Shepard Smith came out as gay several years after getting a divorce
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Shepard Smith has said burying himself in work early on allowed him to put off confronting his sexuality. “I was gay and I hadn’t figured it out,” Smith told CNBC. “I just didn’t know how to process all of that.” After divorcing his wife, Virginia Donald, in 1993, Smith opened up about his sexuality in 2017 while speaking with students at the University of Mississippi. He told them that while his sexuality was important, it was also a non-issue. “I started living my truth,” he said. “It’s not a thing. I go to work. I manage a lot of people. I cover the news. I deal with holy hell around me. I go home to the man I’m in love with” (via The Clarion-Ledger). As for that man back at home? In a recent interview with The New York Times, Smith revealed that he’s been quarantining with longtime partner Gio Graziano and their dog, Lucia.
When the Times asked him about the significance of being a gay anchor, Smith responded, “There are a lot of us — I think we’re on all the networks!”
What You Don’t Know About Shepard Smith
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By Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez/Oct. 29, 2020 7:16 pm EST
Shepard Smith came out as gay several years after getting a divorce
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Shepard Smith has said burying himself in work early on allowed him to put off confronting his sexuality. “I was gay and I hadn’t figured it out,” Smith told CNBC. “I just didn’t know how to process all of that.” After divorcing his wife, Virginia Donald, in 1993, Smith opened up about his sexuality in 2017 while speaking with students at the University of Mississippi. He told them that while his sexuality was important, it was also a non-issue. “I started living my truth,” he said. “It’s not a thing. I go to work. I manage a lot of people. I cover the news. I deal with holy hell around me. I go home to the man I’m in love with” (via The Clarion-Ledger). As for that man back at home? In a recent interview with The New York Times, Smith revealed that he’s been quarantining with longtime partner Gio Graziano and their dog, Lucia.
When the Times asked him about the significance of being a gay anchor, Smith responded, “There are a lot of us — I think we’re on all the networks!”
When the Times asked him about the significance of being a gay anchor, Smith responded, “There are a lot of us — I think we’re on all the networks!”
