""I didn't want to tell her, but before I left, we had been through so much together and, you know, I had never lied to her...""
""She said, 'You mean you're a homosexual?'... I said, 'Yeah, I guess so,' and she didn't say it in a vindictive or angry way; she said it with a sort of sadness, 'I would rather you were dead.'""
""She immediately called them and told them... So I had to deal with that.""
""Luckily, Lane's brother, Bob, was extremely accepting and told him he loved him no matter what.""
Nathan Lane recounted a painful moment from his past when he came out to his mother at 21. He had been dating a man but initially told her he was seeing a woman. When he finally revealed the truth, his mother responded with sadness, saying she would rather he were dead. She also outed him to his brothers against his wishes. Fortunately, one brother was accepting, while the other provided love, contrasting their mother's reaction.
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