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Contents:
- ROB HALFORD REFLECTS ON BEG A CLOSETED GAY MAN DURG 1980S ANDROGYNO 'GLAM METAL' ERA
- ROB SCHMT AGE, MARRIED, GAY | 'FOX & FRIENDS FIRST' CO-HOST B, FACTS
- KNOW ABOUT ROB RA'S GIRLIEND, GAY RUMORS, DATG LIFE, & CAREER
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ROB HALFORD REFLECTS ON BEG A CLOSETED GAY MAN DURG 1980S ANDROGYNO 'GLAM METAL' ERA
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In a new terview wh Ultimate Classic Rock, JUDAS PRIEST sger Rob Halford, who publicly clared his homosexualy back 1998 durg an appearance on MTV News, reflected on what was like to be a closeted man the 1980s while so many other rock micians at the time dipped their to to the gltery waters of glam androgyny.
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"The ma thg is… Obvly, to me, Rob beg gay, apart om [havg] a great voice, I thought Rob was gonna stay the band forever, and he's obvly gonna be theatril, he's gonna be obvly articulate wh words — and he was; he was all of that, " Downg said. Also touched upon the revelatn Halford's recent "Confs" tobgraphy that the sger spent much on his time on the road the 1980s and early 1990s "cisg" for one-night stands gay bars, public rtrooms, and other gay meetg plac.
"Elsewhere the terview, Downg talked about Halford's efforts to mata the image of heterosexualy the media — most notably through PRIEST's studs-and-black leather biker outfs, which fed the look of the heavy metal genre for years to e — even while livg a secret, double life as a closeted gay man. "In "Confs", which me out September 2020, Halford tailed the stggle of beg gay while wrg about how he and his bandmat started attractg groupi as PRIEST beme more mercially succsful. "None of our fans knew that I was gay at this pot, of urse.
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What were the chanc of him beg gay (or, if he was, of admtg )? And, of urse, the overridg fear that was to lim my existence for s: What if got out that I was gay, fans didn't want anythg to do wh a band onted by a queer, and killed JUDAS PRIEST stone ad? "Rob also wrote about how PRIEST me to adopt s inic leather look, sayg: "The biggt myth about this new stage gear is that I had somehow mastermd the image as a ver and a vent for my homosexualy — that I was gettg a thrill om drsg on stage as I'd like to drs the street, or the bedroom.