Quoting Barrowman again...

[fajrdrako]

John Barrowman on the subject of being gay and out, quoted on barrowmanfans, from an inteview by from The Lesbian & Gay Foundation. I can't see a date on it.

I was never really ‘in’ amongst my colleagues, and my friends. I’ve just always been me. I believe you shouldn’t have to proclaim your sexuality. I understand why we have to do it, but I don’t feel people should have to do it if they don’t want to. I have friends who are gay thathave never publicly said it, but they still live a gay lifestyle and I’m perfectly comfortable with that. I was asked in a Playbill interview for America about dating, and I said I’d been with my partner for 13 years,and I kid you not, the guy’s jaw dropped. I thought to myself, ”What have I just done?” Not in the sense of like, oops I’ve made a mistake but I thought why is he reacting like this? He said, “Do you realise what you just said?” and I said, ”Yes.”, and he said, “Did you want to say it?”, and I said, “Well I just said it”, and he said, “Why’d you say it?”, and I said, “Because it’s a truth, it’s a fact.” I thought to myself, I’m in my thirties and I live with another man, I have two dogs that are groomed better than some people,my house is minimalist, and I’m in musical theatre… what other clues do you want?

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[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

For some reason this, He said, “Do you realise what you just said?”, reminded me of Vordarian trying to surprise Cordelia with some... dated information on Aral...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LOL - it's true.

Come to think of it, I've had conversations like that. Some people just hear what they want to hear - or expect to hear.

[kikibug13.livejournal.com]

(I wonder if JB reads LMB... and if I should have e-mailed him while I could, for the Elaine Paige show, to drop a recommendation... ;) )

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Barrowman never talks about what he reads - at least, I don't remember him doing so. He probably likes to read but never finds the time. (I can relate to that!)

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

My immediate reaction was that the interviewer was surprised they'd been together so long. XD XD XD

(Whenever he mentions the dogs, it is a sekrit message to me that says "Aren't I cute, I have some dogs")

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

the interviewer was surprised they'd been together so long

Quite probably. Obviously Barrowman confounds expectations.

The dogs are cute. I always enjoy reading about them... but then, I'm a dog lover.

[firko.livejournal.com]

He's just himself, and if you don't like it, fine.
I respect that. There was a small article about him in the Mail magazine at the weekend with the title 'Honest John'. Sums him up.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

"Honest John" - that sums him up, doesn't it? He is what he is, and does it with more energy than most of us can ever summon up!

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

In the classic words of Nathan Lane: "I'm over thirty, unmarried, and I do musical theater. What do I have to do, use flashcards?"

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Y'know, that man had a way with words!

[jaceyangel.livejournal.com]

'I'm in musical theatre, what other clues do you want?'
*cracks up* so true. and i totally agree with his quote.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like the way his answers are so sensible, as well as being funny.