Chris Appleton EXCLUSIVE: “I Thought My Kids Would Be Better Off Without Me” Opening up About The Darkest Night of His Life and What FINALLY Gave Him The Courage to Live Authentically
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I felt like it would be better for them to have a dad that was dead than a dad that was gay. It's not something I've ever spoken about. Chris Appleton is a hairstylist to the stars, including Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa. When did you realize that you couldn't stop hiding who you really were? I came out at 26 and a lot of people said to me, Oh, you must have already known, like, and just hid it and
I wasn't aware that I did know. Being a gay child, I learned to hide myself. When I did hair, there was this whole thing about sexuality and it's like, oh, you're gay. Being gay must be bad because people are, you know, they weren't saying it in a nice way. Like, you're gay.
They were like, you're gay. It was you who filed for divorce, everything you've been through. I can imagine that's not easy. Just because it's not forever doesn't mean it didn't mean something. People say things about you.
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