Karan Brar has come out publicly as bisexual. The 24-year-old former Disney Channel star wrote a touching essay, sharing his journey to self-acceptance, struggles with alcohol, depression and suicidal thoughts, which led to a stint in a treatment facility. Keep reading to find out more… Karan shared that the first people he came out to were his best friends Sophie Reynolds and the late Cameron Boyce after they moved in together.
The moment it happened was when he was throwing up from drinking too much and was huddled over a toilet. “The moment the words left my mouth, I regretted it.
I could barely see straight, but I ended up trying to do some damage control anyway,” he said, in his essay for Teen Vogue. “The best thing I could think of came stumbling out of my mouth: ‘If you guys want me to move out I can.
Just give me two weeks to figure it ou–’” Karan noted they interrupted him with a hug and re-assured him that his sexuality did not change how they felt about him.