I am shocked. Just shocked. This is brand new information. (Not really.)
Johnny Weir is the sparkle ice princess that I dreamed of being when I was six. He is also as flamboyant as the star on Elton John’s Christmas tree and we adore him. In his new autobiography, “Welcome to My World,” the ice skater confirms that he is gay.
Via NY Daily:
“I’m not ashamed to be me,” writes Weir. “More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What’s wrong with being unique? I am proud of everything that I am and will become. All the gay websites couldn’t figure out why I was such a jerk that I wouldn’t talk about it,” he writes in his book. “But pressure is the last thing that would make me want to ‘join’ a community…The massive backlash against me in the gay media and community only made me dig my ‘closeted’ heels in further.”
Richard Gere was his first man crush. Aww…
“Watching Richard Gere in ‘Pretty Woman’ at the tender age of six was when I had first realized there was something different about me,” Weir writes. “I wanted to be Julia Roberts so badly. Kissing seemed like a weird thing to do, but I knew if I was going to do it, it would be with Richard Gere.”
You can read more of Johnny’s World on January 11th when his book hits stores.
[Keep Clicking Thumbnails for a Larger Image]
