Chris Appleton Details Coming Out To His Former Partner & Kids

Chris Appleton Details Coming Out To His Former Partner & Kids | E! News

I’ve never actually spoke about this. I didn’t think I ever would. Chris Appleton is opening up about coming out to his wife and kids and the mental health struggles he faced. The celebrity hair stylist who has worked with Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande recently detailed coming out as gay at age 26 to his former partner Kate Kaitton and their two kids Billy and Kitty Blue. Speaking on the J Shetty podcast, Chris says, “I told initially my partner and um and also had to respect that she needed to go through her own grief, but the hardest part was telling my kids.” And I think mentally for me, I couldn’t really ever get my head around that. So, the idea of bringing that to my kids was really painful to feel that they would get bullied because their dad was gay. and I just didn’t want them to ever have that shame that was put on me onto them. I felt so selfish putting myself first. When it was time to tell his kids, Chris says he couldn’t actually say the words, “I’m gay.” So, his ex-wife Kate’s mom said it for him. And then I just saw these two beautiful kids who were like six and eight, and they were just they were upset cuz they knew I was upset and they were confused. I felt like I just messed their life up and I felt like I’d failed as a dad because if anyone ever hurt them, I would protect them. But I was the one hurting them. And seeing his kids’ reaction was devastating. I left because I felt so much shame. I just I felt like a I was contagious. I felt like it would be better for them to have a dad that was dead than a dad that was gay. I brought some painkillers. I brought a bottle of alcohol and I checked myself into a hotel. And the whole time I had a picture of the kids. Um, I ran Kate and I apologized for the pain I’d caused and I closed my eyes and I just thought this is it. The hair stylist says he got in the car and drove far away. Speaking of the aftermath and his revelation, Chris says the rest was a blur. I remember sirens and stuff and um I just then remember being in hospital and I could hear voices and something changed then um and it was really powerful because I realized I couldn’t hate myself anymore and I couldn’t try and stop being gay anymore. I’d done everything with my power. I spent my whole life creating a different world that I thought everyone wanted me to be. But I just remember thinking, well, what about if I just surrender? What about if I’m just gay and I just be that

Celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton, who has worked with Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande, detailed what it was like to come out as gay at age 26 to his longtime female partner and two kids.
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