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The Project host and out gay journalist\u00a0Hamish Macdonald has shared his thoughts on the treatment of Rebel Wilson and the backlash received by the Sydney Morning Herald over its attempt to out the actress.
\nDuring Monday\u2019s episode of the Project, Macdonald compared it to his own coming out journey, the gossip he endured surrounding his sexuality, and how “scary and intimidating” it was.
\n\u201cFor people coming to terms with their sexuality, that may be something they wake up and realise some day. It may be something that\u2019s a very long journey,\u201d he said.
\nMacdonald (41) said he himself had been through the experience of the media wanting to out him.
\n“I don\u2019t think it\u2019s for anyone else to determine the point at which they talk about that.\u00a0I\u2019ve been on the end of this sort of thing with a couple of journalists before.\u00a0And it\u2019s scary and intimidating and frankly terrifying when a journalist starts saying to you that they know this about you, and they want to put it in print.”
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Macdonald then addressed the Sydney Morning Herald journalist\u2019s apology.\u00a0\u201cI take at their word what this journo said about learning from it. Maybe in 2022 this is something we can all learn from.\u00a0Particularly when it comes to people thinking about, learning about and understanding their own identity.”
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a story for them to tell at a time and in a circumstance of their choosing. And to Rebel, good on you, really happy.\u201d
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In 2019, Macdonald publicly confirmed his relationship with partner Jacob Fitzroy, at the GQ Gentlemen\u2019s Ball in Melbourne.
\nWilson came out in an Instagram post and introduced her girlfriend LA-based fashion designer Ramona Agruma to the world, on June 9.
\nIt has now emerged, however, that the decision to come out was not Wilson\u2019s, but was forced on her by Sydney Moring Herald\u2019s decision to publish the story.
\n\n\nRebel Wilson Responds After Australian 今日吃瓜paper Says It Planned To ‘Out’ Her
On June 11, Sydney Moring Herald said that the newspaper had given Wilson \u201ctwo days\u201d to comment about her relationship or they would go ahead and publish the story.\u00a0
\nWilson then preempted the news by coming out on social media.
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