Happy Pride! Jessica Gunning has officially come out as “a big old gay”.
The actress, who portrays Martha on hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, discussed her sexuality on the podcast Reign with Josh Smith earlier this week. The 38 year old says coming out was a “massive moment” for her.
While discussing the theme of self-love on the show, Smith asked: “do you feel like you’re stepping into yourself in new ways now?”
“Well, a big thing happened to me and maybe I’ll just talk about it. I came out actually in November ‘22,” Gunning replied.
Smith welcomed her to the “queer club.” It’s a club that Gunning has been a part of for a while within her friend group, but it’s her first time discussing it in the public eye.
“Thank you very much. Thank you. And that was a mega, mega thing for me because I, for so long, I’m surrounded by gays,” she said. “Like all my friends are gay. So it wasn’t that I was, like, repressing anything. It was just that I didn’t think I could be and I still can’t articulate it in the best way.”
