From: 50bjdk@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, November 7, 2014 3:15:45 PM UTC-8, Trav wrote:   
   > 5. Lance Bass   
   >   
   > When Lance Bass was part of N'Sync, he had to pretend that he   
   > was straight so that he and his fellow group members could be   
   > marketed as heartthrobs to teenage girls. According to the   
   > former teen idol, coming out really slowed down his career. "I   
   > definitely felt coming out really hurt pretty much all of the   
   > products I was working on at the time. They canceled a bunch of   
   > the stuff...and that really set me back for years," Bass said.   
   >   
   > 4. Rupert Everett   
   >   
   > Rupert Everett has made numerous comments over the years about   
   > how coming out as a gay actor ruined his career in Hollywood. He   
   > came out 20 years ago and, according to him, since then he has   
   > only been offered supporting roles - no lead parts. The "My Best   
   > Friend's Wedding" star has gone so far as to recommend that   
   > other gay actors don't come out. "It just doesn't work and   
   > you're going to hit a brick wall at some point. You're going to   
   > manage to make it roll for a certain amount of time, but at the   
   > first sign of failure, they'll cut you right off," Everett said.   
   >   
   > 3. Adam Lambert   
   >   
   > When Adam Lambert came out of the closet, Gene Simmons publicly   
   > announced that the "American Idol" runner up had ended his   
   > career with that admission. "He's enormously talented, best   
   > talent American Idol has had, but I think he killed his career   
   > because now the conversation is not about his talent but about   
   > his sexual preference. You're forcing people to deal with issues   
   > they may not be interested in. Life is unfair, and the masses   
   > don't all live in L.A. They live in Wisconsin and Nebraska, and   
   > you're on crack if you think the same rules apply there."   
   >   
   > 2. Ellen Degeneres   
   >   
   > Ellen Degeneres publically came out in 1997 on the cover of Time   
   > magazine. Being television's first openly gay star wasn't easy.   
   > When her television persona came out on her self-titled sitcom,   
   > 42 million people tuned in; however, ratings fell soon after and   
   > the show was cancelled the following year. "I tried to   
   > incorporate educational things about what people actually go   
   > through when they're coming out, and it wasn't funny," she told   
   > the New York Times. "Because it's not funny." Ellen took a long   
   > hiatus after her show was cancelled but managed to revive her   
   > career several years later. Today, she's known as one of the   
   > most successful talk show hosts and businesswomen on TV.   
   >   
   > 1. Anne Heche   
   >   
   > During the '90s, Anne Heche was one of Hollywood's budding   
   > leading ladies. She co-starred in a number of high profile   
   > movies with some of Hollywood's most recognized talent.   
   > Unfortunately, as soon as she became involved romantically with   
   > Ellen Degeneres, her prospects of becoming a leading lady were   
   > dashed. According to Heche, people told her that she wasn't   
   > getting jobs because she was gay. "How could that destroy my   
   > career? I still can't wrap my head around it," she said.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Hiding a truth and pretending otherwise can be devastating, I guess.   
      
   DCI   
      
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