Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby became emotional on This Morning as Kelly Holmes spoke about her journey to come out as gay.
The 39-year-old Olympic Gold medallist appeared on the ITV morning show on Monday to talk about her new documentary, Kelly Holmes: The Real Me, after she came out as a gay woman over the weekend to the public.
Kelly said: “When it was announced [yesterday], I was still in a bubble, still at home and to go on social media, the reaction was amazing. “But it still felt like it wasn’t the real world and then sitting here now, it feels like the real world and it’s really hard because I’ve been having interviews for absolutely years, but this is such a big step for me to be open and honest about the true me, that it’s still a bit scary.” She added: “The documentary was a way of me articulating the fear I’ve had for so many years and to allow me to have a platform to hopefully educate and inform people of the complexities of maybe being gay as well.
I’ve never said that before - that I’m a gay woman - publicly on TV. “People don’t realise how hard it is to say that word. I’m not ashamed and I’ve been it since I was 18, but it’s really hard when you’re documenting different parts of your life that you’ve had to keep inside.” Get exclusive celebrity stories and reality tv news straight to your inbox with OK!
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