Andrew Ridgeley knew Michael was gay 1983 when the pair were shootg Club Tropina, but was 15 years before he me out publicly.
Contents:
- GEE MICHAEL HID BEG GAY TO PROTECT HIS REER THE US, ANDREW RIDGELEY SAYS
- ANDREW RIDGELEY 'HAD NO IA GEE MICHAEL WAS GAY' BEFORE HE ME OUT TO HIM
- IS WHAM GAY
GEE MICHAEL HID BEG GAY TO PROTECT HIS REER THE US, ANDREW RIDGELEY SAYS
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ANDREW RIDGELEY 'HAD NO IA GEE MICHAEL WAS GAY' BEFORE HE ME OUT TO HIM
He said to me, 'Didn't know how to tell you this, but I'm gay. If not gay, you know, bisexual, '" Ridgeley said.
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“He said to me, ‘Didn't know how to tell you this but I’m gay – if not gay, you know, bisexual, ’’ Ridgeley said. Michael said the documentary that he had realised he was gay after an enunter wh a man while shootg the mic vio for “Club Tropina”. Ridgeley knew Michael was gay 1983 when the pair were shootg Club Tropina, but was 15 years before he me out his tobgraphy published yterday, he tells how Michael kept up the ‘fa’ for fear that gog public uld damage his reer and chance of petg wh stars such as Michael Jackson.
IS WHAM GAY
Ridgeley knew Michael was gay 1983 when the pair were shootg Club Tropina, but was 15 years before he me out publicly. Gee and Me, Ridgeley tails the moment Michael me out to him as gay a hotel Ibiza where they were filmg the Club Tropina tells how their iend and backg sger Shirlie Holliman was also the room ‘perched on a large sofa the sue’.