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Jennifer Grey says it felt like 'a sniper attack' when her dad was outed as gay to her in late 80s

Jennifer Greyhas detailed the painful way she learned about her father's sexuality.The Dirty Dancing star is the daughter of Oscar-winning Cabaret star Joel Grey, who came out as gay in 2015 at the age of 82.However, Grey, 62, found out much earlier in the late '80s during a conversation with her then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick's mother, Patricia Broderick.Choosing to use a homophobic slur to ask whether Grey knew her father was gay, she claims Patricia, a playwright, blurted out: 'You know your dad's a f*g.' Memories: Jennifer Gray is opening up about her life in her new memoir, Out of the Corner. In the tome, she revealed it felt 'like a sniper attack' when her father was outed as gay to her in the late 1980s'All I know, all I knew at the time was that it felt like it was a sniper attack. The idea was that I was a fool and that everyone knew but me,' she toldPeople,Jennifer said she is unsure of the late playwright's motive in telling her.'Perhaps she was offended by my lack of knowing.
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