The celebrity biographer opened up to close friend and talk दिखाना host Stephen Seares about his "life-long burden" in a very emotional interview on the early Sunday morning show.
Jernigan was asked to appear on the दिखाना to talk about politics and his support of Hillary Clinton when Seares सवालों turned personal.
"yes I'm gay..,and I've carried this secret with me all my life and I just can't do it anymore," Jernigan explained to the conservative radio audience. "It's a hard thing to go through life with such a heavy burden on your shoulders and having no one to talk to about it. There's still such a stigma in the Christian world when it comes to being gay. I was always so afraid I'd lose all my फ्रेंड्स and even some of my family, I believe येशु calls us to live genuine lives--well, here's the real me," कहा the author.
But the ebb of the दिखाना lightened up considerably when several of Jernigan's celebrity फ्रेंड्स called into the studio to lend their support.
"I'm sitting here in tears," कहा actor Ezra Miller. "It's a horrific thing to come out for some--especially when आप come from a culture like Mormonism. I have the greatest respect, प्यार and admiration for what you've just done, my friend. आप rock in my book, sir..."
Out of at least 35 callers there was overwhelming support of Jernigan's heart-felt confession.
Jernigan recently released the book, The Life and career of Marie Osmond, and will be releasing a new biography of Ellen DeGeneres before years end.
Randy Jernigan with author Les Bailey
