Darren Young Reveals His Mother Is Gay, How Long He Knew He Was Gay Darren Young recently appeared as a gut on Sean Waltman's X-Pac's 12360 Podst for an -pth terview. Below are some of the highlights. On knowg he was gay his whole life: "I always knew I jt surprised my feelgs. Jt fear of judgment you know fear of losg iends so… For thirty years I'm thirty-three now for thirty years I jt lived my life not beg myself so jt image you know. Thk of your most down moment you're life and tim by ten that's how I felt. Jt image not beg able to be like other normal upl. That's what I wanted to be ultimately as I grew up. I wanted to be like normal upl. I want to be able to hold hands public and be affectnate when the time is right a classy way. But that was my ma goal that was my ma goal and I acplished by g out to TMZ." On his mom beg gay as well: "No no never… brought up to thkg that gay was bad. A lot of people don't know but my Mom is actually gay. This is the first time I'm sayg this to you our any podst. This is somethg I was gog to save for my YouTube, but yeah, my Mom's actually gay. And she's been gay for a long time my parents live together you know fancially they're bt iends and fancially jt good for them to stay together you know they're iends… But I knew my Mom was gay and I was always that type of guy that kd of looked down upon like an idt. I'd look down upon or I'd be around my iends and they'd say, 'oh that's gay.' I'd be like, 'oh yeah yeah.' I'd jump on board like an idt man. Now never aga." On Mark Henry llg him gay before he me out publicly: "When I first me up on the roster I had I had hair like Enzo (Amore) kd of was spiky and stuff like that. So, Mark Henry, you know how he is. He's jt stg there the locker and he's like, and this is a uple months on the road and he's like,"Boy" and he's long wd. "Boy why you got your hair like that?" Aga I n say this story bee he's gog to be puttg this his book so I told him, "Hey when I have an opportuny to tell this story I'm gog to tell bee I don't want to at first offend him but he's okay wh so aga he's stg there, "Boy why you got your hair like that?" I said, "Mark (bg my nails) Mark I'm jt tryg to be different. I'm jt tryg to stand out." "Well you know mak you look gay." And this was before I me out so I'm jt stutterg like I am now. Mark, I'm jt tryg to be different man you know. "Fast-forward to when I like me out. The morng I me out he lled me, this was LA at the hotel, he lled me and said, "Come down to the green room." This was durg SummerSlam… I went down to the green room and he gave me the biggt hug and he was like, "Man how e you didn't tell me?" I was like, "Mark I didn't tell nobody. You know how hard is for me." And Mark said you know his book when he wr a book… one of the chapters is gog to be about me and the ptn is gog to be, Insert foot mouth." Check out the plete Darren Young terview at iTun.
Contents:
- WWE SUPERSTAR DARREN YOUNG COM OUT -- I'M GAY
- DARREN YOUNG REVEALS WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY WHILE STILL WH WWE
- DARREN YOUNG: AMERIN WWE STAR OUT AS GAY
- DARREN YOUNG DETAILS RANDY ORTON’S SUPPORT AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- DARREN YOUNG -- WWE GAY SUPERSTAR SAYS 'I'M IN LOVE'
WWE SUPERSTAR DARREN YOUNG COM OUT -- I'M GAY
WWE superstar Darren Young jt dropped a bombshell, tellg TMZ, he's gay ... and no, this isn't part of the act. * darren young is gay *
Smh me out as gay. If you’re terted, you n click here to view photos of the happy x 11: Durg a recent terview, T O’Neil was asked if he knew his tag team partner Darren Young was gay.
I didn’t say this earlier but major props to Darren for havg the guts to e out and reveal that he was gay. ” A lot of gay guys will do that if they haven’t “e out, ” yet. ”Tony Dawson: ““@StephMcMahon: Congratulatns to @DarrenYoungWWE for beg the first openly gay WWE Superstar!
Big props to DarrenUPDATE x 4: Numero current and former WWE talents have tweeted about Darren Young revealg he’s gay. Here are some of their tweets:“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan: Super proud of @DarrenYoungWWE for beg the first openly gay WWE Superstar that isn’t Styl:: @WWE releas statement support of @DarrenYoungWWE …“Btal Bob Evans: What was most imprsive is that @DarrenYoungWWE didn’t act like was “a thg” WWE.
DARREN YOUNG REVEALS WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY WHILE STILL WH WWE
Amerin wrtler tells TMZ: ‘I’m a WWE Superstar and to be hont wh you … I’ll tell you right now that I’m gay’ * darren young is gay *
Somewhere my iend Kanyon is sg Ross:“@StephMcMahon: Congratulatns to @DarrenYoungWWE for beg the first openly gay WWE Superstar! #NonIssueUPDATE x 3: The followg statement was posted on TMZ this morng, WWE Superstar Darren Young revealed to the WWE Universe that he is gay. Today, fact, Darren will be participatg one of our Be A STAR anti-bullyg ralli Los Angel to teach children how to create posive environments for everyone regardls of age, race, relign or sexual x 2: Stephanie McMahon posted the followg on Twter today…Congratulatns to @DarrenYoungWWE for beg the first openly gay WWE Superstar!
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) Augt 15, 2013UPDATE: John Cena spoke wh TMZ about Darren Young’s announcement that he is gay. While walkg through LAX, TMZ ught up wh Young and was asked whether a gay wrtler uld succeed WWE, and Darren lghed, and then stated the followg…“Absolutely. I’m a WWE superstar and to be hont wh you, I’ll tell you right now, I’m gay.
”At this time, Young is the first openly gay wrtler n keep up wh all your wrtlg news right here on Or, you n follow over on our Twter and Facebook pag. I'm Gay.
DARREN YOUNG: AMERIN WWE STAR OUT AS GAY
WWE superstar Darren Young jt dropped a bombshell, tellg TMZ, he's gay... Darren was at LAX Wednday when we asked whether a gay wrtler uld succeed WWE, and Darren lghed, sayg, "Absolutely. I'm a WWE superstar and to be hont wh you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay.
For the rerd, Darren is now the first openly gay wrtler ever at WWE... Other pro wrtlers have been mored to be gay, but that's ... But that’s exactly what he did 2013 wh a brief, two-and-a-half-mute terview wh TMZ, when he me out as gay.
DARREN YOUNG DETAILS RANDY ORTON’S SUPPORT AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Durg that terview, the reporter, who was likely jt hangg around LAX airport Los Angel to see who he uld talk to, approached Young and asked him if a gay person uld ever be succsful wrtlg or MMA. I’m a WWE Superstar and…I’m gay. WWE had the recent past featured angl like Billy and Chuck’s “gay weddg, ” as well as the “lbian stalker” angle between Mickie Jam and Trish Strat.
DARREN YOUNG -- WWE GAY SUPERSTAR SAYS 'I'M IN LOVE'
The same way LGBTQ+ characters were often treated as a joke or a source of risn mastream pop culture, so has the “gay” character often been ed as a way to get heel heat on straight wrtlers, gog back to the lik of “Exotic” Adrian Street the UK, or Goldt, a character that started out by g his assumed sexualy to “timidate” his straight opponents. Acrdg to his posthumoly-released book, Wrtlg Wh Realy, Kanyon pched WWE creative on the ia of wrtlg as an openly gay wrtler, but his ia was turned down. Whether or not WWE realized that Kanyon was actually gay and had jt e out to them is unclear.
After Kanyon was released om WWE 2004, he acced the pany of firg him for beg gay.