New Kids On The Block's Jonathan Knight: I'm Gay
Contents:
- ‘HE BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN’T DO ! BUT HE’S FABULO’: WHAT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK DID NEXT
- JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
- NKOTB JONATHAN KNIGHT: I’M GAY
- JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW
- NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY'I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY,' '80S BOY-BAND MEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N'T OUT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT BEE HE ALREADY ME OUT, LIKE, A LONG TIME AGO. THE 1980S-BOY-BAND MEMBER WAS SEEMGLY PHED OUT OF THE CLOSET BY FELLOW '80S TEEN POP STAR TIFFANY RECENTLY WHEN SHE TOLD BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE" THAT SHE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MEMBER OF NKOTB AROUND 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE QUIET ONE, THE SHY ONE," TIFFANY SAID REFERENCE TO KNIGHT. "[HE] BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN'T DO . I HAD ISSU WH THAT. I WAS THKG MAYBE I DID. NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG, HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER TIFFANY WAS SLAMMED ON SOME ONLE FOMS FOR THE MENTS, KNIGHT RELEASED A STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND NFIRMG THE NEWS, WHICH HE SAID WAS NOT REALLY NEWS. ACRDG TO THE WEBSE , THE STATEMENT POSTED ON THE FAN FOM ON THE NKOTB WEBSE, KNIGHT WROTE, "I HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF! I DID SO ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL OVER AGA PUBLICLY JT BEE I RNED WH NKOTB! I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY! APPARENTLY THE PREREQUISE TO BEG A GAY PUBLIC FIGURE IS TO APPEAR ON THE VER OF A MAGAZE WH THE PTN 'I AM GAY.' I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOG SO IF THIS IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED! MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY EXAMPLE, AND NOT BY A PTN ON A MAGAZE! IF THERE EVER HAS BEEN ANY NFN ABOUT MY SEXUALY, THEN YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNIGHT WILL TAKE PART THE UPG TOUR BY THE SUPERSTAR BOY-BAND PAIRG OF [ARTICLE ID="1652841"]NKOTB AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS[/ARTICLE]. HE ADD HIS MENTS THAT LIKE HIS BANDMAT, HE DON'T FEEL THAT HE HAS TO DISCS HIS PRIVATE LIFE PUBLIC. "I LOVE LIVG MY LIFE BEG OPEN AND HONT, BUT AT THIS TIME I CHOOSE NOT TO DISCS MY PRIVATE LIFE ANY FURTHER!" HE WROTE. "MY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS DON'T DISCS THEIR PRIVATE LIV WH THEIR LOVED ON AND I DON'T FEEL THAT JT BEE I AM GAY, I SHOULD HAVE TO DISCS ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWG THAT THERE ARE CLEARLY NO HARD FEELGS, KNIGHT ALSO ME TO TIFFANY'S FENSE WHEN THE SGER WAS ATTACKED BY ANGRY FANS, TWEETG, "I'D ALSO APPRECIATE IF THE PEOPLE TALKG TRASH ABOUT TIFFANY AND DEBORAH [GIBSON] KNOCK OFF AND STOP BEG NASTY!" HE ALSO TWEETED A PERSONAL MSAGE TO HIS EX, WRG, "@TIFFANYTUN TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{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
‘HE BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN’T DO ! BUT HE’S FABULO’: WHAT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK DID NEXT
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Knight, now 54, said that the band’s manager at the time knew that he was gay, but urged him to keep his sexualy a secret.
JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT
Number one, beg a young gay kid I was trated and wanted to get on wh my own life.
NKOTB JONATHAN KNIGHT: I’M GAY
Bass, who beme a father to tws wh his hband, Michael Turch, 2021, also brought up changg attus to parenthood wh the gay muny. Knight said that “95%” of his and Rodriguez’s gay iends are now parents, but that the procs was not straightforward for them.
He had lns of crazed, weepg female fans screamg his name the late Eighti, but New Kid on the Block Jonathan Knight has an announcement: He’s gay. I have lived my life very openly and have never hidn the fact that I am gay!
JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW
Apparently the prerequise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn ‘I am gay’. “[He] beme gay later, ” Tiffany joshed. My fellow band members don’t discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don’t feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me!
NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY'I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY,' '80S BOY-BAND MEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N'T OUT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT BEE HE ALREADY ME OUT, LIKE, A LONG TIME AGO. THE 1980S-BOY-BAND MEMBER WAS SEEMGLY PHED OUT OF THE CLOSET BY FELLOW '80S TEEN POP STAR TIFFANY RECENTLY WHEN SHE TOLD BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE" THAT SHE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MEMBER OF NKOTB AROUND 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE QUIET ONE, THE SHY ONE," TIFFANY SAID REFERENCE TO KNIGHT. "[HE] BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN'T DO . I HAD ISSU WH THAT. I WAS THKG MAYBE I DID. NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG, HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER TIFFANY WAS SLAMMED ON SOME ONLE FOMS FOR THE MENTS, KNIGHT RELEASED A STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND NFIRMG THE NEWS, WHICH HE SAID WAS NOT REALLY NEWS. ACRDG TO THE WEBSE , THE STATEMENT POSTED ON THE FAN FOM ON THE NKOTB WEBSE, KNIGHT WROTE, "I HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF! I DID SO ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL OVER AGA PUBLICLY JT BEE I RNED WH NKOTB! I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY! APPARENTLY THE PREREQUISE TO BEG A GAY PUBLIC FIGURE IS TO APPEAR ON THE VER OF A MAGAZE WH THE PTN 'I AM GAY.' I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOG SO IF THIS IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED! MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY EXAMPLE, AND NOT BY A PTN ON A MAGAZE! IF THERE EVER HAS BEEN ANY NFN ABOUT MY SEXUALY, THEN YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNIGHT WILL TAKE PART THE UPG TOUR BY THE SUPERSTAR BOY-BAND PAIRG OF [ARTICLE ID="1652841"]NKOTB AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS[/ARTICLE]. HE ADD HIS MENTS THAT LIKE HIS BANDMAT, HE DON'T FEEL THAT HE HAS TO DISCS HIS PRIVATE LIFE PUBLIC. "I LOVE LIVG MY LIFE BEG OPEN AND HONT, BUT AT THIS TIME I CHOOSE NOT TO DISCS MY PRIVATE LIFE ANY FURTHER!" HE WROTE. "MY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS DON'T DISCS THEIR PRIVATE LIV WH THEIR LOVED ON AND I DON'T FEEL THAT JT BEE I AM GAY, I SHOULD HAVE TO DISCS ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWG THAT THERE ARE CLEARLY NO HARD FEELGS, KNIGHT ALSO ME TO TIFFANY'S FENSE WHEN THE SGER WAS ATTACKED BY ANGRY FANS, TWEETG, "I'D ALSO APPRECIATE IF THE PEOPLE TALKG TRASH ABOUT TIFFANY AND DEBORAH [GIBSON] KNOCK OFF AND STOP BEG NASTY!" HE ALSO TWEETED A PERSONAL MSAGE TO HIS EX, WRG, "@TIFFANYTUN TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{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
He wasn’t closeted, but he also never clared on the ver of People magaze, “I’m gay!