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 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.
"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. "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. He took a big life-changg risk enterg the marriage bee he wasn't out [as gay].
JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
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. 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.