Wayne Brady is opening up about how coming out as pansexual has changed his romantic life.
The 51-year-old entertainer, who came out just a few months ago, spoke to Entertainment Tonight about sharing the news and just how doing do has changed a lot of aspects of his life.
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Wayne told the outlet that while he actually hasn’t entered the dating pool yet, since coming out, it’s lessened any stress he might have had before.
“It would be hard for me to truly put myself 100 percent into a relationship when there’s this nagging doubt that I have not explored that piece of me, or even given voice to having that option,” Wayne shared. “… It doesn’t mean that it’s ever going to manifest itself in a relationship with a man, or a relationship with this person. I don’t know, but at least being able to voice that, so that, if I go into a relationship, whomever I’m in a relationship with knows me 100 percent.”
He also noted that there was a “piece that was missing, that I couldn’t verbalize, ’cause I couldn’t lock on to it. I always felt this much dishonest, and if I was being dishonest, then there’s no way to truly give yourself 100 percent.”
“…I’m not hiding anything now, so now I can approach you in a way that I never have.”
Wayne continued, “At the end of the day for me that just means that I am free to voice the option. Here’s the thing: it may never happen… I’m not saying that I am going to be in a relationship with another man. I’m saying it is very possible for me to be attracted to the man because of the person. I can be attracted to this beautiful woman because of the person. But then again, that may be a non-binary person that might go, ‘Oh, I’m attracted to you. I’m attracted to this trans person.’”
“The best part is, now that I’ve said this out loud, I don’t have to worry,” Brady continued. “I could show up at a red carpet. I could be at Denny’s for all you know, I’m not ducking anybody… because it is what it is, and I’m free to do that.”