"Earlier this year, IAC Chairman Barry Diller came out as gay in his memoir, Who Knew. Now, is he the first big, fancy businessman to be gay? Certainly not. But because Diller has been married to Diane von Fürstenberg since 2001, the admission generated a fair amount of discourse and made some people (read: me) very jealous. It all started in May, when New York magazine published a touching essay by Diller titled: "Barry & Diane: The truth about us, after all these years.""
""I've lived for decades reading about Diane and me: about us being best friends rather than lovers," Diller concludes the piece. "We weren't just friends. We aren't just friends. Plain and simple, it was an explosion of passion that kept up for years. And, yes, I also liked guys, but that was not a conflict with my love for Diane.""
Barry Diller came out as gay while remaining married to Diane von Fürstenberg, with the marriage beginning in 2001. Diller acknowledged relationships with many men but affirmed that he had only one woman in his life, whom he met at age 33, and characterized his decades with von Fürstenberg as containing romantic love, deep respect, and companionship. He described their connection as an "explosion of passion" that persisted for years and said his attraction to men did not conflict with his love for Diane. Von Fürstenberg responded that her husband's sexuality changes nothing for her and dismissed the premise as a nonissue.
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