Three years after coming out gay, country singer Chely Wright says
the decision “changed the landscape of my possibilities.”
The 42-year-old Wright married her wife Lauren Blitzer in
Connecticut a year after she came out gay in 2010. The couple
welcomed identical twin sons George Samuel and Everett Joseph to
their family in May.
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Wright, Lauren Blitzer-Wright welcome twin boys.)
Appearing on cabler Current's Viewpoint, Wright discussed
the consequences of coming out gay.
“The music industry changes so much,” Wright said. “So it's
hard to say about record sales, because record sales are in the
crapper anyway for a lot of mid-level to smaller indie artists. But
I do know my record sales did take a hit. I do know there were
venues who told my management and my agent, 'We would love to book
her but we're not sure who will show up.' It changed the landscape
of my possibilities.” (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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