Chris Appleton revealed his coming out journey, discussing the difficulties he faced, particularly in telling his children and former partner. He shared that by age 26, he felt the need to embrace his truth after years of therapy. Appleton highlighted his primary focus as being a great dad, expressing concerns about how his sexuality might affect his children. He described his process of coming out to his former partner and family, noting his love for her and the challenges posed by societal shame.
My biggest focus in life is being a great dad to two kids, and any parent out there can connect to that. I will always put them before myself.
The difficulty with shame is it's very difficult to heal when I wasn't just feeling my shame. I was feeling shame for them.
My job as a dad, I felt, was to protect my kids. Going through what I went through as a kid, being bullied was horrible.
I loved her, I really loved her. And I didn't want to be gay, I didn't want to be different.
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