World champion skier Gus Kenworthy comes out

Olympic medallist Gus Kenworthy has come out as gay in a recent interview with ESPN.

Kenworthy told the magazine that he wanted to reach the top of his game before he revealed his sexual orientation, saying that his silver win at the Sochi Winter Olympics wasn’t enough.

A photo posted by gus kenworthy (@guskenworthy) on Jun 29, 2015 at 7:21pm PDT

“I didn’t want to come out as the silver medallist from Sochi,” he told ESPN, “I wanted to come out as the best freeskier in the world.” Kenworthy had announced his retirement earlier this year, though he ended up finishing the season as the world number one.

Gus’ friend Miley Cyrus posted her support on Instagram, praising Kenworthy for his decision to come out.

Miley’s Instagram post about @guskenworthy 💜 pic.twitter.com/X5EFnm5YlF — MileyCyrus Updates (@CyrusIsMyVirus) October 22, 2015

  Kenworthy told ESPN he looks forward to having a “TV boyfriend”, discussing the difficulties of hiding your sexuality in the public eye.

The skier corroborated his interview with a tweet, simply writing “I am gay.”

He takes a mean selfie too.

A photo posted by gus kenworthy (@guskenworthy) on Oct 1, 2015 at 8:44am PDT

OIP Staff