Gay “Big Brother Canada” Star Kenny Brain Comes Out Gay
We’ve been so enamored by Kenny Brain, the bearded gay model prancing around Big Brother Canada in little more than his tighty-whities that we didn’t realize he’s been keeping his sexuality a secret from his housemates.
This week, though, Brain let the cat out of bad—confessing to contestant Sarah Miller he’s been playing straight, and telling fibs about ex-girlfriends, as “a strategic thing.”
“This is the first time in my life I’ve ever hidden who I am—I don’t want people to watch this and do the same thing,” Brain explains in the clip below. “I needed to tell someone or I was going to die.”
Viewers at home knew the truth, as Brain was honest in his private confessionals, but theVancouver Sun’s Ruth Myles took him to task for lying to his housemates:
Kenny might be doing it for the game, but he’s also sending a message to viewers of the show, which skew young, that being gay would hold him back.
For decades, the LGTBQ community has fought for basic human rights, for recognition that one’s sexuality shouldn’t be grounds for discrimination. Kenny is taking those hard-won rights and shoving them back in the closet. And that’s not right.
Gary Levy, who was out and proud on Big Brother Canada’s first season, thinks we should cut the boy some slack: “Gay rights and issues are very important, but we have to remember this is Big Brother Canada,” says Levy. “If Kenny is choosing not to be out, it’s because it’s a game.”So I wouldn’t be too hard on Kenny because of what he’s decided.”
What do you think? Is all fair in love and war—or is he sending the wrong message? While you ponder that, enjoy some more beefcake shots of Mr. Brain.
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