American footballer, Carl Nassib has just made NFL history as he is the first-ever active player in America’s National Football League to come out as gay.
The Las Vegas Raiders defensive player shared the news during Pride month in a video taken at his home. Carl confirmed that he was gay, with Nassib saying that felt that he was finally feeling ‘comfortable’ enough to come out. ‘I just wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest,’ he stated. ‘I’m a pretty private person, so I hope you guys know that I’m really not doing this for attention.