Geordie Shore’s Nathan Henry comes out as gay – and has a boyfriend

Geordie Shore’s Nathan Henry has come out as gay after previously living in front of the show’s cameras as a bisexual man.

The reality star, who joined the MTV programme two seasons ago in series 10, will be seen clarifying his sexuality in an upcoming episode.

He was depicted on the show as mainly being interested in men and went to bed with a guy in full view of the cameras.

And Nathan says going on the reality series actually helped him to realise that he was gay rather than bisexual.

He told Gay Times: “Going on the show, like I went on there bisexual, and along the way, seeing the lads go out on the pull and competing over girls and stuff, I sat back and I thought, ‘this isn’t me’.

“With me being gay, personally, I don’t have to go up to someone and say, ‘I’m gay!’ If someone asks, I’ll tell them. But I shouldn’t have to go in there and with the lads doing all that, not going along with it.

“Instead I wanted to find out about myself and see if that’s what I’m about too, and then, be honest with them.”

Nathan says the fact he didn’t want to join in with the antics some of the other male cast members get up to meant he felt it was time to come out to them.

He said: “These are my family, I work with them, I speak with them, I live with them – if I can be honest with these, who can I be honest with? And I literally told them and it was the best thing I’ve EVER done.

“The reception I got from everyone, even the crew, was so overwhelming. I must’ve cried for at least two hours. I wasn’t crying with sadness, I was crying with happiness.”

Nathan now feels he is somewhat a role model to other LGBT people because there aren’t many gay reality stars regularly on television, especially ones who came out on their show.

But doing things so publicly doesn’t bother him, even after he received a heavy backlash for jumping between the sheets with another guy on-screen.

He said: “Oh honestly, it’s just water off a duck’s back. It literally doesn’t faze me at all. If anything, it sort of encouraged me to go back into the house and do more stuff.

“It’s 2015, people need to stop living in the stone age. Being gay, bisexual, transgender, everything like that, it should just be seen as normal, it shouldn’t be seen as different.

“I can’t understand homophobia, to be honest, so when people are homophobic towards me it literally doesn’t faze me because it’s like, your opinion is not gonna stop me from living my life and being the person I am, and it never will.”

Fans had previously speculated as to whether Nathan had a boyfriend but the Geordie star has now confirmed he is dating Craig.

Nathan told RUComingOut: “I’m loved up and have been seeing someone for nearly nine months now.

“I met Craig just after my first series and just before my second so it was quite tough because I didn’t know him well enough to stay committed whilst [filming] in Grecce as we had only just met and I didn’t want to waste my opportunity I’d been given.

“However since Greece the two of us have both grown so much, we’re stronger than ever and I’m so happy to have him by my side throughout this.”

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