10 Celebs Who Opened Up About Coming Out Later In Life
social media handles. "Verified I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince…but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess."Comedian and Actress Wanda Sykes publicly came out at age 44, following her wedding to girlfriend Alex with whom she has twins.
She revealed that she had "repressed." "I chose to be straight," Sykes told Oprah during a 2013 episode of Oprah's Next Chapter."I remember I was in the third grade, and I told one of my brother’s girlfriend’s sisters, 'I wish I was a boy because then I could be your boyfriend.' She was like, 'What!?
No, no. You do not like girls, you like boys, and that’s bad. That’s not right.' She was much older. I just remember the way she said it and the way she looked at me.
I was like, 'Oh, okay. So this is a bad thing.' I knew then to never say that again, to never say that I liked girls. I made note of that, and that’s just how I lived my life well into my early 20s," she revealed.Star Trek alumni George Takei came out at the age of 68 and got married to his long-time partner, Brad Altman, in 2008.
