Chris Appleton
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Because, you know, I did hair.
But it was before I really even thought about sexuality.
You know, I was like spat on and beaten up.
So I very quickly kind of thought, well, I'm not gay and I'm not stupid.
And I just got really headstrong on wanting to prove people wrong.
So you shut down that.
I think I didn't want to kill myself.
I wanted to kill it.
Whatever that thing was with being gay.
I've done the work.
I'm not shamed of anything in my life now.
I guess that was one of the moments of looking in the mirror and I just was like,
What about if this is just who I am?
Oh God, I should have never said it.
I got dragged for that.
I was awkward answering the question because they were like, and they kept pushing.
I was like, oh, oh, oh.
I just said it.
Do you want to know the honest truth?
It was.