY NDN WAS THAT NO DISNEY CHARACTERS ULD BE PART OF OUR WEDDG. I WANTED OUR SPECIAL DAY TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE A TRADNAL WEDDG. 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I fely will have a s down talk wh my dad and let him know I am gay. To help a nttant stgglg wh his own sexualy, Bob Harper ma the cisn to e out publicly as a gay man on "The Biggt Loser. " Bobby had talked openly on the show about beg gay, but he'd yet to e out to his father.

”“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, " he told Bobby.

"And beg gay don’t mean that you are ls than anybody else.