Overview

• Barry Diller, 83, confirmed his sexuality in a May 6 New York Magazine essay, sharing that he has always been attracted to men but also deeply loves his wife, Diane von Fürstenberg.
• Diller and von Fürstenberg have been married since 2001 after a decades-long, on-and-off relationship that began in 1974.
• The former Paramount and Fox executive revealed how societal pressures and fear of exposure kept him closeted for much of his life, despite his semi-public relationships with men.
• He described his relationship with von Fürstenberg as a 'unique and complete love,' rejecting speculation that their marriage was purely platonic or a facade.
• Von Fürstenberg has not yet publicly commented on Diller's essay, which is an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, 'Who Knew,' set to release on May 20.