There seems to be a lot of he’s brave/cowardly etc talk on here.
Talk about his ‘poor wife’ etc
The truth is we don't know. We don’t know how he feels, how his wife feels, his children, relatives, friends etc.
We don’t know who knew what, when etc.
I can imagine that the run upto this was stressful for quite a few and the stress won’t have gone. You don’t come out just the once.
Not nice to be under the spotlight like this for anyone involved.
People still live lies, even today. For all sorts of reasons.
They fear for careers, what others think, rejection, upsetting others. Living a lie seems the easier option. Pretending to be what you think you should be becomes a norm. Some manage it, others crumble, some come out later.
I have a feeling that my Dad might have been gay and lived a lie until he died at 87. Odd things he said to me and my, gay, children + my mum’s reaction. No evidence.
In his day it wasn't clever to be out, it’d finish careers, prosecutions, family rejection etc and so many stayed in the closet with the door firmly locked.
Of course once you’ve started living a lie its difficult to come clean and be yourself. The longer you live a lie and pretend to be something else the harder it is to be your real self.
Not an easy situation for him + family to be in. Some of the comments here(and those deleted?) show how being gay isn't quite as easy as some like to think.
I do feel that others have been making mischief for him - the tabloids have done this before.