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Australian swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe announced he was gay this weekend after years of denials, in a tell-interview that aired in Australia Sunday night. Ian Thorpe. Daily Mirror Icon. The soon-to-be Olympic swimmer was only 16 at the time in the late Nineties, and his home country of.

And this is only something that very recently - in the past two weeks - I've been comfortable telling the closest people around me exactly that. Ian Thorpe has opened up about coming out as gay and why he felt ready during his interview. Now, during an episode of the show This Is Your Life, the Australian decided to expand on why he chose to reveal his sexuality eight years ago.

“I’m. View 2 Images. Skip to main content. Also in the This is Your Gay episode, Thorpe recalled the frightening experiences with obsessed fans during the early days of his Olympic career. But I'm telling the world that I am,'" he said. It was the first time I felt I was comfortable enough to put myself out there.

Ian Ian didn’t quite know what to think when a reporter asked him if he were gay. I had just come out to my family and to my very very closest friends,' Ian, 39, told host Melissa Doyle. Liam Llewellyn Sports Trends Writer. Things kind of changed and I was not ready for that and I don't think anyone in their early twenties could be," he continued.

The iconic thorpe added that he was trained on how to safely avoid dangerous stalkers by the police. Plus, he shared his terrifying story with a stalker. Article continues below. Champion swimmer Ian Thorpe explained his reasons behind coming out as gay back in The Australian revealed his sexuality during an interview with former television presenter Sir Michael Parkinson.

I'm not straight. However, they were very supportive of his decision and Thorpe wished he had come out sooner.