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Trailblazing rugby star Ian Roberts set to star in new doc about his coming out story
Light: The Ian Roberts Story.In it, Roberts 57, talks about his coming out process and how he wishes he actually came out earlier in his career.“Reflecting now, as soon as I started playing for Souths [in 1986], I wish I had come out then,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald. “I wish I had never been in the closet, if that makes sense.”In previous interviews, Roberts has said his sexuality was a poorly kept secret around Australia’s National Rugby League. While he tried to pass as straight, he dated men and frequented gay nightclubs.