Queen Latifah denies coming out at Long Beach Gay Pride performance

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Queen Latifah wants to set the record straight that she did not come out as a lesbian during her performance at the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride event last month on May 19. “That definitely wasn’t the case,” Latifah said. “I’ve never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It’s just not gonna happen.” Entertainment Weekly has the story:

Queen Latifah wants to be clear: Despite speculation online, her performance at Long Beach’s Lesbian & Gay Pride event on May 19 was not a signal that she was coming out as a lesbian. “That definitely wasn’t the case,” she tells EW. “I’ve never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It’s just not gonna happen.”

That said, the 42-year old was thrilled to participate in the event and even recalled an earlier performance for gay audiences. “To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things,” she says. “My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco. Tupac happened to be in town, so he came to kick it with me. This was the early ’90s. And the boys were like, ‘Take your shirt off, Tupac!’  He wasn’t doing that. But we had a blast in there.”

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