Johnny Weir admted Thursday what he's tried half-heartedly to hi all the years: He's gay.
Contents:
- JOHNNY WEIR EXPLAS WHY HE WAED TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY
- JOHNNY WEIR: I DON’T FE MYSELF AS GAY
- JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
- JOHNNY WEIR OPENS UP ABOUT BEG TOLD 'YOU CAN'T BE GAY' AS A TEEN BREAKG TO FIGURE SKATG
JOHNNY WEIR EXPLAS WHY HE WAED TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY
Though Weir has bee an LGBTQ rights advote recent years, many fans are surprised to learn that he didn’t nfirm he was gay until the release of his 2011 memoir, Wele to My World.
— Johnny Weir (@JohnnyGWeir) January 18, 2018Weir’s remarks e nearly two weeks after figure skater Adam Rippon was named the first openly gay U. Fretyle skier G Kenworthy, who me out as gay a 2015 ESPN terview, is expected to fd out later this month whether he qualifi for the U. Figure skatg champn Johnny Weir fds himself scratchg his head over the field day the prs is havg over his g out as a gay man his jt-released tobgraphy.
JOHNNY WEIR: I DON’T FE MYSELF AS GAY
“I never claimed to be straight or gay; I claimed to be Johnny Weir. Even though many assumed he was gay even before he revealed his tobgraphy, Weir told Vieira he’s risted any prsure to e out, even om gay rights activists.
JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
“I was born a whe male, a whe gay male, and I don’t celebrate beg whe or male, so why should I celebrate beg gay? I’m much more than jt a gay man.
After formally g out as gay 2011, Johnny had a turbulent marriage. After years of speculatn, the 36-year-old former figure skater nfirmed that he is gay his 2011 memoir, Wele to the World.
"All the gay webs uldn't figure out why I was such a jerk that I wouldn't talk about , " he wr his book. "But prsure is the last thg that would make me want to 'jo' a massive backlash agast me the gay media and muny only ma me dig my 'closeted' heels further.
JOHNNY WEIR OPENS UP ABOUT BEG TOLD 'YOU CAN'T BE GAY' AS A TEEN BREAKG TO FIGURE SKATG
"Weir, known for his ventive outfs and outgog personaly, said he knew by puberty that he was gay but had an early premonn. "He said he spent too much time focg on his profsnal aspiratns to nsir g out of the closet but did adm to his mother at age 18 that he was gay, which brought her to tears.
"No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay, " Weir says the excerpt. Johnny Weir is openg up about beg told "you n't be gay" figure skatg as a teenager. But he then looked at me and my mom and he said if you work wh and we create this future for you, you n't be gay.