Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos says he’s gay despite once claiming he was ‘ex-gay’
"I don't do the sex stuff anymore, but yes," said Yiannopoulos
By Aaron Sugg
Far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has said he still identifies as gay after he once declared himself “ex-gay” and promoted conversion therapy.
Appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Tuesday (1 September), Morgan questioned Yiannopoulos about leaving his family in the US after he was deported to the UK by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on 28 August.
According to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Yiannopoulos entered the country legally in May 2019 but overstayed his authorised period. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on 22 July after he failed to attend an immigration hearing.
When asked about his living situation, Yiannopoulos replied that he had been living there for 10 years, had married an American citizen and had a “whole life there”.
Milo Yiannopoulos says he’s married to a man
Morgan asked him to clarify whether he was married to a man or a woman, to which Yiannopoulos hesitantly said that he is married to a man.
He added: “I don’t, I don’t, I don’t do the sex stuff anymore, but yes.” He explained that they live together in their Los Angeles home, though his partner lives “at the other end of the corridor”.
The pair married in Hawaii in September 2017, with Yiannopoulos previously using the marriage to adjust his immigration status and obtain a green card.
Yiannopoulos rose to prominence in Britain before establishing himself in US conservative media, joining Breitbart News in 2014 while Steve Bannon was running the organisation.
He later became an editor at Breitbart News, heavily leaning into his identity as an openly gay man while also being an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump.
Yiannopoulos said in 2021 he was no longer gay
However, in March 2021, during an interview with right-wing publication LifeSiteNews, Yiannopoulos stated that he no longer identified as gay and that his husband had been “demoted to housemate”.
He said he wanted to live as a celibate person and return to the Catholic faith. In the same interview, he announced plans to establish a “reparative therapy” centre in Florida, which he described as an attempt to rehabilitate what the media calls “conversion therapy”.
Following his deportation from the US, he described the experience as “humiliating and disorientating”, “physically degrading” and “frightening”, adding that he felt “ashamed” to have supported Trump and his deportation agenda.