Barry Manilow Re-Explains Why He Didn’t Come Out as Gay Until 2017

Barry Manilow got here out as homosexual a number of years in the past — a choice he pinned on followers on the time … however now, he says he simply did not suppose it was a giant deal to announce it to the world.

The singer obtained into this matter but once more this weekend with Chris Wallace on his Max present … the place the previous Fox Information anchor requested why’d he taken so lengthy to substantiate he was a homosexual man, regardless of having been in a relationship along with his manger, Garry Kief, for years.

Earlier than answering Chris’ million-dollar query — which he really addressed head-on again in 2017, when he formally got here out — BM defined he’d really been married to a lady years in the past … although he says he knew he was interested in males from a really younger age.

Now, when it comes to why he got here out when he did … Barry’s reply on this sit-down differs from what he first mentioned 6 years in the past — on the time, he said he fearful he’d flip off his followers.

Whereas speaking to Chris, nevertheless … he suggests he merely did not give a rip — saying the thought of “coming out” in some grand, public method by no means even crossed his thoughts … as he was content material along with his life. That modified, although, when he really married Garry in 2014.