'Biggt Loser' Traer Com Out as Gay | EDGE Uned Stat

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• BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY ON THE BIGGT LOSER
• 'BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER REVEALS HE'S GAY
• ‘BIGGT LOSER’ REP: BOB HARPER SAYS ‘I’M GAY,’ GETS HEART BROKEN
• 'THE BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY
• "THE BIGGT LOSER" TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO HELP {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013/9:56 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013 / 9:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE BIGGT LOSER\" TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY TO HELP CONTTANT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-27T14:56:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-27T14:56:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB HARPER, THE LONGTIME TRAER ON NBC'S THE BIGGT LOSER, ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO OF THE BIGGT LOSER, ORR TO HELP A NTTANT STGGLG WH HIS WEIGHT AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARPER TOLD BOBBY SALEEM, “I TOTALLY UNRSTAND WHAT YOU’RE TALKG ABOUT. I TOTALLY GET — I’M GAY. I KNEW A VERY LONG TIME AGO THAT I WAS GAY, AND THE FAY THAT I GREW UP AROUND WAS VERY MUCH THE SAME THAT WAY — YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH REPRSN THERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS NFSNAL, THE 48-YEAR-OLD HARPER ADMTED “I HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT MY SEXUALY ON THIS SHOW EVER," BUT THAT "I REALLY DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME. I WANT TO SHOW BOBBY THAT HE DON’T HAVE TO LIVE SHAME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS FELLOW TBL MOTIVATOR JILLIAN MICHAELS, ME OUT AS BISEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARPER TELLS BOBBY THAT, WHEN HE ME OUT AT 17, "I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS GOG TO BE SO MANY OBSTACL, BUT BEG GAY DON’T MEAN BEG WEAK—AND BEG GAY DON’T MEAN THAT YOU ARE LS THAN ANYBODY ELSE. IT’S JT WHO YOU ARE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB ENURAGED BOBBY TO E OUT TO HIS DAD, BELIEVG THAT HIS DAD WOULD SUPPORT AND LOVE HIM FOR WHO HE WAS. AND IF DAD DON'T, SEEMS LIKE HARPER HAS HELPED GIVEN BOBBY THE SELF-NFINCE TO STAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'THE BIGGT LOSER': TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE BIGGT LOSER" AIRS TUDAYS AT 8 P.M. EST ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BIGGT LOSER’S GAY TRAERS WON’T TALK TO LBIAN PRS; NBC SAYS TERVIEWS UP TO THEM

BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY ON THE BIGGT LOSER

In orr to help nttant Bobby Saleem who was stgglg wh his sexualy, traer Bob Harper me out as gay on the Nov. 26 episo of the NBC realy weight loss petn show, the 48-year-old personal traer me out as gay orr to enurage nttant Bobby Saleem.

'BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER REVEALS HE'S GAY

Saleem me out as gay on the show, but stggled to break the news of his sexualy to his father. "I'm gay.

I knew I very long time ago that I was gay, " the Tennsee native said. "When I me out — when I was 17 years old — was one of those thgs where I realized that there was gog to be so many obstacl, but beg gay don't mean beg weak. And beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else.

"THANK YOU to everyone that supported my cisn to talk about beg gay w/ Bobby, " he tweeted.

‘BIGGT LOSER’ REP: BOB HARPER SAYS ‘I’M GAY,’ GETS HEART BROKEN

But while Bobby opened up to his folks about his weight-loss journey, he still uldn't brg himself to tell his father that he's gay.

"Homosexualy, a sense, was wrong, so I kd of hid . "I totally get — I'm gay.

I knew a very long time ago that I was gay, and the fay that I grew up around was very much the same that way — you know, there was so much reprsn there. But beg gay don't mean beg weak; beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else.

'THE BIGGT LOSER' TRAER BOB HARPER COM OUT AS GAY

Much like the “It gets better” project, Harper’s g out on TV will be profound solace to untls men and women stgglg to e to grips wh their more of Entertament’s top stori on Facebook >>“I’m gay... Beg gay don’t mean beg weak, ” Harper said.

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“Beg gay don’t mean that you are ls than anybody else.

Raised a strict Catholic fay, Bobby has been hidg behd more than 100 pounds of excs weight part bee he stggl to keep his sexual orientatn om his parents, particularly his Bobby is not the first gay petor on the show, he is the first to reveal such he is, an acplished young man, a lawyer, and yet he wers at the thought of his father’s disapproval. Bob Harper, a traer on the weight-loss petn realy TV show The Biggt Loser, me out of the clost as a gay man on last night's episo of the seri, reports TV 's cisn to reveal that he is gay stemmed om his sire to help Bobby, a nttant who is stgglg wh his own sexualy.

"When I me out [at] 17 years old, was one of those thgs where I realized that there was gog to be so many obstacl, but beg gay don't mean beg weak, " Harper told Bobby.

BIGGT LOSER’S GAY TRAERS WON’T TALK TO LBIAN PRS; NBC SAYS TERVIEWS UP TO THEM

"And beg gay don't mean that you are ls than anybody else.

Harper told a nttant named Bobby that he was gay, hopg to enurage him to e out to his fay, pecially his father. Harper then shared his g out story to Bobby and the viewers, sayg, "When I me out, when I was 17 years old, was one of those thgs where I realized that there was gog to be so many obstacl, but beg gay don't mean beg weak. Harper urged Bobby to tell his father that he is gay, sayg that his father would support and love him no matter what.

"THANK YOU to everyone that supported my cisn to talk about beg gay w/ Bobby, " Harper tweeted. Bob Harper, the longtime traer on NBC's The Biggt Loser, me out publicly as gay on last night's episo of The Biggt Loser, orr to help a nttant stgglg wh his weight and his told Bobby Saleem, “I totally unrstand what you’re talkg about. I totally get — I’m gay.