Let me lay these facts out before I say anything: I am not a country music fan. I never have been and never will be, even though my grandmother tried to brainwash me when I was younger by forcing me to watch recycled episodes of Hee Haw and all of the country singers that were featured. Like The Statler Brothers. I swear — I never got into it.
Anyway, country music artist, Chely Wright, has confirmed to People magazine that she is, in fact, gay. Wright’s been on the country music scene since 1994, when she debuted her first album, Woman in the Moon. Though she didn’t gain any massive notoriety until 1997’s “Shut Up and Drive“, Wright knew that she had some kind of staying power then and would to this day.
Wright’s pretty successfully released albums almost every year since her debut in 1994. Girl’s trying hard. Give her some credit.
Chely speaks to People exclusively and discusses what took her so long to publicly own up to who she really was:
“There had never, ever been a country music artist who had acknowledged his or her homosexuality. I wasn’t going to be the first … I hid everything for my music.”
However, she changed her mind after realizing that she was only fooling herself:
“Nothing in my life has been more magical than the moment I decided to come out.”
Congratulations to Wright. There’s nothing more liberating than being who you are, damned the consequences.
who? and who cares?
Another boring post…
and another boring comment from ‘sara’. how appropriate.
“There had never, ever been a country music artist who had acknowledged his or her homosexuality. I wasn’t going to be the first …”
Sorry to break it to you girlfriend but k.d. lang was the first – ages ago!
EXACTLY what I was thinking!!!
“I wasnt going to be the first…” ummm, no you werent becaus kd already went there for you, like a decade ago
So, all the hoopla over Brooke Mueller coming out the closet…LoL, who again?
Why is this news? If homosexuals want to be treated like everyone else….whatever that means….why do they make such a big deal about their sexual lives? Seems like such a burden to me. Surely celebrities do it for publicity. If you want to be gay, be gay…I don’t want to hear about what you like to do with your reproductive organs.
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@ 2 posts before me… I clearly remember K.D. Lang coming out, but she’s not country at all. She’s almost along the lines of Sarah McLachlan and Dido (obviously before them, though); more of a singer/songwriter/Lilith Fair type.
Anyway, @Sarah, my great-grandparents and grandparents too forced us to watch their terrible country shows. You really summed it up with “The Statler Brothers” haha. I remember them constantly suggesting to me that I become a super-talented (ugh) country star so I can pay all their bills…
I too never even remotely got into country. I still can’t stand it today. I respect it as a popular genre, but personally, it’s just not for me.
I still have nightmares about The Statler Brothers … I’m glad you remember them, too, and I didn’t just make up the horrible experience.
actually, if you look back kd first was a country artist. im guessing that didnt last long because she dug chicks
At least her funky spelled name will be laughed at for another reason.
They give you medals for being gay? That’s fucking awesome.
LOL!