Ex- Westlife singer Markus Feehily has spoken about why he took so long to come out as gay.
Speaking to The Huffington Post, ex-Westlife singer Markus Feehily has spoken out about how lonely he felt in keeping his sexuality a secret whilst in the record breaking group.
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Speaking about his loneliness Feehily said,
“I felt alone because I couldn’t share with anybody. It kind of felt like I had this big secret, when it was actually nothing. But that’s what it felt like to me.”
“I spent way too long caring about what other people thought, that’s why I stayed in the closet for a long time and had some very dark years for a while there. And now Westlife has finished, I’m free to do whatever I want.”
Marcus eventually came out in an interview with The Sun in 2005, six years after the group’s first hit.
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