Is Rob Ra Gay? Or Have A Girliend? More On Datg Life

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
• ROB GAY

ROB HALFORD REFLECTS ON BEG A CLOSETED GAY MAN DURG 1980S ANDROGYNO 'GLAM METAL' ERA

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. And I uld never que figure that out, bee of the homophobic stuff that was gog on the '80s.

And then me as a closeted gay man, 's like, 'Am I missg somethg here? "We always knew Rob was gay, " K.

"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.

ROB SCHMT AGE, MARRIED, GAY | 'FOX & FRIENDS FIRST' CO-HOST B, FACTS

"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.

KNOW ABOUT ROB RA'S GIRLIEND, GAY RUMORS, DATG LIFE, & CAREER

"None of our fans knew that I was gay at this pot, of urse.

ROB GAY

What were the chanc of him beg gay (or, if he was, of admtg )?