In an It Gets Better video, Thomas
Roberts, the openly gay anchor on MSNBC, says he attempted suicide at
age 15.
The
It Gets Better Project encourages troubled gay teens to hang in
there and not cave in to bullies, because life gets better.
“At 15 I unsuccessfully attempted
suicide,” the handsome 38-year-old Roberts says. “Luckily, my
sister found me and saved my life. My family, they rallied around
me, but I couldn't tell them what had brought me to that point. But
I saw first-hand the pain in their eyes and I realized that suicide
wasn't the answer.”
Roberts, who previously acknowledged
that he was a victim of sexual abuse, tells gay teens that “You're
here for a purpose.”
“You've got to know and believe that
you are here for a purpose, I promise that you are – just the way
you are,” he says. (The video is embedded in the right panel of
this page.)
Other celebrities who have added their
voices to the collection include singer
Adam Lambert, Max
Adler, who plays a bully on Glee, actor and gay
dad Neil
Patrick Harris and singer
Ke$ha.