Actor Matt Bomer’s husband Simon Halls may be known as a veteran PR guru in the entertainment world, but he’s also been an important figure in Hollywood’s LGBTQ+ community . Now he’s opening up about his experiences of supporting celebrities to come out of the closet on their own terms over the years. {"@context":"https://schema.
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The star is married to PR guru Simon Halls, who just opened up about his experience of being gay in Hollywood in the 90s. Photo: FilmMagic “I came of age in my personal and professional life at a time when Aids, that other pandemic, also came of age,” he wrote in a story for The Hollywood Reporter this month. “Those were scary times.
You couldn’t be your true self back then and if you tried, chances are the virus would find you.” He also recounted the story of one actor who was scared of being asked about his sexuality in interviews because he was starring in a gay themed project and wasn’t ready to come out . “My response was that in a perfect world, the ideal would be something like this: A New York Times feature that.