Soccer star Jakub Jankto talks about the joys of dating openly after coming out
In a recent interview with ESPN, Jankto says he came out so he could date men without restrictions. “I didn’t want to hide. Maybe I’m watching a YouTube video or a TikTok, or messaging someone, or you’re dating guys, and you’re scared someone will see it,” he said. “You’re hiding your phone.
I didn’t want to have to do that, that was a bad feeling. Maybe if I date a guy, I had to hide, too. You weren’t sure he wouldn’t write [about you].
I couldn’t do what I wanted with life, and I decided I had to speak.”Jankto, 27, publicly came out as gay in February. In his coming out video, he said he wants to live an open life. “Like everybody else, I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses.
I have a family, I have my friends. I have a job, which I have been doing as best as I can for years, with seriousness, professionalism and passion,” he said.“Like everybody else, I also want to live my life in freedom without fears, without prejudice, without violence, but with love.
