Nathan Lane's Coming Out Journey

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, your front row to the latest buzz. I'm Cory with the story. Nathan Lane, the 70-year-old star from Only Murders in the Building, just opened up on Howard Stern about coming out as gay to his mom right, before heading to New York to chase acting dreams back in the early 80s. He sat her down, laid it all out honestly after years of closeness, and she hit him with the sad line about wishing he were dead instead. Lane, quick as ever, fired back that he knew she'd get it, turning heartbreak into a sharp moment. That generation gap hit hard. She wasn't raised with that kind of talk, but Lane pushed through because honesty fell right, even if it crushed him as. The toughest combo of his life up to then. He begged her to keep it from his brothers Bob and Dan, but she called them right away. Dan, the teacher, took a long walk with him, asked if it was a phase, but came around supportive, while Bob just said he loved him no matter what.

1:00Lane went public in 1999 with the advocate, sparked by the brutal murder of Matthew Shepherd, and kept shining in roles like the wall. Birdcage that own his truth from there on out.