Iain Lee was "full of shame" before he came out as bisexual.
The 46-year-old TV and radio personality opened up about his sexuality on his TalkRadio show recently and said he feels relieved that he has finally been able to reveal his true self.
Speaking on \'Good Morning Britain\' on Wednesday (31.07.19), he said: "I came out as bisexual and now I have said it on TV so it must be real.
"I was full of shame. It has lifted a huge weight and nearly everyone has been brilliant and it\'s not a big thing, it\'s not like I am now going to go around and start queening up and going out with loads of guys and stuff.
"That\'s not what it is about, it\'s about saying I have done this stuff in the past that I have had a lot of shame about and I don\'t need to be ashamed about it.
"I am in a great place. My life has changed."
Iain decided to reveal his sexuality after going through a particularly tough year following a car crash and the breakdown of his marriage to his wife Helena and he said seeking therapy had helped him to realise his bisexuality.
He explained: "I had a really horrible year, I was involved in a really nasty car crash that messed me up so I was seeing a therapist and as we were talking about that we kind of latched onto some abuse that I had as a young man.
"We worked out why I used to take drugs and it turns out that probably a lot of the anxiety, the depression and the drug taking was around not being true to who I am so I came out. And everyone went \'oh well, who cares?\'"
Iain previously revealed he had been abused by older men when he was a teenager and he praised his therapist for helping him to work through his emotions.
He said: "I\'ve started again with this brilliant therapist. I\'ve been doing a lot of work with him trying to get through this sodding depression.
"He\'s helped me realise that I\'m probably bisexual. That\'s a big thing to come out.
"I\'ve been reminded of a lot of stuff that started when I was 14 or 15 years old when I was involved and engaged in sex acts with significantly older men.
"This went on for quite a while. I\'ve had a lot of confusion about it... these things happened and then I started putting myself in positions where they\'d happen again. Now I can see that it was abuse - a 14-year-old me and 60-year-old guy, I can see it was abuse. He\'s helped me look at that in kind of a new light."
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