‘I had a question mark around my sexuality for a long time’
BEAUTY blogger Louise McSharry has come out as a gay woman, revealing that she “always had a question mark” over her sexuality.

The author and former 2FM star, 43, tied the knot with Gordon Spierin in 2015 and went on to have two sons, Sam and Ted.

But speaking to her former spouse – with whom she has now separated – three years ago, the opinion columnist came to the realisation that she was gay.

McSharry shared her brave story on her Catch Up with Louise McSharry podcast, guest hosted by journalist Una Mulally, in a bid to bring “a new level of openness” to the show.

The Fat Chance writer explained: “Today’s episode is an unusual one because the subject of the interview is me.

“I have some stuff I need to share with you guys that has been going on with me over the last few years.

“I feel like it’s time to tell you what’s been going on with me. I hope it adds a new level of openness to the podcast.

“I’m feeling a little bit nervous about it because it’s very personal. And it is important for me to do this, but also scary.”

The mum-of-two told how a discussion with her former partner following a therapy session helped to open her eyes.

Louise continued: “It starts long before three years, but three years ago, I had a conversation with Gordon, it was a topic that we’ve talked about before.

“I came home from a therapy session. I had been going to therapy for six months at that point to try and figure out what was going on with me.

“I had a question mark around my sexuality for a long time. That is something that me and Gordon had discussed. And I had landed on the fact that I am a gay woman.

‘I AM NOT SURPRISED’

“And so, I came home from therapy. What happened was I had been crying so much, I had this intense session where I knew that it was time, and I needed to tell Gordon because once I knew for sure, I knew I needed to tell him straight away.”

Opening up about the big moment, McSharry recalled: “I walked into the house. Gordon was working from home.

“I had sat in the car for ages to try and look normal again, but he looked at me, and he went: ‘Did you get filler?’ And I was like: ‘No’. And he went: ‘Oh no, crying’.

“He asked: ‘Are you okay?’ And I started crying again. And then I said: ‘I think I’m gay’. And he said: ‘I’m not surprised’.

I had a question mark around my sexuality for a long time. And I had landed on the fact that I am a gay woman.”Louise McSharry

“So that obviously set off a massive domino effect in our lives, trying to figure out what that meant for our relationship and what it meant for our family, our immediate family, us and the boys, and what our future was going to look like.

“All these questions, I didn’t have answers, really, to any of them at that time, and we’ve been figuring all that out over the last three years.”

She added: “We didn’t tell the kids until relatively recently, because nothing was changing in their lives.

“So it felt kind of weird to present this slightly abstract concept to them without any actual change.”