Contents:
- EXCLIVE! RONAN PARKE: ‘I’VE ALWAYS INTIFIED AS GAY – AND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO SAY ’
- SGER RONAN PARKE SAYS HE’S ALWAYS INTIFIED AS BEG GAY
EXCLIVE! RONAN PARKE: ‘I’VE ALWAYS INTIFIED AS GAY – AND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO SAY ’
Such a rapid rise the then still-emergg age of social media me at a st, however: abive onle ments, often homophobic tone, me their hundreds, as a pre-teen Ronan was nonted wh an ugly prejudice his supportive parents had prevly helped shield him om. So was ‘gay’ a label you already intified wh when you were young?
’ All dramatic [lghs] And they jt went ‘Yeah, yeah, we know, you’re gay’, and they jt got the remote and unmuted the TV! But I’ve always intified as a gay man and I’ve always been very proud to say .
I thk for a lot of people, if they’re lled gay om a young age n sometim make harr to discs their sexualy, bee they almost don’t want to prove those bulli ‘right’. I didn’t know any other gay people where I was om.
SGER RONAN PARKE SAYS HE’S ALWAYS INTIFIED AS BEG GAY
So much has changed for LGBT artists sce 2011 when you were on BGT – has the succs of other gay artists like Sam Smh or Olly Alexanr helped spire you to be open? I gus I was spired by that, beg a young gay guy who se another gay man or gay women step up and be so open about .
I’ve got lots of young people who support me, and I hope that if there’s a young gay guy or girl out there who feels like they’re not good enough bee of their sexualy or are stgglg to e out or talk about , to know that you should never feel ashamed of . Is Ronan Parke gay?
Ronan has spoken openly about beg gay, tellg Attu: "I remember tryg to e out to my parents: I was young - I n’t remember how old I was, around 7 or 8 - and I went downstairs to the lounge and stood ont of the TV and got the remote and went ‘Mummy, daddy, I have somethg to tell you! ’"And they jt went ‘Yeah, yeah, we know, you’re gay’, and they jt got the remote and unmuted the TV!