Gus Kenworthy wants gay men to feel confident about their bodies

Olympic freeskier Gus Kenworthy has spoken up about coming out, sharing nude pictures on social media and body confidence in a new interview with Out.

In the interview, Kenworthy, who certainly isn’t shy about public displays of nudity, says that despite his penchant for showing off his own buff physique, he wants all men to feel confident about their bodies.

“I think it all kind of comes from within, and being comfortable with your body and your sexuality, with everything comes with time and comes with a sense of yourself,” he says.

“I feel like people get ashamed of their bodies, and I think it’s hard, especially because on Instagram where you see people who have the most ridiculously ripped physiques and crazy, crazy bodies.”

The 25-year-old, who recently declared that he’s fallen “head over heels” for his actor boyfriend, Matthew Wilkas, continued: “I think people also have to remember that Instagram and stuff like that isn’t real. It isn’t their real self, and it’s the projection that they want people to have of themselves.

“But even those super hot guys that you see can maybe make people feel insecure, and I feel like those people are also insecure about so many things.

“I would just encourage people to feel comfortable with themselves, regardless of what their body looks like, or any of that stuff. The social stuff is so easy to get caught up with – it’s so superficial.”

Against TLC’s advice, we DID go chasing waterfalls…

A photo posted by gus kenworthy (@guskenworthy) on Apr 19, 2016 at 10:08am PDT

The former Attitude cover star also cited fellow sporting hero Caitlyn Jenner as a “huge inspiration” for his own decision to come out last year.

“I saw how welcomed she was. I mean, there’s so many bigoted, negative people, but I felt like she had a really amazing welcome when she came out in Vanity Fair as who she really was, and I thought that was beautiful,” he said.

You can read the full interview over at Out.

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