Is kelly mcgillis gay
Over 20 years after wowing audiences as Tom Cruise's lover in "Top Gun," Kelly McGillis made headlines last month when she revealed to that she is a lesbian. And in a new interview with Access Hollywood, the star explained why she opened up.
"I think that life is full of surprises and amazing twists and turns and, you know, life has been nothing what I expected it to be," she told Access on Wednesday.
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One twist Kelly didn't expect was the buzz on the Internet after she came out.
"I guess that was a big deal but it didn't really seem to me fond of a big deal," Kelly said. "It seemed to me like somebody asked me a question and I was faced with a moment of reality. Am I gonna be truthful about who and what I am and who I am? [It's] really important today to be truthful about that."
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It was a truth that for years was hidden from the public – especially at the height of Kelly's popularity.
"For a drawn-out time I hid," Kelly explained. "I hid from myself, most importantly, an
Why Top Gun’s Kelly McGillis was SNUBBED from sequel after unrecognisable twice-married star quit fame & came out as gay
SHE was once one of Hollywood’s most desirable leading ladies after starring opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun, but these days you'd do well to recognise Kelly McGillis.
The year-old played Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell's flight instructor and love interest, Charlie Blackwood, in the original movie - but won’t be in the sequel out later this month.
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Mum-of-two Kelly, who took a big step back from Hollywood at the height of her fame, has ditched her trademark blonde locks and swapped a glamorous wardrobe for casual baggy trousers and T-shirts.
She has endured more than her fair give of heartache, including two disastrous marriages before coming out as gay in
At the time Kelly opened up about a harrowing gang-rape ordeal when she was 24, which she became convinced was a "punishment" from God for her sexuality.
Kelly turned to alcohol to numb the pain, which would eventually see her inspect into rehab and overcome he
Whatever Happened To Kelly McGillis?
Shockingly, Kelly McGillis experienced a second home invasion. In June , she attended a theological lecture nearby where she lived in Hendersonville, North Carolina. When she got back to her house, she noticed a light was on and discovered that the front door was unlocked. She went inside, where a woman "came barreling down the hallway and began yelling at me," McGillis related on her Facebook page. "I asked her who she is and why she was in my house and she said 'you comprehend why you've been stalking me in Twitter.' Not true."
Remembering that she owned "quite a few guns and lots of ammo" that could be used against her, McGillis says she ran outside and tried to call The intruder gave chase and "began punching and scratching" and tried to verb the phone, prompting McGillis to set off the car alarm with her keys, still in hand. The woman still tried to fight and disarm McGillis, who finally broke free, hopped in her truck, and drove until she found help.
The intruder was apprehended by local police, and McGillis seemed to harbor no ill will, writ
Kelly McGillis Joins Lesbian Partner in Civil Union
Sept. 20, &#; -- "Top Gun" actress Kelly McGillis, who last year came out as a lesbian, has entered into a civil union with girlfriend Melanie Leis, a New Jersey sales executive.
The ceremony was performed in a municipal court in Collingswood, N.J., where the couple lives, according to the wedding announcement in The Novel York Times. Leis, 42, works at Independence Communications, which provides Muzak to businesses.
The two met in , when Leis was a bartender at a restaurant owned by the actress's second husband, Fred Tillman, in Key West, Fla.,
Tillman and McGillis hold two daughters together, Kelsey Laure, 20, and Sonora Ashley,
McGillis, 53, is also known for her roles in "Witness" and "The Accused" in the s, and played a closeted Army colonel in Showtime's "The L Word."
Her latest film, "Stake Land," premiered last week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
When McGillis came out, the actress said she was "done with the man thing."
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