Posted on 11/20/2014 3:02:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Country star Ty Herndon has something to share: He's an "out, proud and happy gay man."
Herndon, 52, came out publicly as gay in an interview with People magazine.
He says he's known he was gay since he was a child and started coming out to family members in his 20s. But the "What Mattered Most" singer, who had a number of hits in the 1990s, kept the news close to the vest.
It wasn't until he attended a Tony Robbins seminar in 2009 that he decided to become more public, he told the magazine.
"I realized I had an incredible story that could possibly help someone's son or daughter or grandchild's life not be as difficult as mine has been," he said. "Maybe they wouldn't have to go through as much pain and suffering. It's time to tell my truth." The country music world hasn't always been the friendliest to LGBTQ people, but Herndon sees signs that's changing. Singer Chely Wright came out in 2010 and the open-minded Kacey Musgraves has a song titled "Follow Your Arrow" that was just named CMA song of the year.
"I felt so proud of my city," he said. "I hope that trend continues; I pray it does."
Herndon has been in a relationship with his partner for six years. He doesn't expect his life to change radically now that he's made his announcement.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Never heard of him.
Who?
First Billy Graham.
And now Ty Herndon.
Wow. What a day.
No one cares about your Sex Life ,you fool ,unless he’s looking for dates , disgusting
Been listening to country music since I was a kid. Never heard of him.
Hopefully he will repent of his sin, as we all must do.
Let us not be proud of our sin.
Popular in the ‘90s. His CDs go in the dumpster now.
It's world gone mad!
LOL. Riiight.
Billy Graham came out as gay?
Oh, I care about it. I will specifically discriminate against his products.
No
Will someone please explain to me why anyone should care what he does beneath his sheets?
Another one? Country music just isn’t what it was back in the day.
He doesn’t only do it between the sheets...he was arrested in a Fort Worth park years ago for public indecency. Google it.
“COUNTRY MUSIC STATIONS HAVE BEEN CALLING TY Herndon’s phone number just to hear his answering machine. “I’m going to be away for about a month here, dealing with personal problems,” the Texas singing sensation says on one message. “As for the charges that were brought against me, that’s absolutely a bunch of [expletive].... The moral of the story is, don’t take a leak in the woods, ‘cause it can get you arrested.”
The Fort Worth police beg to differ. On June 13 they arrested Herndon, 33, for allegedly exposing himself to a male undercover cop in Fort Worth’s Gateway Park, a spot notorious for public lewdness and male prostitution. They are also charging Herndon with possession of a controlled substance—the 2.49 grams of methamphetamine they say they found in his wallet.
This is hardly the kind of exposure the handsome country crooner was looking for. After years of struggling to make his way to the top, Herndon seemed on the verge of a breakthrough. His heart-tugging single “What Mattered Most” spent a week at No. 1 on Billboard’s country chart, and his album of the same name is No. 14. Country music insiders were touting him as the next Garth Brooks.
Now the cops are touting him as something else. According to the police report, a plainclothes vice officer spotted Herndon at 7:20 p.m., walking alone in the park. When the two men passed each other, Herndon waved to the officer, went down a trail and sat on a log. The officer followed him and drew him into conversation. When the officer asked Herndon, “What do you like to do?” the singer, according to the report, proceeded to open his shorts and masturbate. At this point, the officer identified himself and made the arrest.”
First Billy Graham???
Gonna take a leap here and guess Billy Graham did NOT come out as gay. :) Still sounds like big news. Will you point me in right direction? Much appreciated.
ping. I bet horny ol’ Ty was hoping no one would remember his public indecency arrest. I knew he was homosexual years ago. So did everyone else in the D/FW metroplex. This was big news at that time.
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