Barry Manilow: Coming out earlier would have 'killed' my career
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Barry Manilow says coming out earlier 'would have killed' his career
Barry Manilow has said that coming out sooner than he did “would have killed” his career. The singer, who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, opened up about his coming out journey in a 27 May interview with the LA Times. “I’ve never been one of the guys,” he told the publication when discussing why he has never been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I don’t think about awards and parties and stuff like that,” he continued. “I’m …
Barry Manilow Says Coming Out In The 1970s Would Have Killed His Career
Barry Manilow has explained the maths behind decades of silence. The singer told the Los Angeles Times that coming out as gay at the height of his fame “would have killed the career” so he kept it to himself. The interview ran on 27 May 2026. A calculated silence, not a secret He never denied […]
For decades, Barry Manilow (82) remained silent about his homosexuality – it was not until 2017 that the pop singer came out publicly as gay. At this point, he had been secretly married to his long-standing partner and manager Garry Kief for years: the couple had quietly married in 2014 without causing a big stir. In front of the Los Angeles Times, the 82-year-old now openly talked about why he had waited so long and what had prevented him from …
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