Andrew gillum bisexual
Will America Accept Andrew Gillum?
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum came out as bisexual in an interview with Tamron Hall that aired Monday, six months after he was found inebriated and vomiting in a Miami hotel room. Paramedics and police officers responding to a call about a possible drug overdose in that hotel room found crystal meth when they arrived. A male sex worker was there, too.
In a long, almost entirely somber interview, Gillum told Hall he’s “cried every day” since that March incident. “What was most hurtful was this conviction that I was somehow living a lie in my marriage and in my family,” he said. His wife of more than a decade, R. Jai Gillum, who participated in part of the interview, explained that Gillum had told her he was bi before they wed, though he’d never been out to the public. “So many people just don’t understand bisexuality,” she said. “Bisexuality is just something different. I just believe that love and sexuality exist on a spectrum. All I concern about is what’s between us and what agreement we create to be in relationship with each ot
When Andrew Gillumcame out as bisexualon the &#;Tamron Hall Show,&#; wife R. Jai defended their &#;marriage covenant.&#; She remained the picture of a steadfast spouse as her husband discussed a marriage-threatening scandal on national television.
She specifically addressed her husband’s sexuality, expressing concern that the earth would scrutinize it through a lens of ignorance. People “can wrap their heads around gay,” but don’t understand bisexuality.
But host Tamron Hall also revealed in an online after show that R. Jai also confided it was a journey to arrive that understanding herself. In fact, R. Jai revealed she had to reach to grips with the realities of marrying a bisexual man before she could follow through with her engagement.
Hall did not play clips from that portion of a lengthy pre-recorded interview with both Gillums. But she distributed details dating back to when the Tallahassee couple were still just dating website that R. Jai Gillum revealed to her on the record.
“He proposed to her,&#; Hall described. &#;They had been dating. He went to her and he was crying his
Andrew Gillum Comes Out as Bisexual
In a clip posted today, ex-Tallahassee mayor and former Democratic nominee for Florida governor Andrew Gillum spoke openly about his sexuality with Tamron Hall on the debut of Season 2 of her nationally syndicated talkshow, informing the host that he identifies as bisexual.
“You didn&#;t ask the doubt, you put it out there of whether I distinguish as gay,&#; Gillum said. &#;The respond is I don’t identify as male lover but I perform identify as pansexual. And that is something that I’ve never shared publicly before.”
Gillum has not spoken to the press since Pride when he was found in a Miami Beach hotel room where another man allegedly overdosed.
Gillum denied any drug use at the time, telling the press: “While I had too much to drink, I want to be clear that I have never used methamphetamines. I say sorry to the people of Florida for the distraction this has caused our movement.&#;
Despite the truth that one of the men in the hotel room was a lgbtq+ sex worker, Gillum told Hall that while he &#;understand[s] very well what peop
Andrew Gillum, Florida gubernatorial nominee, says he is double attraction in Tamron Hall interview
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Andrew Gillum, Florida's Democratic nominee for governor in , told a television interviewer he is bisexual, responding to rumors swirling since March after he was found intoxicated and unconscious in a hotel room with two men, including one who works as a male escort.
"I don't identify as gay but I do identify as bisexual," Gillum told Tamron Hall on her syndicated talk show, which aired Monday. "And that is something that I hold never shared publicly before."
The former Tallahassee mayor, 41, appeared on the present with his wife, R. Jai. They have three young children. He did not return a phone Monday from The Connected Press seeking comment.
He told Hall he began drinking heavily and secretly shortly after narrowly losing the election to Republican Ron DeSantis, even substituting whiskey for his morning coffee, as a way to deal with his depression. He told Hall that he wasn't sure he wanted to live anymore after a photo got ou