Olympic diving champ Tom Daley recently
said pubic support of his coming out has been overwhelming.
The 20-year-old Daley came out gay in a
YouTube video released in March.
He made headlines with his love affair
with Milk screenwriter and LGBT rights activist Dustin Lance
Black.
Speaking to the BBC, Daley said that
coming out lifted a “massive weight” off his shoulders.
“The public support has been
overwhelming,” he
said. “Right now, all I concentrate on is diving. … I don't
have any other worries. I'm happy with life. I'm happy with
diving.”
“If I spent my whole life worrying
about what people thought, I wouldn't be a diver and I wouldn't be
where I am today,” he added.
UK glossy Attitude recently
named Daley the “Sexiest Man in the World.”
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Daley 2015 calendar arrives in the UK.)