'I'm so happy.'
, admitting she was"relieved" that her parents accepted her sexuality.
"It was such a struggle, for years, for me to come out," she said at the time."I was 18 or 19 and I'd known since I was 16, so it was really hard to keep it a secret for three years. "It felt like my chest was tight for about three years, it was a really hard time of my life and obviously I was going through school.
"When I came out, it was a weight off my shoulders, so I know what these people are going through, like when they message me and say 'I haven't come out yet, but seeing you go on TV and normalise it is going to make it easier for me'. That is a really nice feeling."
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