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Wayne Brady recently opened up about the “biggest misconception” people have about pansexuals.
The host, 51, told PEOPLE that individuals “think that you’re an indecisive bisexual. It’s like, no, no, no, no.”
“I think the biggest misconception — and I even make a joke about it onstage tonight — is that people think that you’re an indecisive bisexual. It’s like, no, no, no, no, no. Let me set you straight.”
Wayne took the time to break down the meaning.
“What the definition basically boils down to is, regardless of gender, regardless” he explains. “So that means that I am happily free to fall in love with anybody here. If you’re gay, if you’re straight, if you’re non-binary, trans, I don’t care.”
He previously told PEOPLE that being pansexual was like “bisexual — with an open mind.”
His ex-wife Mandie Taketa, with whom he shares a 20-year-old daughter, supported his decision.
“…I knew coming out would help him be happier,” she stated.
The TV personality underwent therapy to understand himself. He was being treated for “love addiction” when he began to question his sexuality.
He found himself pondering, “Wayne, um, are you gay?”
“And the answer was no because despite having been in all of these unsuccessful relationships and now dealing with what I know can be diagnosed as love addiction, I started to go, ‘Okay, I’m feeling something, but I just don’t know how to get there,'” he said.
Brady admitted to being attracted to the same sex but “always pushed that aside” due to his upbringing and the judgment he may face from the world.
The host said he did feel “shame” and did not want people to find out despite having support in the LGBTQ+ community.
When he finally decided to live his truth, he said he received an avalanche of support via “DMS, emails and texts from people,” as previously reported.
