Andy Cohen ni he's engaged to NHL star Sean Avery but would date him if he were gay | Daily Mail Onle

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• NEW YORK RANGERS LEGEND SEAN AVERY COM OUT AS GAY, IS ENGAGED TO ANOTHER MAN
• SEAN AVERY, FORMER NEW YORK RANGER, ON BEG GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
• SEAN AVERY GAY? ANDY COHEN DENI HE'S ENGAGED TO FORMER NHL STAR, CLAIMS ALLEGED BOYIEND IS 'VERY, VERY STRAIGHT' [VIDEO]
• ANDY COHEN NI HE'S ENGAGED TO NHL STAR SEAN AVERY BUT WOULD DATE HIM IF HE WERE GAY
• SEAN AVERY, GAY SUPPORT SYSTEM

NEW YORK RANGERS LEGEND SEAN AVERY COM OUT AS GAY, IS ENGAGED TO ANOTHER MAN

It has been revealed today that former New York Rangers legend Sean Avery is a gay man who has actually been engaged to a boyiend that he has been seeg for a year and a half now. "If this news is te (and is), Sean Avery has jt e out as the first NHL player, retired or active, to be openly gay.

There have been mors for years the NHL league about Sean Avery’s sexualy, but he has always vehemently nied , Sean even went as far as to “date” a beard girliend (Elisha Cuthbert), who he was never even remotely to, to ver up him receivg backlash om his NHL teammat and ternally the NHL for beg gay.

SEAN AVERY, FORMER NEW YORK RANGER, ON BEG GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE

“… Sean thks that by havg an openly gay relatnship wh another pubic figure such as Andy will give him the tle of “NHL’s first openly gay athlete datg a BRAVO Executive” followg him and people not notice him for anythg else. Sean is openly gay/bisexual around close iends, but not to the public.

SEAN AVERY GAY? ANDY COHEN DENI HE'S ENGAGED TO FORMER NHL STAR, CLAIMS ALLEGED BOYIEND IS 'VERY, VERY STRAIGHT' [VIDEO]

”Cohen is known as the first openly gay host of an Amerin late-night talk show. Avery was the first NHL player to speak out favor of marriage equaly New York and was the talyst for discsns about gay athlet that have ntued wh mpaigns like “You Can Play.

ANDY COHEN NI HE'S ENGAGED TO NHL STAR SEAN AVERY BUT WOULD DATE HIM IF HE WERE GAY

” He was on the board of Athlete Ally, “a group of straight athlet voted to eraditg homophobia sports.

” Avery has also been the target of gay slurs durg gam, cludg an famo one om Wayne Simmonds of the has appeared on Bravo’s programmg for years, and even ma a facto retirement claratn on Cohen’s show. "Maybe ’s bee when I was such a bully when I had my uniform on, that when I took off I felt the need to stand up agast the bully, " That's how Sean Avery scrib his cisn to speak out fense of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights recent years. The 32-year-old, who publicly backed marriage equaly 2011, also claims to have been subjected to a number of anti-gay slurs recent years.

Also, Avery poted that the e of anti-gay language by players has yet to be addrsed at the NHL labor negotiatns. “A gay guy and a straight guy should be able to be iends whout you askg me if we’re engaged, " Cohen said.

SEAN AVERY, GAY SUPPORT SYSTEM

”Cohen, who is openly gay, was approached this week by a TMZ meraman, who offered him “ngratulatns” on his mored engagement to Avery. “A gay guy and a straight guy should be able to be iends whout you askg me if we’re engaged. ”Rumors of the alleged gay relatnship began earlier this month, when gossip blog The Fame Driven published photos of Cohen and Avery on vatn together the Hamptons.

Acrdg to an unnamed source, Avery and the openly gay Cohen had been secretly datg for more than a year, and were even engaged. Even though Sean is retired om the NHL, he still don’t want the ‘gay’ tle attached to him, pecially after so many years he’s nied he was homosexual, ” The Fame Driven’s source claims.

“Sean is openly gay/bisexual around close iends, but not to the public. ”In addn to the ments Cohen ma to the TMZ meraman, both the Bravo host and Avery took to social media to addrs mors regardg their alleged gay relatnship.