Gareth Thomas
has said coming out was 'probably the scariest moment in my life.'
The Welsh rugby
player told his ex-wife, Gemma, and coach he was gay in 2006.
'We just sat
down, we had a couple of cans and basically I told him why Gemma had left me
and what I was going through,' he told Channel 4 News.
'I told him my
attempted suicide and basically how my life was falling apart.'
Thomas, 40,
became – and remains – the only openly gay international rugby player in 2009.
'People may
define a rugby player's life as being scary standing in front of a haka, but to
me the haka was like doing ring a ring a roses compared to what I was feeling
that weekend,' he said.
The former
Dancing on Ice and Celebrity Big Brother star admitted he was hardly unique for
coming out as gay, but said the fact it is still illegal to be gay in many
countries convinces him it is worthwhile telling his story.
'If I keep
getting letters or if I keep getting messages from people who are still taking
strength from my story, who are still finding it difficult and struggling, then
you know what, then I'll keep doing what I do,' he said.
A play about
his life opens tonight in Cardiff, Wales, where Thomas is a national hero.
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