Former Republican Congressman George Santos reveals that for years he tried to pretend not to be gay

George Santos, former Republican congressman who was expelled from the House of Representatives in December, revealed how for years he tried to pretend not to be gay to avoid distancing himself from his parents, which led him to marry a woman whom he later betrayed. when having sexual relations with his best friend.

During an intervention on the podcast No JumperGeorge Santos described how for much of his life he had to live hiding his sexual inclination, to the point of having married a woman whom I only respected for the first three years of their marriage.

“It was me trying to hide my natural impulses and trying not to disappoint mom and dad. My parents are Brazilian. There is a very sexist culture in Brazil… Being gay is something dangerous in that country.

Well, I grew up here. My parents, although I didn’t know it, were very open-minded about it, but I was married for a couple of years. On paper it looks like I was married for nine years, but in reality I was only like three or four years.

Then it took me another five years to finalize the divorce because I confessed it. I said, ‘You know what? I can not do this anymore. I had sex with your best friend, a gay guy’” he recalled.

Temporarily retired from politics, Santos announced that he will open an account on the OnlyFans platform, but when asked if in said space he would show more aspects of his sexuality, the former representative, in addition to ruling it out, He confessed to detest gay culture.

“I can’t stand gay culture. I am gay. That’s all. That’s between the four walls of my bedroom and me.

I have rights. I never felt like I had any rights, in my opinion you and I have exactly the same rights as men in this country, period. Who you sleep with has no bearing on your rights. The Bill of Rights covers us both equally. So all this nonsense about DEI and gender equality and all that other stuff, it’s just pandering to political nonsense,” he noted.

The 35-year-old politician acknowledged that, even though he also hates the culture of Congress, he hopes to return to politics after resolving some personal issues.

“He completely hated the culture around him, it was rubbish. It’s not what I thought it was going to be

I have met with leaders and constituents and have made the decision to post it here and stop examining this race, THIS YEAR! The future has countless possibilities and I am ready, willing and able to step forward and go fight for my country at any time,” he expressed.

Meanwhile, George Santos He will be tried in September accused of 23 accusations of serious crimes of which stand out: two counts of wire fraud, a couple more for making false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), other counts related to falsification of records submitted to the FEC, two more counts of identity theft and one linked to access device fraud.

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