Here’s hoping he can now go on with his life.
In an exclusive interview with Fox 29’s Quincy Harris, Philadelphia boxer Yusaf Mack has finally set the record straight, admitting that he’s “gay.”
“I’m gay. I’m tired of holding it in, it is what it is. I live my life. I’m gay,” Mack explained.
Mack says he’s known he was a homosexual for eight-years now, yet Last week, when it was revealed that Mack appeared in a gay porno, he responded to the allegations by saying he was drugged and forced into doing it.
He stuck to that story until sitting down with Harris, who he’s known since his teenage years when he first started to box.
When asked about the elaborate story, Mack said it was all a lie.
“It was all a lie,” Mack responded, “To try to cover myself up.”
Now Mack says he remembers the entire experience, and is finally free after coming out in the open.
“I was hurt. Like to myself. Then I think about my children, like how am I gonna explain this to my children,” Mack said, “I called a couple of my friends and told them ‘I’m thinking about killing myself.'”
While Mack says he no longer wants to kill himself, and that he’s free and happy, the backlash from the video was not yet over for him.
Before the video Mack was previously engaged to marry a woman he had been with for five years. He says the two of them were good to each other, but for him, it was a lie. Mack went and told her the truth, and apologized for any pain he had caused her or their children.
Coming out to a woman he was going to marry was tough, but Mack admits that the toughest conversation he’s had in the weeks since the tape was revealed was the one he had with his oldest daughter.
Quincy asked Mack what that first conversation with his daughter was like.
“Kill yourself,” his daughter said, “You embarrass us.”
Mack could say nothing back, and could only break down in tears, and tell her, “You’re right,” before hanging up.
Mack says he and his former fiancé are still friends, and his other children are supporting him.