The Project host and out gay journalist Hamish Macdonald has shared his thoughts on the treatment of Rebel Wilson and the backlash received by the Sydney Morning Herald over the attempts to out the actress.During Monday’s episode of the Project, Macdonald compared it to his own coming out journey, the gossip he endured surrounding his sexuality, and how “scary and intimidating” it was.Hamish Macdonald and Jacob Fitzroy share a kiss in a photo booth in 2019.Macdonald (41) said he himself had been through the experience of the media wanting to out him.“I don’t think it’s for anyone else to determine the point at which they talk about that. I’ve been on the end of this sort of thing with a couple of journalists before. And it’s scary and intimidating and frankly terrifying when a journalist starts saying to you that they know this about you, and they want to put it in print.”The Project hist Hamish Macdonald and with his partner Jacob Fitzroy (right).Macdonald then addressed the Sydney Morning Herald journalist’s apology. “I take at their word what this journo said about learning from it.
