Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has opened up about how hiding her sexuality impacted her mental health at the height of her career.
The 52-year-old athlete came out as gay in June , admitting in a heart-rending interview with the Sunday Mirror: “There have been lots of dark times where I wish I could scream that I am gay - but I couldn’t.” She also spoke of her dread of being “outed” when she was younger.
During an appearance on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show on Thursday, the sporting legend spoke more about her journey and enduring “34 years of fear” before coming out. She added that telling the world she was gay had changed her life after “living with that fear for all of those years”, the Liverpool Echo reports .
