Tev Campbell on How He’s ‘Embraced’ Beg a Gay Man – Billboard

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• HE’S READY: R&B SGER TEV CAMPBELL NFIRMS HE IS GAY NEW TERVIEW
• TEV CAMPBELL SHAR HOW HE’S ‘EMBRACED’ HIS INTY AS A GAY MAN
• TEV CAMPBELL CONFIRMS HIS SEXUALY AND OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER AND CONONTG ANTI-GAY BIAS
• TEV CAMPBELL PUBLICLY CONFIRMS HE INTIFI AS A GAY MAN
• RNB SGER TEV CAMPBELL PRAISED FOR FALLY COMG OUT AS GAY
• IS TEV CAMPBELL GAY? EVERYTHG THE SGER HAS SAID ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
• TEV CAMPBELL COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I DIDN’T HI ANYTHG ABOUT ME’

HE’S READY: R&B SGER TEV CAMPBELL NFIRMS HE IS GAY NEW TERVIEW

(Prce Williams / WireImage) Tev Campbell is openg up about his sexualy, g out to the world this week as a gay man an terview wh the People magaze podst “People Every Day. ”Campbell said he didn’t try to hi anythg about himself or act “straight, ” but acknowledged how difficult was to be publicly gay the ’90s. “When we n get to the place society where somebody n jt say, ‘Yeah, I’m gay, ’” Campbell said.

TEV CAMPBELL SHAR HOW HE’S ‘EMBRACED’ HIS INTY AS A GAY MAN

”Earlier this year, the R&B sger fueled speculatn about his sexualy when the “Can We Talk” hmaker tweeted (and later leted) “Tev is [rabow flag emoji]” rponse to a er sayg she had heard that he, Luther Vandross and Teddy Penrgrass were all gay. ”Campbell is g out publicly almost 20 years after he clared he was not gay but he was a “try-sexual” an terview wh Sister 2 Sister magaze. “I’m not gay, but there are a lot of different thgs that I do like, sexually, ” Campbell said when asked about his sexualy.

I’m not gay but I’m a eak and I thk a lot of people know what a eak is. Tev Campbell Shar How He’s ‘Embraced’ His Inty As a Gay Man.

TEV CAMPBELL CONFIRMS HIS SEXUALY AND OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER AND CONONTG ANTI-GAY BIAS

In a new terview on the PEOPLE Every Day podst, Campbell nfirmed that he intifi as a gay man, and took a look back on what led him to officially open up to his fans.

“You jt uldn’t be [gay] back then. “You jt uldn’t be [gay] back then, " he he briefly stepped away om his R&B reer and joed the Broadway mil Hairspray, he fully embraced his inty: “Beg around people who were like me, LGBTQ+ people that were livg normal liv and had partners — I had never seen that. 10:37 PM - 18 Aug 2022“We already knew Tev Campbell was gay.

Beloved R&B sger Tev Campbell, known for sultry '90s hs like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " recently appeared on the PEOPLE Every Day podst for an -pth terview, discsg his life and reer and revealg for the first time what his personal experience has been as a gay man the mic dtry. But also, he not of that era the dtry, "You jt uldn't be [gay] back then.

TEV CAMPBELL PUBLICLY CONFIRMS HE INTIFI AS A GAY MAN

Earlier this year, he rpond to a Twter er's qutn about famo sgers who are mored to be gay.

R&B sger Tev Campbell, known for hs cludg "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " has nfirmed that he is gay. "When he was at the height of his mic fame the early 1990s, wasn't a good time to be gay R&B, he said.

RNB SGER TEV CAMPBELL PRAISED FOR FALLY COMG OUT AS GAY

" He was so young when he had his first hs, he noted, he nsired himself a child don't re what fans thk about him beg gay, he said, and he's happy wh what he's acplished his life. The h-makg sger intified as a gay man publicly for the first time on the “People Every Day” Campbell has publicly acknowledged himself as a gay man for the first.

IS TEV CAMPBELL GAY? EVERYTHG THE SGER HAS SAID ABOUT HIS SEXUALY

Now, months later, Campbell is officially nfirmg he is gay. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.

"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. ScreenshotThough his tweet has sce been leted, HotNewHipHop pots out that Campbell did reply to another Twter er who said he was gog to be banned om the state of Florida soon (a reference to the state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill), sayg, "I'll live, " and that tweet is still up at the time of wrg. Campbell ma a splash the mic world wh his 1993, Babyface-produced smash h sgle "Can We Talk, " om his sophomore album I'm Disney kids also know him om the 1995 animated film A Goofy Movie, where he voiced fict popstar Powerle and blsed the world wh the qutsential '90s bops "Stand Out" and "I2I.

” Also addg that, “you jt uldn’t be [gay] back then.

TEV CAMPBELL COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I DIDN’T HI ANYTHG ABOUT ME’

Paras Griff/Getty Imag for Black Mic HonorsPublished on: Aug 19, 2022, 7:17 AM PDTTev Campbell has said he’s fally fortable g out publicly as a gay have long speculated about the “Can We Talk” sger’s sexualy, but ever sce his ceptn as an artist the late ’80s he’s kept his private life out of the public eye. However, earlier this year, Campbell fueled the longtime speculatn by tweetg (and later letg) the phrase “Tev is…” followed by a rabow flag, speakg on the PEOPLE Every Day podst, Campbell has nfirmed that he intifi as a gay man and explaed why he didn’t do sooner. ”Campbell explaed that wasn’t so much that he ncealed his sexualy om those around him, he jt felt wasn’t accepted to be gay the mic dtry early on his reer.

Related newsLil Nas X Proclaims The Change Of Hip Hop: 'There's Gonna Be So Many Gay Rappers'November 16, 2021“It wasn’t like that the ’90s, but I’m glad I get to see . Tev Campbell says he never hid who he was, he was jt on a journey of self-disvery that clud himself and those clost to the first time, the R&B sger, known for his sultry ‘90s songs “I’m Ready” and “Can We Talk, ” is gettg ndid about beg a gay man the mic dtry and fully embracg who he is. I didn’t try to act a certa way or anythg, ” he said, addg that durg that time, “You jt uldn’t be (gay) back then.