NBA Star Dwight Howard Addrs Gay Rumors: 'I Don't Wanna Wear No Mask'

Contents:

• DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS HE FEEL ‘FREE’ AFTER RUMORS THAT HE WAS GAY
• DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY'
• NBA STAR DWIGHT HOWARD ADDRS GAY RUMORS: 'I DON'T WANNA WEAR NO MASK'
• DWIGHT HOWARD SU GAY YOUTUBE STAR AFTER EXPLIC ALLEGATNS OF A RELATNSHIP
• DWIGHT HOWARD ON MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY: 'I'M NOT GAY'
• DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS HE’S NOT GAY BUT HE NOW UNRSTANDS HOMOPHOBIA: WATCH
• DWIGHT HOWARD NI MOR HE IS GAY; KENDRICK PERKS RPONDS HE SHOULD "MAN UP AND DON’T LIE ABOUT !"
• THE INTER REACTS TO NBA STAR DWIGHT HOWARD GAY & TRANSGENR RUMORS
• DWIGHT HOWARD ON MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY: 'I'M NOT GAY'
• DWIGHT HOWARD'S ALLEGED GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT ON THEIR "RELATNSHIP"

DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS HE FEEL ‘FREE’ AFTER RUMORS THAT HE WAS GAY

Memphis Grizzli center Dwight Howard addrsed his sexualy and a lawsu agast him durg a two-part terview on FOX Sports, who sat down wh FOX Sports’ Kriste Leahy for an episo of “Fair Game, ” said he isn’t gay and he touched on a lawsu that was filed agast him March by Mas Elije — who has said the eight-time All-Star was a romantic relatnship wh him and harassed him to signg a non-disclosure agreement after their alleged relatnship was HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGEHoward told Leahy the suatn set him “ee” and also upset him bee he didn’t know who the person was. “I’m not gay, ” he said.

DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY'

Bee I saw how a lot of people would feel, whether they’re gay or they’re straight. Howard add, “I’m not gay. While people talk about the ncerns wh havg a gay teammate the locker room, neher Jason Colls nor Michael Sam nor Robbie Rogers would behave like this.

" They're jt aaid that if a gay guy's there, this stuff they're already dog be a ltle "gay.

NBA STAR DWIGHT HOWARD ADDRS GAY RUMORS: 'I DON'T WANNA WEAR NO MASK'

'I'm Not Gay'. Dwight Howard says he's not gay -- spe allegatns ma agast him a lawsu -- and claims the whole legal battle ma him "never want to e outsi aga. "I'm not gay, " Howard said when asked directly.

Dwight says he received a lot of hate om people who THOUGHT he was gay -- and says he now unrstands why people are aaid to e out and be their te selv public.

DWIGHT HOWARD SU GAY YOUTUBE STAR AFTER EXPLIC ALLEGATNS OF A RELATNSHIP

"I'm not gay, " Howard, the subject of a sexual harassment lawsu by a man who claimed they had a romantic relatnship, said on Fair Game wh Kriste Leahy. In March, Mas Elije, an openly gay man, filed a su agast Howard, allegg the two dated but that Elije broke off bee Howard was seeg other men and trans women. "I was aaid to speak but today my life was threatened after I was sexually harassed, threatened and manipulated, by someone I rpected, my ex boyiend NBA player Dwight Howard, " Eljie posted, "and his mp also ""tfished"" by his disrpectful ass works for Dwight and Calv begun to get irate, disrpectful and homophobic as I ntued to ny his “hh money” and said I wasn’t signg the NDA!

"I thk that liberated me, bee I saw how a lot of people would feel, whether they're gay or they're straight, or whether they have issu, people are aaid to be who they are, " he ntued.

DWIGHT HOWARD ON MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY: 'I'M NOT GAY'

Dwight Howard says he was "hurt" by mors that he is gay, but alg wh the fallout has "liberated" him.

While he played only ne gam last season due to juri, he had to al wh reports, first brought to light last year, that he is gay. “I’m not gay. “And I thk that liberated me bee I saw how a lot of people would feel, whether they’re gay or they’re straight, whether they have issu.

DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS HE’S NOT GAY BUT HE NOW UNRSTANDS HOMOPHOBIA: WATCH

NBA Center Dwight Howard spoke to FS1's Christe Leahy about claims by a transgenr woman last year that he is gay. Howard said that bee of what he went through he now unrstands homophobia. “I'm not gay, ” add Howard.

“I thk that liberated me, bee I saw how a lot of people would feel whether they're gay or straight, people are aaid to be who they are, they're aaid to jt step out and be, bee they're aaid of what other people might say about them.

DWIGHT HOWARD NI MOR HE IS GAY; KENDRICK PERKS RPONDS HE SHOULD "MAN UP AND DON’T LIE ABOUT !"

Over the past uple months former Celtic Kendrick Perks has posted several rmative and/or entertag tweets, so he has bee a mt read, but this eveng his ments on Dwight Howard addrsg mors about his sexualy by rpondg “I’m Not Gay" were a b odd.

That would mean he's advisg Howard to say he's gay even if means he don't get another NBA ntract. This would imply Perks thks or knows Howard is gay and the lyg is the issue?

THE INTER REACTS TO NBA STAR DWIGHT HOWARD GAY & TRANSGENR RUMORS

Neher of the optns sound very fair to Howard or gay athlet general. Hardaway of urse lost his job 2007 verg the NBA after his ments about not wantg gay players the locker room. Let's be clear here, Hardaway's ments were much more vile should be stated as Hardaway pot blank said he "hat gay people.

Stephen Jackson this past November also more or ls said that homosexuals don't belong men's profsnal sports bee they make their teammat unfortable, but no one seemed to re and he is still all over TV on popular sports shows.

), but then also criciz a player for not "manng up" and jt admtg they are gay.

DWIGHT HOWARD ON MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY: 'I'M NOT GAY'

And hontly even though I've never been a huge Howard fan as he was a rival Orlando and Los Angel, if he says he's not gay, who r? And if he is gay, and wants to rema the closet, so he n get a job a profsn that still has prejudice agast gay workers, let him do that as well.

Colls is the only openly gay player to ever play the NBA.

If he was gay and that was the reason, that would be really shty on NBA players' parts.

DWIGHT HOWARD'S ALLEGED GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT ON THEIR "RELATNSHIP"

It's been over six years sce Jason Colls me out as gay. Update: Perk has fact clarified his ments to state aga that he has no issu wh gay people (never thought he did), but that GM's would be weary of signg a gay player bee of the distractns.

Also still don't make sense why Perk would say GM's would stay away om gay players, but that he thks Howard should "man up" and not "lie about (beg gay)! " So appears Perks is advisg Howard to e out of the closet and say he's gay (even though Howard has nied ) even if means he never will be able to sign another ntract bee NBA GM's won't want him any more.

Listen I have gay fay members that I’m ol wh and that I love arly! I believe Perk that he don't re if Howard is gay.