The sger says he didn't reveal he was gay bee he feared disappotg his fans.
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- BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
- BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
- BARRY MANILOW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO PARTNER OF 39 YEARS
- BARRY MANILOW 'DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GAY' UNTIL HE MET HBAND
BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
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Barry Manilow opened up about beg gay a rare terview about his private life. ”“I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay. At 73, Barry Manilow announc he is gay, married, and has been wh the same man for almost 40 yearsSger Barry Manilow me out of the closet Wednday at age 73, sayg he kept silent on his nearly four- relatnship wh a man to avoid disappotg fans.
“I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay. Manilow achieved his greatt fame the 1970s, years before pop stars were fortable beg openly gay.
The sger Barry Manilow has said publicly that he is gay after keepg his sexualy secret for s for fear of “disappotg his fans”. “Not que sure how I’m gonna tell my mum that Barry Manilow is gay, ” said Takei, the gay actor bt known for his work the Star Trek televisn seri, was one of the first stars to react to the news on Twter.
BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
Femist wrer Roxane Gay said: “I didn’t realise Barry Manilow was the closet!
Barry Manilow has publicly nfirmed for the first time that he is gay and legendary sger, 73, appears on the ver of People this week, speakg about his 39-year romance wh manager hband Garry pair married a secret ceremony at their tate Palm Sprgs, California, April 2014.
BARRY MANILOW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO PARTNER OF 39 YEARS
"I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay.
Barry Manilow is openly gay.
He's also notorly private, which is why was such news April 2017 when Manilow nfirmed that he is gay and married to Garry Kief, his manager and longtime love, per People.
BARRY MANILOW 'DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GAY' UNTIL HE MET HBAND
"I thought I would be disappotg [my fans] if they knew I was gay, " he told the magaze. It's pretty well-known that Barry Manilow and Bette Midler got their start together performg for a gay dience at the Contental Baths the early 1970s. Barry Manilow's former wife San Deixler has spoken out about the superstar crooner's marriage to long-time manager Garry KiefBarry Manilow's former wife has spoken of her happs for the superstar crooner now that he has married his long-time gay partner.
Even when Patricia Butler's 2002 bgraphy outed him as gay he did not addrs the book's publisher Chris Charlworth told Daily Mail Onle that lawyers at the time advised him to take out all reference to Manilow's sexualy. Not only was fairly well known wh the mic dtry that Manilow was gay but my thor had done her rearch well and e up wh quot om iends and profsnal lleagu that nfirmed Manilow was a gay man. Charlworth said the lawyer's advice was based on the fact that 'Manilow's fan base nsisted primarily of sgle ladi of a certa age who believed he was 'available, ' that this was part of his attractn as a sger and that the book uld therefore be acced of implyg that Manilow as beg 'ceful, ' and that this — not the actual allegatn that he was gay — was libelo.
'Butler, the bgraphy's Chigo-based thor, told Daily Mail Onle that when she started wrg the book she had not realized that Manilow was gay, but her rearch nfirmed for said she spects that the reason to marry now was bee society's attus toward homosexualy has relaxed so much over the past few years.