{"id":1428360,"date":"2025-04-08T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T22:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?p=1428360"},"modified":"2025-04-15T07:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:25:23","slug":"matt-bomer-reflects-on-getting-outed-by-the-tabloids-fellow-travelers-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/culture\/matt-bomer-reflects-on-getting-outed-by-the-tabloids-fellow-travelers-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"“It felt unfair”: Fellow Travelers star Matt Bomer reflects on getting outed by the tabloids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Bomer<\/a> has opened up about his coming out experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since making his debut in the early 2000s, the beloved talent has captivated audiences with his dreamy good looks and superb acting performances in <\/span>White Collar, Fellow Travellers <\/a><\/span><\/em>and<\/span> The Normal Heart, <\/span><\/em>to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Bomer has found immense success in the entertainment industry, his journey hasn’t always been a walk in the park, especially as a gay actor in Hollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a recent interview on Sony Music Entertainment’s Dinner’s On Me Podcast,<\/em><\/a> hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the <\/span>American Horror Story <\/span><\/em>star reflected on his coming out journey and how news outlets hijacked his coming out moment. <\/span><\/p>\n

“It was that time when folks could kind of take over your own personal narrative before you even had a chance to. So I remember like outlets, like Perez Hilton and things 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,” he explained. <\/span><\/p>\n

“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 all the time.” <\/span><\/p>\n

While Bomer’s coming out moment was stolen, the 47-year-old took back the narrative when he publicly addressed his sexuality during the <\/span>2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“You know, there’d be pictures of Simon and our kids and I, and I didn’t want them 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 or something. When I had the opportunity to do it, it was perfect,” he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

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