Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford has marked Pride month by reflecting on the moment he came out as gay on television.The frontman of the metal icons revealed his sexuality during a 1998 interview with MTV, and said the “beautiful” moment was totally unplanned.He told Apple Music’s Hattie Collins: “It was one of those things where I’m at MTV in New York, I’m talking about a project that I was working on called Two, with myself and John 5, the amazing guitar player.“I was doing the rounds in New York City and ended up at MTV talking about this project.
And in the casual course of the conversation, we were talking about the overall music, and the direction, and the feelings.“And I said something to the effect of, ‘Well, speaking as a gay man, blah,.