Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley confirmed the world’s worst kept secret to his two million followers on You Tube this morning, revealing he is “in a relationship with a man and could not be happier”.
While not using the word ‘gay’ he said: “In spring this year my life changed massively when I met someone, and they make me feel so happy, so safe and everything just feels great.
“That someone is a guy.”
Angry at being mis-quoted in an interview with a journalist earlier in the year he had decided with the support of his mother and close family it was the time to talk about his relationship.
He said: “It was not until Spring this year that everything just clicked, felt right and my world just changed”. He continued: “of course I still fancy girls but right now I am dating a guy and could not be happier. People are going to have their own opinions and make a big deal of this. Is it a big deal? I don’t think so. I just wanted to say something. I feel ready and I wanted to do it.”
He said his father who died of a brain tumour in 2011 when he was training for the London Olympics always told him the most important thing was that he was happy.
Tom said: “Right now I could not be happier. I am still Tom, I still want to win an olympic gold medal in Rio in 2016 for Great Britain and it would be great to have you guys on that journey with me too.”
Tom was named as the ‘Sexiest Man in the World’ ahead of David Beckham in this years Attitude awards.
In the new year Tom returns to TV with the second series of his hit TV show Splash.
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