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WorldWrestling Entertainment (WWE) icon Pat Patterson has rocked the sporting world after coming out as gay.
In an emotional scene during the finale of the reality show Legends’ House, the 73-year-old admitted that after over 50 years of being in the closet he was finally ready to be honest.
On WWE reality show Legends’ House, he said: “From where I come from, I had nothing, no family, no money, and I ended up [working] with Vince [McMahon]… to me, that was the biggest achievement of my life.
“But there’s more to that. Sitting here tonight, I’m going to say something I would never want to say.
“For once in my life I’m going to be me. I survived all this being gay.
“I lived with that for 50-some years. I had a friend with me for 40 years, and I lost him because he had a heart attack, and I ended up alone. But I survived. It’s tough guys, it was tough.
“I gave my life to the business, I don’t regret nothing, and for the rest of my life I want to be happy.”
Earlier this year wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin backed same-sex marriage, saying: “I’ve got some damned good friends that are gay and I’m absolutely for same-sex marriage.
“I don’t give a shit if two guys, two gals, guy-gal, whatever it is, I believe that any human being in America, or any human being in the goddamn world, that wants to be married… if it’s the same-sex, more power to them.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
