At 73, Barry Manilow announc he is gay, married, and has been wh the same man for almost 40 years
Contents:
- BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
- BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
- BARRY MANILOW HAD SECRET GAY AFFAIR WHILE CLOSETED, SOURCE CLAIMS
- BARRY MANILOW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO PARTNER OF 39 YEARS
- BARRY MANILOW 'DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GAY' UNTIL HE MET HBAND
- BARRY MANILOW: SGER OUT AS GAY AGED 73 NFIRMG S-LONG RELATNSHIP
BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
Manilow on Wednday nfirmed that he was gay, that he and Kief have been together almost 40 years, and that they are married. At 73, Barry Manilow announc he is gay, married, and has been wh the same man for almost 40 years.
BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
‘I thought I would be disappotg [my fans] if they knew I was gay.
The sger Barry Manilow has said publicly that he is gay after keepg his sexualy secret for s for fear of “disappotg his fans”. “I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay.
“Not que sure how I’m gonna tell my mum that Barry Manilow is gay, ” said Takei, the gay actor bt known for his work the Star Trek televisn seri, was one of the first stars to react to the news on Twter. Femist wrer Roxane Gay said: “I didn’t realise Barry Manilow was the closet! Barry Manilow opened up about beg gay a rare terview about his private life.
BARRY MANILOW HAD SECRET GAY AFFAIR WHILE CLOSETED, SOURCE CLAIMS
”“I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay.
In one of the most shockg news stori of our time, perpetually young entertaer Barry Manilow me out as straight this week, shockg lns of fans who had believed for s that he was “pletely, utterly gay, ” as one trmatized fan sobbed outsi a Las Vegas rerd gay muny had planned boytts of his mic and Vegas shows, cg cultural appropriatn ncerns. “It’s jt not right, ” one San Francis-based gay anizer huffed.
BARRY MANILOW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO PARTNER OF 39 YEARS
“You n’t drs like that and look like that and not be gay. I feel betrayed, ” he said, llg an afont to gay men everywhere. To add sult to jury, Manilow admted that his show bs start — acpanyg Bette Midler at gay bathho, often drsed only a towel — was a publicy stunt.
“So gay.
No straight guy would be ught ad one of those bathho, but I need to get the gay muny as a fan base bee everythg they do go viral.
BARRY MANILOW 'DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GAY' UNTIL HE MET HBAND
“Well, I had this image as a secretive gay man to uphold; she threatened to go to the tabloids and tell them that we played Copabana all night, if you know what I mean. Barry Manilow is openly gay.
Durg that time, when gay rights were still a growg dream, the soon-to-be mil in allegedly fell love wh a man named Michael Kearns.
"Michael had guys fallg over him back the day, " the sir says, referrg to the now happily married 65-year-old acplished actor, wrer, director, teacher, producer and gay rights activist. "But Michael was openly gay 70's and that was nsired to be reer suici.
BARRY MANILOW: SGER OUT AS GAY AGED 73 NFIRMG S-LONG RELATNSHIP
" PHOTOS: See 10 Photos Of Barry Manilow Wearg Weddg Band After Marryg PartnerAcrdg to the well-nnected iend, "Barry lived his whole life actually thkg that people did not know he was gay and he lost a ton of iends and rpect om people the muny. ""Instead of g his fame to bee an activist durg an era when gay rights were such a huge issue, he kept quiet and seemed he did not even want to be associated wh those who would out him, " the source tells Radar.
His bt iend Lorna Luft, Judy Garland's dghter, also claimed her memoirs that she and Barry had been lovers later volunteerg that his se was all te about a large nose rrpondg to a hefty don't stop speculatn that he is gay and Barry isn't sayg one way or the on the plastic surgery ont he has always been adamant. He's as gay as a bright summer day.
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