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Ty Herndon: I'm lgbtq+, 'proud and happy', says country singer
Country singer Ty Herndon told People he’s “an out, satisfied and happy queer man”, in an interview published today.
The 51-year-old musician said he’d struggled with how to publicly confront his sexuality for years, lying to many friends while coming out privately to complete family members starting at the age of 20.
“I was 10, sitting in church and horrified that I might be a lgbtq+. Whatever that synonyms meant, I knew that I probably was one,” Herndon told People. “And I know there’s a lot of those kids still out there. Telling my story is an opportunity to help just one of them.”
Herndon said he believes acceptance of the LGBT community is growing within the state music industry, mentioning Kacey Musgraves’s tune Follow Your Arrow. Musgraves sings about self-acceptance in the Country Music Awards song of the year.
Herndon experienced radio success in the 1990s with songs such as Living in a Moment. Currently, Herndon is based in Nashville and touring with Jamie O’Neal and Andy Griggs with his album Lies I Told Myself. Herndon is the second country singer to come out to People in the past five years. In
Singer Ty Herndon Comes Out as Gay
Popular '90s country singer Ty Herndon has revealed that he's gay.
'Entertainment Tonight' leaked the news on their website seemingly by accident just hours before the television show was to make the official announcement. On Wednesday, the program teased that a twice-married country male would be coming out as gay during Thursday night's performance. A video thumbnail with the words "Country Star Ty Herndon - I'm Gay" began appearing near the bottom many of the site's pages Thursday morning (Nov. 20).
A bit later in the day, ET posted their exclusive sit-down interview with the singer, in which he confirmed the rumors that have been swirling about his sexuality since the peak of his victory in the '90s.
Herndon's biggest hits were his debut single 'What Mattered Most' (1995), 'Living in a Moment' (1996) and 'It Must Be Love' (1998). His most recent album is titled 'Lies I Told Myself,' and he says the biggest rest he told himself is "that I couldn't be gay in country music," adding, "I've dreamed about being in cou
Ty Herndon Comes Out as Gay
'Living in a Moment' singer Ty Herndon has a big announcement: He's gay.
"Today, I get to explain the world that I am an out, proud and happy gay man," Herndon tells 'Entertainment Tonight''s Nischelle Turner.
Many people close to him -- including his two ex-wives -- have famous his sexual orientation for years, but Herndon says he asked them to keep it secret.
"I had a lot of people around me that I trusted at a time, and I was like, 'Hey, you know this about me but the world doesn't. So I'm gonna need to contact on your services for a petite while,'" he says. "It was unfortunate that I had to do that, but I felt that's what I had to execute to have my career. Standing on some pretty strong legs today, so I get to tell my reality today."
Herndon's first marriage barely lasted six months, and he married again in 1993. Soon after, he began backsliding, with many of his demons becoming public in 1995, when he was arrested for drug possession and exposing himself to a policeman in Fort Worth, Texas' Gateway Park -- a location acknowledged for male prostitution and ind
Ty Herndon: 7 years after coming out, country singer is 'astounded at how far we've come'
In 1994, Ty Herndon stepped into a vocal booth and recorded the song that would change his life: the chart-topping country ballad "What Mattered Most." Herndon's producer was Doug Johnson, whom he credits with teaching him "how to be an excellent singer in the studio."
"He would form you sing a line 450 times to acquire it just right," Herndon recalls. "And I just remember singing over and over again, 'Her eyes are blue, her hair was long.'"
But in his confidential life, Herndon was in a relationship "with an amazing, amazing man."
"And he also had to be closeted, because of me. I just remember the bittersweet-ness of having a number one hit (about a woman) that I knew that I would possess to sing that way for the rest of my life."
20 years later — after a divorce, departing his major label, drug addiction and recovery — Herndon came out as gay, becoming one of the first major country artists to do so after Chely Wright came out in 2010. And that choice came hand-in-hand with a new venture to help others in his community.
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