Singer Ryan Beatty, a 20-year-old who became famous posting covers of songs to YouTube has come out as gay on social media.
“Proud to be a raging homosexual,” Beatty wrote on Instagram. “it's taken 20 years of suffocating in the closet for me to become comfortable enough to say it, but now I can finally breathe. i did it!”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHN_DJwhEWx/?taken-by=ryanbeatty
Added Beatty on Twitter: “i'm so happy i'm gay. damn. i'm so grateful to have friends and family that support me and just want me to be happy. that's unconditional love.thank you to anyone who's reached out to me with the supportive words. I'm so happy”
proud to be a raging homosexual. it's taken 20 years of suffocating in the closet for me to… https://t.co/yGjUTDZyN7
— Ryan Beatty (@TheRyanBeatty) June 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheRyanBeatty/status/747955395465904128
damn
— Ryan Beatty (@TheRyanBeatty) June 29, 2016
i'm so grateful to have friends and family that support me and just want me to be happy. that's unconditional love.
— Ryan Beatty (@TheRyanBeatty) June 29, 2016
Beatty began posting song covers to YouTube at age 15. His 2011cover of Bruno Mars' “Marry Me” has been viewed more than 6 million times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76JkBttksBk
His most recent video is a cover of Lukas Graham's “7 Years” with Jacob Whitesides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3VwUWgOsQQ
He has an EP Passion out on July 1. Here's a preview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCE760IPVOA
