Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Ellen DeGeneres Came Out 23 Years Ago in Front of 42 Million People: See More LGBTQ TV Firsts
eonline.comOn April 30, 1997, Ellen DeGeneres changed TV for the better. At the tail-end of her successful ABC sitcom Ellen's fourth season, after months of speculation and coming just weeks after the comedy legend appeared on the April 13 cover of Time magazine emblazoned with the words "Yep, I'm Gay," the seminal two-part episode known as "The Puppy Episode" aired, yanking DeGeneres' character Ellen Morgan out of the closet with her.
For the first time in television history, an openly lesbian character—the lead, no less!—was being played by an openly lesbian actress.
And on a network owned by Disney! While the two-part episode was met with criticism and condemnation from the usual conservative suspects, it was much more widely celebrated, pulling in.
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