{"id":31413,"date":"2014-07-13T07:13:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T07:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=31413"},"modified":"2014-07-13T07:13:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T07:13:49","slug":"im-gay-former-australian-olympic-swimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/im-gay-former-australian-olympic-swimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m gay&#8217;: Former Australian Olympic swimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe is set to reveal he is gay in an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/australiaandthepacific\/australia\/10963796\/Ian-Thorpe-to-come-out-in-Michael-Parkinson-interview.html\">interview on Australian television<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old talks about his sexuality in an interview with Michael Parkinson due to be broadcast on Channel 10 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Thorpe had previously denied he was gay and wrote in his 2012 autobiography &#8216;This Is Me&#8217; that he was heterosexual.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s most decorated swimmer has suffered from depression and was in rehab earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Thorpe&#8217;s decision to come out was supported by fellow Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ItsStephRice\">who tweeted:\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Thorpie is, and always will be, a superstar in my eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has spoken in the past of &#8220;crippling depression&#8221;, having suicidal thoughts, and drinking too much.<\/p>\n<p>In February, he was found in a state of confusion by police near his parents&#8217; house in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe is set to reveal he is gay in an\u00a0interview on Australian television. 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