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" Some people in the gay community were very upset with me for not coming out on their terms. "
Sean Hayes
People
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" I felt like I couldn't fully be myself and accepted in my family, so I would lock myself in my room on a Saturday night and watch 'Saturday Night Live,' and that was, like, the best thing that ever happened to me. "
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