nick
July 31st, 2010, 09:01 AM
Joe McElderry, the X Factor winner, has announced publicly that he is homosexual less than a month after insisting that he was straight.
The 19 year-old singer told The Sun: "I'm gay and I'm proud."
He said that he found his decision to come out "liberating" and that he could now "be happy".
The teenager was prompted to go public after his Twitter account was targeted by hackers who published a post saying: "It's been difficult living a lie for so many years.."
It was later deleted and the singer wrote: "Guys my twitter has been hacked!"
However, McElderry described the experience as a "turning point".
He said he had always denied being gay in the past because he had never been attracted to anyone before.
The performer said he had kissed lots of girls but kissed a boy for the first time last year, before entering the X Factor competition.
He said he had the full support of Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole, who had advised him how to break the news to his mother.
Source (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7919844/Joe-McElderry-Im-gay.html)
The 19 year-old singer told The Sun: "I'm gay and I'm proud."
He said that he found his decision to come out "liberating" and that he could now "be happy".
The teenager was prompted to go public after his Twitter account was targeted by hackers who published a post saying: "It's been difficult living a lie for so many years.."
It was later deleted and the singer wrote: "Guys my twitter has been hacked!"
However, McElderry described the experience as a "turning point".
He said he had always denied being gay in the past because he had never been attracted to anyone before.
The performer said he had kissed lots of girls but kissed a boy for the first time last year, before entering the X Factor competition.
He said he had the full support of Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole, who had advised him how to break the news to his mother.
Source (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7919844/Joe-McElderry-Im-gay.html)