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"Kelly McGillis has admitted that coming out as a lesbian was a difficult experience to go through. The actress, 52, had previously been married twice and has two children, but said that she\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s been gay for most of her life, People reports. &amp;quot;I tried really hard not to be who I am. I tried super hard,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It was a difficult journey for me to come to terms and be whole and happy with who I am.&amp;quot; The Accused star revealed that she was caught off guard by a journalist&amp;#039;s question regarding her sexuality when she made the decision to come clean. She added: &amp;quot;[A reporter] asked me the question and I thought, &amp;#039;Hmm, do I say the truth, or do I just say it&amp;#039;s none of your business&amp;#039;, which is my standard answer. &amp;quot;I said you know, I&amp;#039;m just going to say the truth.\u00E2\u20AC&#157; McGillis, who co-starred with Tom Cruise in Top Gun, added that she was surprised by the amount of media attention her revelation had received. &amp;quot;I got on a cruise...I thought the whole thing had just disappeared [after the interview], and then I got a phone call: &amp;#039;Oh my God, Kelly, you can&amp;#039;t believe it, it&amp;#039;s everywhere&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; she said.  McGillis announced publicly that she &amp;quot;was done with the man thing&amp;quot; last month. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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