Filipina singer Clarice Pempengco has
publicly acknowledged that she is a lesbian.
When Boy Abunda, host of The Buzz,
asked Pempengco during an interview if she were a lesbian, she
answered: “Yes, I am.”
“I have deep gratitude for the
Filipinos because they are the ones who know who I really am,” she
said. “I don't know what the problem is because for me, there is
no problem with that. So now I ask for forgiveness from those who
don't understand. And those who cannot accept. I apologize, I
understand you.”
“To those who could accept, and could
accept me, thank you very, very much.” she added. “I just want
to say to all of you that I feel very light – that I can leave the
house knowing I am not hiding anything. … I love myself, that's why
I'm able to do this.”
Pempengco, 21, played Sunshine Corazon
during the second season of the Fox musical-comedy Glee.
Glee co-star Matthew Morrison
congratulated Pempengco.
“Good for her,” Morrison told
NewNowNext.
“She's someone who was always very grounded and I always felt like
she knew who she was.”