Dame Kelly Holmes appeared on This Morning on Monday to discuss coming out as gay news when she and host Phillip Schofield became overwhelmed with emotion…
June 20, 2022 - 11:22 BST Francesca Shillcock Monday's edition of This Morning was an emotional one after Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby welcomed legendary athlete Dame Kelly Holmes onto the programme to discuss the sports star coming out as gay.After Kelly told her story about how she wanted to be true to herself, Phillip and Holly were both visibly moved.
Addressing Kelly directly, Holly added:"It is possible, and I know you just said here, I've never been happy, I hope you look forward to that happiness now and see it as a real tangible thing."Kelly continued:"The hardest thing has been being in the public eye, and I've put that into perspective and I hope so many people who have a barrier, they can speak to people. We're still just us, we're still humans we deserve to live. We have emotions like everybody else.
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