Barry Manilow Reveals Fear of Career Impact Delayed Public Coming Out

Singer Credits Husband Garry Kief with Saving His Life; Celebrates Broadway Success with 'Harmony'

Barry Manilow, in a recent interview, revealed that he didn't publicly come out as gay until 2017 because he feared it would have 'killed' his career in the 1970s.
Manilow stated that discussing his personal life felt 'creepy' to him, and he preferred to focus on his music.
He met his manager and now-husband, Garry Kief, in 1978, and credits Kief with saving his life during the peak of his career.
Manilow and Kief secretly married in 2014, and Manilow publicly came out in 2017, which he described as a 'non-event'.
Manilow's musical 'Harmony' recently opened on Broadway, a project he reportedly worked on for nearly 30 years.