Posted on 05/20/2010 6:35:36 AM PDT by throwback
By her own admission, Chely Wright was a liar.
"It was a matter of life or death for me emotionally, spiritually, physically," she says. "It became time for me."
Country sensation Chely Wright discusses her decision to come out as a gay woman
More PhotosShe was a country music singer, with a Nashville pedigree and No. 1 hits, and a liar -- until today.
"My truth is I'm gay," she says. "My truth is that I hid my homosexuality for my entire career."
From the time she was a young Kansan trying to sing her way to stardom, Wright, 39, didn't think country music could handle her secret.
"I lied every day, I lied to myself for a long time and then when I stopped lying to myself, I still did a lot of lying to my fans and there are a lot of lies to my family and to my friends," she says.
"Country music is not cool with an openly gay country music artist," she says. "I read liner notes as if they were bedtime stories; nowhere in there did I read anything about a homosexual."
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I am coming out today.
I am a heterosexual and I am not ashamed any longer.
Who?
Exactly. Never heard of her before I saw my wife watching a recorded Oprah where this chick took a freakin’ HOUR to say “yeah, I’m gay”. Come on and get over it already.
Laura Bush?
Europe is on the brink of imploding and we got self-absorbed 2nd rate stars agonizing over their coming out.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN - STFU!!!!
Yep(hanging my head in shame),I’m normal too. I’m a guy married to a gal.
She had a song in the 90’s. Now this is a chance hit the circuit again with the carpetmuncher crowd. At least in the past few weeks we have learned Mindy McCready isn’t gay.
Had to do an image search and I still don’t know who the heck she/he/it is.
Well, yeah. Laura is still straight as far as we know, but she is pro gay marriage ya know and pro reproductive rights as it were.
Another person to switch the channel when they play her music.
WGAS? If she wasn’t releasing a new album, would she have kept her dyke mouth shut?
Dude, I don’t think Laura Bush is a lesbian. Get a grip.
Great (SWF) tune/video...about the innocent first glance of love.
http://www.wikio.com/video/chely-wright-—single-white-female-3175084
Perhaps GWF will be the second big hit for Chely. /sarcasm
publicity stunt?
OMG! Seriously? Can this really be true???
Actually, never heard of her.
So, so silly. How much of this "blarney" is for publicity and how much is truth?
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