Alan Cumming: ‘ I never had any shame about being bisexual’
Alan Cumming has said he never felt there was “something wrong” with him when he realised he was bisexual.
The 49-year-old Perthshire-born star, famous for his roles in X Men, The Good Wife, and his hit Broadway version of Macbeth, spoke on Larry King Now this week how he came to terms with his sexuality.
He said: “Yeah I mean I’ve always been bisexual. I had a boyfriend before I was married and I’ve always sort of felt I was bisexual.”
Cumming married his husband Grant Shaffer in 2007. He was previously married to Hilary Lyon from 1985–1993.
He added: “Amazingly, in a funny way, I never had any shame about sexuality – I just never did. I never felt it as wrong.
“I felt at certain times it was going to be difficult because people weren’t very receptive to it but I never felt it was something wrong with me.”
Cumming said that despite the world coming to terms with gay and lesbian sexuality, it had still a way to go to fully grasp bisexuality.
“There’s been kind of a fad where people think bisexual means he’s gay but just not comfortable with it yet. Or you’re just, you know, a whore,” he said.
He said: “I think he was just really messed up. He didn’t apologise, but he explained it last week – I thought that was a very good thing.”
