Matt Cage Comes Out As Gay: Pro Wrestler Claimed He Was Bisexual But Now Comes Out To Stop Public Speculation [Video]

Matt Cage has come out as gay, and the pro wrestler revealed that at 26, he feels he has overcome his fear of being rejected because of his sexual orientation, reported E News.

“One of the biggest fears in my life has been rejection. I’m not sure why,” wrote Matt on Facebook.

Case, whose real name is Matt Hullum, revealed that he had friends growing up, but still dreaded the possibility that they would reject him if he came out. But now, said the wrestler, he’s ready to reveal his truths.

“I was never the most popular kid in school or in my neighborhood, but I always had a plethora of friends in many different cliques. I was never really rejected by anyone that I hung out with in one clique for hanging out with people in another, yet I always feared being rejected. But as I’ve grown older and continued down the road of adulthood, I have discovered that I truly don’t care as much about rejection anymore. And I why should I? My friends will like me for me, flaws and all. My family will love me for me. My peers will respect me for my work. And complete strangers can think whatever they want, because they’re strangers and they don’t know me.”

As for Matt’s past, he revealed that he used to say that he was bisexual.

But Cage feels it’s time to come out publicly as gay.

“That being said, it makes it much easier to post here publicly that I’m gay. For the longest time, I claimed that I was bisexual. When I privately came out to people that already know, I told them that this was the case. And it was. However, I have no real intentions of pursuing females at this stage of my life. I still find beautiful women beautiful. I don’t think that’ll ever change. But I think that to continue to claim something that’s not true is just continuing a streak dishonesty and I don’t want that. Sorry, ladies. I’m officially pulling myself off of the market. Don’t hate me too bad.”

The pro wrestler emphasized that he made the decision to come out to stop public speculation about his sexual orientation.

“The speculation that comes from one’s private life always seems to make it’s way into the professional atmosphere and that’s unfair to me,” asserted Matt. “I truly have nothing to hide anymore. I spent the majority of my life lying, hiding and depressed because I felt like I couldn’t truly be who I wanted to be and live freely as I saw fit. I had to act and that’s not me. I, nor anyone else, should have to do that.”

And Cage also emphasized that above all, he’s a proud professional.

“Professionally, I am exactly what the root of the word says: a professional. The last thing I’ve ever wanted was to make anyone feel uncomfortable or uneasy. I don’t believe that I’ve done that thus far and nothing is going to change now. Professional wrestling is the thing I love the most and all I wanna do is entertain the fans, do what I love and continue the excellent camaraderie I have with so many of the great people I’ve met over the years,” he added.

Also recently coming out is Matt Hatzke, a soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes who came out as gay only when he no longer played for the team, reported NBC.

Although Matt was aware he was gay, he felt unable to let his fellow players know.

“I truly believed that I could never come out as gay while playing professional soccer. It was that year in MLS that I had reached my breaking point. My release from soccer put me on the path to coming out to myself, my family and my friends.”

As the Inquisitr reported, one of the most widely publicized coming out stories has been the story of Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner). But those in the LGBT community also urged against the potential harm in speculation as Matt Cage commented about his own reason for finally coming out.

[Image Via Facebook/Matt Cage]