Emotional Thorpe comes out in TV interview

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Emotional Thorpe comes out in TV interview

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/emotional-thorpe-comes-tv-interview-084219331--spt.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eQ9cgA86NJU3e80IrwdYTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-12T225129Z_1_LYNXMPEA6B0F4_RTROPTP_2_QATAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Five-time Olympic gold medallist Australia's Thorpe speaks during news conference for Doha GOALS forum in Doha" align="left" title="Five-time Olympic gold medallist Australia's Thorpe speaks during news conference for Doha GOALS forum in Doha" border="0" /></a>Ian Thorpe, Australia's most decorated Olympian, revealed he was gay in an emotional television interview on Sunday, ending years of speculation about the champion swimmer's sexuality. The five-times Olympic gold medalist made the admission to British journalist Michael Parkinson in a pre-recorded interview on Australia's Channel 10 in which he shared his relief in freeing himself from living &quot;a lie&quot;. &quot;What happened was I felt the lie had become so big that I didn't want people to question my integrity.&quot; One of Australia's favorite sons, Thorpe had long denied he was gay and wrote in his 2012 autobiography 'This Is Me' that he was heterosexual.</p><br clear="all"/>

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