Jonathan Knight Confirms He’s Gay After Beg Outed on Bravo Show – The Hollywood Reporter

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• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
• JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW
• NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY'I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY,' '80S BOY-BAND MEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N'T OUT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT BEE HE ALREADY ME OUT, LIKE, A LONG TIME AGO. THE 1980S-BOY-BAND MEMBER WAS SEEMGLY PHED OUT OF THE CLOSET BY FELLOW '80S TEEN POP STAR TIFFANY RECENTLY WHEN SHE TOLD BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE" THAT SHE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MEMBER OF NKOTB AROUND 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE QUIET ONE, THE SHY ONE," TIFFANY SAID REFERENCE TO KNIGHT. "[HE] BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN'T DO . I HAD ISSU WH THAT. I WAS THKG MAYBE I DID. NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG, HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER TIFFANY WAS SLAMMED ON SOME ONLE FOMS FOR THE MENTS, KNIGHT RELEASED A STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND NFIRMG THE NEWS, WHICH HE SAID WAS NOT REALLY NEWS. ACRDG TO THE WEBSE , THE STATEMENT POSTED ON THE FAN FOM ON THE NKOTB WEBSE, KNIGHT WROTE, "I HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF! I DID SO ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL OVER AGA PUBLICLY JT BEE I RNED WH NKOTB! I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY! APPARENTLY THE PREREQUISE TO BEG A GAY PUBLIC FIGURE IS TO APPEAR ON THE VER OF A MAGAZE WH THE PTN 'I AM GAY.' I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOG SO IF THIS IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED! MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY EXAMPLE, AND NOT BY A PTN ON A MAGAZE! IF THERE EVER HAS BEEN ANY NFN ABOUT MY SEXUALY, THEN YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNIGHT WILL TAKE PART THE UPG TOUR BY THE SUPERSTAR BOY-BAND PAIRG OF [ARTICLE ID="1652841"]NKOTB AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS[/ARTICLE]. HE ADD HIS MENTS THAT LIKE HIS BANDMAT, HE DON'T FEEL THAT HE HAS TO DISCS HIS PRIVATE LIFE PUBLIC. "I LOVE LIVG MY LIFE BEG OPEN AND HONT, BUT AT THIS TIME I CHOOSE NOT TO DISCS MY PRIVATE LIFE ANY FURTHER!" HE WROTE. "MY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS DON'T DISCS THEIR PRIVATE LIV WH THEIR LOVED ON AND I DON'T FEEL THAT JT BEE I AM GAY, I SHOULD HAVE TO DISCS ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWG THAT THERE ARE CLEARLY NO HARD FEELGS, KNIGHT ALSO ME TO TIFFANY'S FENSE WHEN THE SGER WAS ATTACKED BY ANGRY FANS, TWEETG, "I'D ALSO APPRECIATE IF THE PEOPLE TALKG TRASH ABOUT TIFFANY AND DEBORAH [GIBSON] KNOCK OFF AND STOP BEG NASTY!" HE ALSO TWEETED A PERSONAL MSAGE TO HIS EX, WRG, "@TIFFANYTUN TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011/11:21 AMBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE CLOSET","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"AMBER KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(CRED: ROBERT E. KLE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER YEARS OF ATTRACTG THRONGS OF SCREAMG GIRLS DURG HIS TEEN DAYS, JONATHAN KNIGHT NOW JOS THE EVER-GROWG BAND OF BOY BANRS WHO LIKE BOYS -- CLUDG FOUNDG MEMBERS *NSYNC'S LANCE BASS AND MENUDO'S RICKY MART -- BY NFIRMG PUBLICLY THAT HE IS GAY. MANY JON GIRLS (GIRLS WHOSE FAVORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER WAS JONATHAN KNIGHT BACK THE '80S, DURG THE BAND'S ORIGAL N) SPECULATED AS TO WHETHER JONATHAN WAS REALLY LIKE "PLEASE DO GO GIRL" WHEN HE WAS CROONG "PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL." ONE FAMO FORMER JON GIRL PARTICULAR (PERHAPS THE MOST FAMO JON GIRL), TIFFANY, UNWTGLY KDA OUTED THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER AN TERVIEW ON BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE." A WEEK AFTER THE TERVIEW, JONATHAN POSTED A BLOG THE MEMBERS-ONLY SECTN OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEBSE, NFIRMG HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY BUT CLAIMED HE HAD ACTUALLY PRIVATELY REVEALED HE WAS GAY "ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIFFANY TOLD BRAVO HOST ANDY COHEN THAT HER EX "BEME GAY LATER." "NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG," TIFFANY SAID, "HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO… AND HE WAS FABULO." TIFFANY LATER APOLOGIZED FOR OUTG JONATHAN ON TWTER: "REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE WRONG THG TO SAY... NEVER MEANT TO HURT JON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPLIED A GOOD-NATURED JONATHAN, "TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN, AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE APPLD JONATHAN KNIGHT FOR BEG OPEN WH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AFTER SO MANY YEARS. BUT WE'RE STILL NOT RETIRG OUR OVERSIZE JON P BEFORE THE NKOTBBSB TOUR THIS SUMMER. AND MEMO TO BACKSTREET BOY A.J. MCLEAN: WHILE JON'S G OUT, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOG IN -- TO REHAB TO GET SOME HELP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEG BOTH GROUPS BACK ACTN E JUNE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ‘HE BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN’T DO ! BUT HE’S FABULO’: WHAT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK DID NEXT

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Knight, now 54, said that the band’s manager at the time knew that he was gay, but urged him to keep his sexualy a secret.

Number one, beg a young gay kid I was trated and wanted to get on wh my own life. Bass, who beme a father to tws wh his hband, Michael Turch, 2021, also brought up changg attus to parenthood wh the gay muny. Knight said that “95%” of his and Rodriguez’s gay iends are now parents, but that the procs was not straightforward for them.

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW

Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY'I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY,' '80S BOY-BAND MEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N'T OUT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT BEE HE ALREADY ME OUT, LIKE, A LONG TIME AGO. THE 1980S-BOY-BAND MEMBER WAS SEEMGLY PHED OUT OF THE CLOSET BY FELLOW '80S TEEN POP STAR TIFFANY RECENTLY WHEN SHE TOLD BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE" THAT SHE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MEMBER OF NKOTB AROUND 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE QUIET ONE, THE SHY ONE," TIFFANY SAID REFERENCE TO KNIGHT. "[HE] BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN'T DO . I HAD ISSU WH THAT. I WAS THKG MAYBE I DID. NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG, HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER TIFFANY WAS SLAMMED ON SOME ONLE FOMS FOR THE MENTS, KNIGHT RELEASED A STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND NFIRMG THE NEWS, WHICH HE SAID WAS NOT REALLY NEWS. ACRDG TO THE WEBSE , THE STATEMENT POSTED ON THE FAN FOM ON THE NKOTB WEBSE, KNIGHT WROTE, "I HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF! I DID SO ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL OVER AGA PUBLICLY JT BEE I RNED WH NKOTB! I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY! APPARENTLY THE PREREQUISE TO BEG A GAY PUBLIC FIGURE IS TO APPEAR ON THE VER OF A MAGAZE WH THE PTN 'I AM GAY.' I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOG SO IF THIS IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED! MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY EXAMPLE, AND NOT BY A PTN ON A MAGAZE! IF THERE EVER HAS BEEN ANY NFN ABOUT MY SEXUALY, THEN YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNIGHT WILL TAKE PART THE UPG TOUR BY THE SUPERSTAR BOY-BAND PAIRG OF [ARTICLE ID="1652841"]NKOTB AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS[/ARTICLE]. HE ADD HIS MENTS THAT LIKE HIS BANDMAT, HE DON'T FEEL THAT HE HAS TO DISCS HIS PRIVATE LIFE PUBLIC. "I LOVE LIVG MY LIFE BEG OPEN AND HONT, BUT AT THIS TIME I CHOOSE NOT TO DISCS MY PRIVATE LIFE ANY FURTHER!" HE WROTE. "MY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS DON'T DISCS THEIR PRIVATE LIV WH THEIR LOVED ON AND I DON'T FEEL THAT JT BEE I AM GAY, I SHOULD HAVE TO DISCS ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWG THAT THERE ARE CLEARLY NO HARD FEELGS, KNIGHT ALSO ME TO TIFFANY'S FENSE WHEN THE SGER WAS ATTACKED BY ANGRY FANS, TWEETG, "I'D ALSO APPRECIATE IF THE PEOPLE TALKG TRASH ABOUT TIFFANY AND DEBORAH [GIBSON] KNOCK OFF AND STOP BEG NASTY!" HE ALSO TWEETED A PERSONAL MSAGE TO HIS EX, WRG, "@TIFFANYTUN TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011/11:21 AMBY AMBER KATZJANUARY 31, 2011 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT COM OUT OF THE CLOSET","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T16:21:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"AMBER KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(CRED: ROBERT E. KLE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER YEARS OF ATTRACTG THRONGS OF SCREAMG GIRLS DURG HIS TEEN DAYS, JONATHAN KNIGHT NOW JOS THE EVER-GROWG BAND OF BOY BANRS WHO LIKE BOYS -- CLUDG FOUNDG MEMBERS *NSYNC'S LANCE BASS AND MENUDO'S RICKY MART -- BY NFIRMG PUBLICLY THAT HE IS GAY. MANY JON GIRLS (GIRLS WHOSE FAVORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER WAS JONATHAN KNIGHT BACK THE '80S, DURG THE BAND'S ORIGAL N) SPECULATED AS TO WHETHER JONATHAN WAS REALLY LIKE "PLEASE DO GO GIRL" WHEN HE WAS CROONG "PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL." ONE FAMO FORMER JON GIRL PARTICULAR (PERHAPS THE MOST FAMO JON GIRL), TIFFANY, UNWTGLY KDA OUTED THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MEMBER AN TERVIEW ON BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE." A WEEK AFTER THE TERVIEW, JONATHAN POSTED A BLOG THE MEMBERS-ONLY SECTN OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEBSE, NFIRMG HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY BUT CLAIMED HE HAD ACTUALLY PRIVATELY REVEALED HE WAS GAY "ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIFFANY TOLD BRAVO HOST ANDY COHEN THAT HER EX "BEME GAY LATER." "NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG," TIFFANY SAID, "HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO… AND HE WAS FABULO." TIFFANY LATER APOLOGIZED FOR OUTG JONATHAN ON TWTER: "REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE WRONG THG TO SAY... NEVER MEANT TO HURT JON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPLIED A GOOD-NATURED JONATHAN, "TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN, AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE APPLD JONATHAN KNIGHT FOR BEG OPEN WH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AFTER SO MANY YEARS. BUT WE'RE STILL NOT RETIRG OUR OVERSIZE JON P BEFORE THE NKOTBBSB TOUR THIS SUMMER. AND MEMO TO BACKSTREET BOY A.J. MCLEAN: WHILE JON'S G OUT, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOG IN -- TO REHAB TO GET SOME HELP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEG BOTH GROUPS BACK ACTN E JUNE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said.

‘HE BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN’T DO ! BUT HE’S FABULO’: WHAT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK DID NEXT

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studi curriculum that clus material on gay rights, top state officials are vowg to buy a textbook qutn and distribute to stunts before the new school year. The announcement is the latt dispute between state and lol officials after the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s board voted 3-2 on May 16 to reject the curriculum, wh some board members claimg there was not enough parental volvement the curriculum creatn procs as well as makg ments attackg gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk.