Barry manilow is he gay
Barry Manilow explains why he kept his sexuality a secret for decades
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Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow says he did not discuss his sexuality for years because it could have ended his career.
The star, who came out publicly in 2017, told CNN's Chris Wallace that "the public was not ready for anybody to come out" as same-sex attracted in the 1970s.
"Now creature gay is no vast deal," he added. "Back in the 70s it would have killed a career."
The Brooklyn-born singer has been in a partnership 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 thought about it".
He described his decision to come out in People magazine six years ago as "a non-event".
"I contemplate 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 know what was going to happen," he told Reuters, "but I should have known better bec
Barry Manilow: 'I feared I would disappoint fans by coming out as gay'
Singer Barry Manilow has spoken publicly for the first moment about being lgbtq+, saying he feared he would disappoint his mostly female fan base had he come out decades ago.
The Can't Smile Without You star, now 73, talked with People magazine and Fun Tonight about his previously secret, almost 40-year romance with husband Garry Kief.
"I thought I would be disappointing them [fans] if they knew I was gay. So I never did anything," Manilow told People in an interview released on Wednesday.
New York-born Manilow and his manager Kief had been together for years before marrying quietly in California in 2014.
A year later his close friend and actress Suzanne Somers revealed the marriage on a TV talk show, but Manilow never confirmed or commented on it.
"When they create out that Garry and I were together, they [the fans] were so happy. The reaction was beautiful — strangers commenting 'great for you!' I'm just so grateful for it," the singer told People.
Manilow said he met Kief in 1978, just a several years after he skyrocketed to fame with romantic ballad
Barry Manilow explains why he waited decades to approach out as gay
For Barry Manilow, coming out publicly as gay 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 think it was important to state 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 intimate ceremony. The couple contain been together for 45 years now, though they’ve kept much of their relationship away from the public 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 own coming out, Manilow said announcing his sexuality as his career was booming would have been a poor idea.
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“Now being gay is no big deal,” he explained. “Back in the ’7
Barry Manilow opens up about sexuality
Singer Barry Manilow has spoken for the first time about existence gay, revealing he kept his sexuality secret for years out of dread of disappointing his fans.
The 73-year-old, who married his long-term partner Garry Kief in 2014, said he "never did anything" to deal with speculation about his private life.
When news of the wedding broke, though, he found the reaction heartening.
"When they establish out Garry and I were together, they were so happy," he told People magazine, external.
"The reaction was so beautiful - strangers commenting, 'Great for you!' I'm just so grateful for it."
Manilow and Kief, who is also his business manager, have been together for almost 40 years since their first meeting in 1978.
"I knew that this was it," the singer is quoted as saying. "I was one of the privileged ones. I was pretty lonely before that."
Barry Manilow On Why He Waited Decades To Reach Out As A Homosexual 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 lgbtq+ man in 2017. He was 73. At the time, the singer-songwriter told People that he consideration 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 lgbtq+ is no big deal. But back in the ’70s, it would acquire killed a career.”“The public was not ready for anybody to approach out. And, frankly, it was just too personal. I just didn’t crave 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 occupied making music to be