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Ryan-Mark Parsons 'traumatised' as family cut him off for coming out on The Apprentice

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Apprentice star Ryan-Mark Parsons has told how coming out as gay during the BBC1 show was "the biggest nightmare" of his life.Brave Ryan-Mark, 21 – the youngest contestant in the show’s history – revealed his family found out about his sexuality after gossip between fellow contestants got back to her before he had a chance to tell them.In an exclusive interview he told how the ordeal "traumatised" his family, left him with trust issues and led to some relatives cutting him out completely.Speaking about it for the first time, Ryan-Mark, who was only 19 when he appeared on the Apprentice in 2020, said: "I’ve known I was gay since I was 15 but I had only told my closest friends and certainly not my immediate family."We were sitting in the Apprentice house’s cinema room in between tasks one day and we were all discussing our relationships and who we dated.

I just told them straight, ‘I’m gay’. A few people were surprised. Others weren’t."I thought it was in confidence and forgot about it.

When the show aired it became apparent that my personal information had spread and somehow my family had found out before I could tell them myself I was gay.

It was the biggest nightmare you can imagine. It was so tough for both my family and I. I’m still not over it.”He added: “I don’t blame the Apprentice producers as they were great and offered me psychological support.

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