Matt Bomer's 'personal narrative' about his sexuality was 'stolen'
Matt Bomer feels it was "unfair" he was subjected to rumours about his sexuality before he publicly revealed it in 2012.
Matt Bomer believes his "personal narrative" about his sexuality was "stolen" from him.
The 47-year-old actor came out as gay during a speech in 2012 in which he thanked his now-husband Simon Halls and their three children as he picked up the New Generation Arts and Activism prize for his work on HIV/AIDS awareness at the 18th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards - but he had previously been subjected to a flurry of rumours about his personal life which he sees as "unfair".
During an appearance on Jesse Tyler Ferguson's 'Dinner's on Me' podcast, Matt explained: "It was that time when folks could kind of take over your own personal narrative before you even had a chance to.
"I remember outlets talking about my personal life before I had ever had a chance to even do it myself. And it wasn’t because I didn’t want to, I didn’t even have an opportunity to.
“No media outlet was ever going like, ‘Hey!’ I just didn’t have a career that warranted that, and so it felt kind of unfair to me, that that was stolen by people who did have a microphone at the time. It was a weird time.”
The couple met when the 'White Collar' actor hired 61-year-old publicist Simon and they later got married in front of their "nearest and dearest" at a private ceremony in 2011.
They have three sons together - Kit, 10, and twins Henry and Walker, 17.
Matt admits he didn’t want his family "to feel like they were some kind of shameful secret or, something I was sweeping under the rug so I could have a great career."
Despite having fears that coming out as gay could shatter his career in Hollywood and he did not "have anything to fall back on", Matt had a "safety net" in his loved ones.
He added: "What I had was a loving family. That was my safety net. And I was like, you know what? If the worst that happens is that I don’t work again and I have this beautiful family who I love and who loves me, then so be it."
