Kelly McGillis Comes Out Of The Closet
Kelly McGillis, who famously played Tom Cruise’s flight instructor/love interest in Top Gun, is finally opening up and coming out about who she is. In a new interview with Girl Rock!, Kelly proudly announced that she is gay and is no longer interested in doing “the man thing” now that she is finally able to be “true to [herself]“:
Kelly McGillis, best known as Tom Cruise’s girlfriend in 1986’s Top Gun, has revealed to the Internet show Girl Rock! that she is single but no longer searching for a male companion. Asked if she’s looking to date a man or woman, the actress, 51, replied, “Definitely a woman.” The twice-divorced mother of two daughters – her movies also include 1985’s Witness, with Harrison Ford, and 1988’s The Accused, with Jodie Foster – said she’s “done with the man thing. I did that. I need to move on in life. It’s a part of being true to yourself. That’s been a challenge for me.” The difficulty of coming out as a lesbian led to “an ongoing process from the time I was probably 12. I had a lot of things happen that convinced me that God was punishing me because I was gay,” said McGillis, who in 1982 was assaulted by an escaped rapist who had gotten into her apartment. Now gray-haired and in rehearsals for The Little Foxes on stage in Pasadena, Calif., McGillis also told the show that she would like to jump back onto the big screen – except for one thing. “Whenever I get an offer, they ask me to dye my hair,” she says. “And I just won’t.”
Yay! I am so happy for her!! Coming out is never easy and I imagine that it is especially difficult to come out later in life. I suspect that Kelly prolly always knew who she was on the inside and struggled with her identity for some time. Now that she is comfortable talking about who she really is, she is well on her way to finding true and blissful happiness. It really sounds like Kelly McGillis is very sure of who she is as a woman and is happy with who she is … it’s surprising how many people out there cannot say the same about themselves.
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April 30th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
good for her! =]
April 30th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I am happy for Kelly! More power to her.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
LOL the pic is cracking me up! Nice work Trent!
April 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Good for her! And for sticking to her roots – hair roots that is!
April 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
hahaha the pic is hilarious!!! Good for her!
April 30th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I love the pic.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
The picture is hysterical. Good for her.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
now THAT is a good lookin’ couple- I wonder if Li Lo would ever be interested in an old cougar…. :-)
April 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
You think Tom Cruise nudged her closer to that decision?
April 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
LOL! That pic is awesome! And Linds has already dated 9 years older….so, who knows? ;)
April 30th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Unfortunately for me….the wrong Kelly came out. HA!
April 30th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
She had a great cameo in (I think) season 5 of the L Word as the attorney trying to take Tasha down under the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy. I’m guessing her tresses are naturally dark blonde, since she took that roll.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
*role*
April 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Not shocking since she was staying at and performing at a lesbian resort in the keys last month.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Been busy today, but I could hardly wait to read your take on this item. You are so loving and generous. No snarking allowed. OK, some teasing, but no snarking. But I gotta say, Trent, do you kinda wonder if she finally came out because she’s over the movie star thing for good? I’d like to see people getting honest before the dusk, and more toward the dawning, setting a good example for the younger set. But it’s a persnal choice, I know.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
i always wondered….good for her! God bless her – life is too short to live a charade…
April 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Good for her! I love the hair thing too. Hollywood needs to get with it. I think older women with grey hair often look younger and more beautiful than women who dye their hair because the grey somehow suits them better. Plus it just radiates confidence.
April 30th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Honestly I wonder if Jennifer Aniston is also a lesbian.
April 30th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I’m done too Kelly… I’m done too
April 30th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I’m thrilled and she is awesome. And now I go fill out my dating application so I can send it to her ASAP. :)
April 30th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Chloe LOL … Good for her! We can only dream that all those other closeted actors will follow.
May 1st, 2009 at 1:16 am
and all men are singing: you’ve lost that loving feeling….
sorry, couldn’t help it. :) i’m happy for her. :D
May 1st, 2009 at 6:13 am
Good for her – on both counts of coming out and refusing to color her hair – it’s all about being true to yourself!
May 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am
Trent I love your blog. I stopped reading Perez Hilton when I found your blog because both he and the people who comment his page are usually disgusting and rude. I love the positive people on this blog. And your use of photoshop is classic!
May 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Haha
There’s a friend of my familys’ who has been a lawyer for Paramount for like ever and he said there were some incidents back in the 80’s revolving around a love triangle between Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster and Whitney Houston… I know it sounds crazy! But she and Foster started dating, but that Foster and Houston started striking up a connection and then McGillis beat Foster up so badly they had to shut down production on The Accused for several weeks… RANDOM
May 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
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May 1st, 2009 at 5:03 pm
she was soo hot in top gun.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
That love triangle w/ Jodi Foster and Kelly McGillis has been out there forever. What I heard is that McGillis and Foster were having an affair but Houston was dating McGillis (or maybe Foster?). She got jealous and drove through the Paramount Gates in a rage!
Maybe it’s true or maybe it’s an urban myth.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Good for her but honestly, unless you want a career doomed to Lifetime originals, if someone says dye the hair, dye the damn hair. :/
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Love it…..she made every budding lesbian’s dream from 1986 come true….just wish she would have done it back then…wouldn’t have wasted the whole 6 months dating men myself…..lol….better late than never tho… LYLT Kelly :)