Posted on 09/14/2020 9:33:42 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Andrew Gillum and his wife addressed the controversy that has surrounded the former gubernatorial candidate since he was found unresponsive in a hotel room and entered rehab on the season 2 premiere of The Tamron Hall Show.
“I cried every day,” Gillum told Tamron Hall.
Gillum and his wife, R. Jai Gillum, sat down with Hall for her eponymous talk show for the episode that aired on Monday, Sept. 14. A press release touted that he would “discuss his swift fall from grace, his rehabilitation experience in the face of adversity, and share what life looks like now.”
Gillum told Hall that it’s been an emotional time for him. The full interview continues with Gillum sharing his previously undisclosed sexual identity.
“I don’t identify as gay. I identify as bisexual. I’ve never shared that publicly before,” said the former Tallahassee, Fla. mayor.
Although the public was not aware of his bisexuality, his wife was fully informed before the couple’s marriage.
“I just believe that love and sexuality exists on a spectrum. All I care about is what’s between us and what agreement we make,” adds Mrs. Gillum.
The exclusive sit-down interview comes six months since Gillum was found unresponsive in a Florida hotel room. As theGrio previously reported, the former mayor of Tallahassee was once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party after launching a gubernatorial bid in November 2018 but lost to Ron DeSantis by half a percentage point.
A little over a year later, Gillum was found half-dressed, drunk, and passed out in a Miami Beach hotel room with an acquaintance, Travis Dyson. Dyson had previously advertised his services as a gay male escort, according to Politico, and he suffered an apparent crystal meth overdose.
Shortly after the incident in March, Gillum entered rehab for depression and alcohol in what he deemed to be a “wake up call.” He offered a “personal update” on his life in July with an Instagram post.
Gillum shared that he lost part of himself after losing his gubernational race and turned to drinking as a coping mechanism. He chose to pretend he was “living my best life” but after more than 16 years as a public servant, he started doubting his self -worth.
“All of that was all of a sudden gone, and caused me to think about my own purpose, and my own value and what I could contribute if anything,” he said. “I didn’t want to face any of those things so I numbed. I tried to suppress. I tried to ignore.”
Gillum credited his wife for standing by his side and that she “knows what I am and knows what I am not and she chooses to love me anyhow.”
Pardon my ignorance but is ‘Bi’ a step up from gay?
Thank GOD this maggot didn’t win here in Florida.
Should be in ail for the illegal crap he did as mayor of Talahassee.
GILLLUM COMES CLEAN: “I was sipping a diet Pepsi, in self isolation at the hotel, to protect my beloved family from coronavirus, when there was a knock at the door.”
“Puzzled, since I was not expecting anyone, I threw open the door to find a gentlemen clad only in chaps, holding three bags of Gummi Bears and a pizza, which I did not order.”
“Ready to ride, cowboy?” he said.
“I religiously practice social distancing so when he got in my face, I was forced to strip naked because I feared contamination.”
“He started man-handling me. I resisted, then found myself face-down on the bed. The guy started slathering my butt with extra virgin olive oil and dipping his johnson into the gummy bear bags.”
“As a happily married man devoted to my wife and children,I was disgusted at the things he forced me to do. But when he asked me to play with his nipple rings, I had just about had it.”
”“I was grateful when the police burst through the door.
“Chaps Gillum” is a despicable pervert deviant rat, he gives the bi sexual a bad name. Is he embarrassed to call himself gay? or just a homophobe
Whatever is right.
Who cares?
Thank you! You get it! Whenever I plainly describe what homos actually do, people say how disgusting it is. Right?
Let’s hope people in FL have more understanding in 2020 than they did with such a close vote in 2018.
We’ve all been waiting on the edge of our chairs to hear how Andrew Gillum rides in his saddle. Gidyap!
She would be what is called his “beard”.
He should have sought advice from Pierre the bridge builder before going out that night.
That way he can identify as LGTBQRST being bisexual ids as part of this perverted group.
Bisexual means you have sex with both. Thank goodness this freak did win in Florida. I see he’s on a redemption tour. Probably wants to run again in 2022 at the end of DeSantis’ first term.
Men AND Boys.
The wife must’ve gotten such a payoff for this...
And to think this goblin nearly became the Florida Gub.
Sure, sure, sure....that’s what all the buy-sexual pols say...I was on my way to a friends wedding when...doan know nothin’ about that dead naked white guy...so when can I get my money back?
...Do I look like a guy that needs to pay for it?...I must have passed out from a bad reaction to my blew-flu meds....try the veal special.
I suspect Gillum's super-gay escapade will hurt Biden & the Dem's in Florida. Will have some effect on more traditional(ahem)-minded black and Hispanic voters - after all, Gillum was the face of the Democrat party in Florida LESS THAN 2 years ago. That's the main reason for this CNN rehab interview.
AND WE NEEDED TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE...???
PUKE
Gillum did actually says he was there for a “wedding”........but he got way(ahem)laid (/s)
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