'Biggt Loser' rep: Bob Harper says 'I'm gay,' gets heart broken - Los Angel Tim

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• ‘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
• "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
• 'THE BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY
• THE BIGGT LOSER TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY
• THE BIGGT LOSER'S BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO INSPIRE CONTTANT

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

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...

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.

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

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. 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.

BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY ON THE BIGGT LOSER

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

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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. 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.

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

Others may regnize him for beg gay. This article is all about his gay partner Anton Gutierrez.

It is no surprise that Bob Harper is gay.

Not only that, but he me out publicly as gay durg the fifteenth season of The Biggt Loser 2013.

THE BIGGT LOSER TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY

In his words, beg gay do not make you weak or a mor person any way. Not only that, but Harper has been gay sce he was a teenager.

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

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.

”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. 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.