BIG REUNION’S Kavana Comes Out As Gay

<p>Kavana has come out as gay in an interview with Now Magazine</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 11th Feb 2014</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4605690879.jpg" width="460" height="690" alt="Kavana ITV" title="Kavana ITV"/></p> <p></p><p>The I Can Make You Feel Good singer officially came out in an interview with <a href="http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/">Now Magazine</a>. The star is currently appearing in <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/THE-BIG-REUNION-Returns-To-ITV/7429619">The Big Reunion in a band with Gareth Gates, Adam Rickitt and Dane Bowers</a>, in a new band called 5th Story</p><p></p><p>He said:</p><p>“Part of me is almost embarrassed it’s taken me so long to publicly say I’m gay. Here I am, aged 36, coming out – what am I doing?</p><p></p><p>“I’ve never come out publicly because no one’s ever asked! It’s become this huge elephant in the room.”</p><p></p><p>He also said that he had never told his parents:</p><p></p><p>When I was involved in my first relationship with a guy, I told my sister Angela at her 40th birthday party. We were doing the can-can and I just said: ‘Oh, by the way, I’m gay!’</p><p></p><p>“I never told my mum or dad. My mum’s in a care home now. She’s got Alzheimer’s – it’s almost too late now to tell her. I don’t think it would do her any favors to let her know. My dad passed away four years ago.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Big Reunion continues on ITV2 on the 13th Feb at 9.00PM</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id616631043?mt=8">Read this and other stories on our free app</a></p><p> </p>