70 year old singee that just announced he was gay
Barry Manilow explains why he waited decades to come out as gay
For Barry Manilow, coming out publicly as homosexual was a “non-event.”
During a guest appearance on HBO’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, the 80-year-old Copacabana singer said he didn’t reflect it was essential to announce his sexuality during the earlier decades of his career.
Manilow came out in 2017, almost three years after he married his husband and manager Garry Kief in a confidential ceremony. The couple have been together for 45 years now, though they’ve kept much of their relationship away from the common eye.
When he came out to People magazine in 2017, Manilow — whose real name is Barry Pincus — worried he’d be “disappointing” some of his fans by revealing his sexuality. Instead, Manilow, who was 73 at the time, said the reaction from his fanbase was “beautiful.”
Despite his current feelings of nonchalance about his possess coming out, Manilow said announcing his sexuality as his career was booming would have been a bad idea.
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“Now being gay is no big deal,” he explained. “Back in the ’7
Barry Manilow explains why he kept his sexuality a confidential for decades
BBC Music Correspondent
Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow says he did not talk about his sexuality for years because it could have ended his career.
The luminary, who came out publicly in 2017, told CNN's Chris Wallace that "the public was not ready for anybody to come out" as gay in the 1970s.
"Now existence gay is no big deal," he added. "Back in the 70s it would have killed a career."
The Brooklyn-born singer has been in a bond with his manager Garry Kief for 39 years.
They married privately in 2014.
Asked by Wallace if he had felt pressured to hide who he was, Manilow said he "never consideration about it".
He described his decision to come out in People magazine six years ago as "a non-event".
"I reflect everybody knew that Garry and I were a couple all those years," he said.
At the time, he said his fans' response to the announcement had made it a "beautiful experience".
"I didn't recognize what was going to happen," he told Reuters, "but I should contain known better bec
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Barry Manilow On Why He Waited Decades To Advance Out As A Queer Man
Barry Manilow was on the latest episode of Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace and discussed his life, 60-year career, and sexuality. Barry officially came out as a same-sex attracted man in 2017. He was 73. At the time, the singer-songwriter told People that he mind it would’ve been “disappointing” for his fans if they knew he was gay. Now, 80-year-old Barry says there was more to it.
Barry tells Chris Wallace that, back in the seventies, “you didn’t come out”:
“It wasn’t the same as it is today. Now being male lover is no big deal. But back in the ’70s, it would possess killed a career.”“The public was not ready for anybody to approach out. And, frankly, it was just too personal. I just didn’t desire to talk about my personal life anyway. I never did that. I was happy talking about music. But talking about my personal life was just kind of creepy to me. So I never did.”
Barry married his high-school sweetheart, Susan Deixler, in 1964. It lasted a year. Barry insists it was “a very nice marriage”, but he was simply too engaged making music to be