“CBS THIS MORNING” EXCLUSIVE: ELIZABETH SMART’S DAD, ED SMART: ONE POLICE THEORY FOR ABDUCTION WAS BLACKMAIL “BECAUSE I WAS GAY”
Ed Smart, father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, was forced into the public eye in 2002 when his daughter was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom in the middle of the night. She was 14 years old. Back then, Smart used his voice to fight for her miraculous rescue. Now he’s sharing his own story. In an exclusive interview with CBS THIS MORNING co-host Gayle King, Smart reveals how difficult it was to come out as gay to his family and friends – and how it’s affected his relationship with his children.
Watch Part 1 Here: https://cbsn.ws/2RIL5N8
Watch Part 2 Here: https://cbsn.ws/2rEKNML
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Excerpts:
- “They potentially thought that somebody was blackmailing me… because I was gay.... That somehow I was having this gay affair, which I was absolutely not. In my mind, I thought, ‘I’ve lost Elizabeth, and now I’m losing Lois, and I’m losing my family. Everything that really means anything to me. How can it be that I have this thing inside of me that I can’t get rid of?’”
- “I would say that my problem was that I was trying to be straight when I was gay.” https://bit.ly/38vDGGQ
- On if he is glad he has come out: “Very relieved.” https://bit.ly/38sbiFN
- On coming out to his 88-year-old mother: “She was very comforting to me.” https://bit.ly/2YF2oQw
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