Matt Bomer's Husband Simon Halls Talks Matt's Public Coming Out & How It Took Him By Surprise
Did you know that Matt Bomer‘s husband Simon Halls has been instrumental in helping other celebs come out to the public?
Simon is a founder and partner at Slate PR, a leading talent PR firm in Hollywood and he represents stars like George Clooney, Annette Bening, Joe Alwyn, in addition to openly gay actors like Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, Andrew Rannells, and Colton Haynes.
Simon is the focus of a new feature in The Hollywood Reporter, which chronicles how he’s helped stars like Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche navigate their public coming outs.
The article also discusses how he wasn’t involved in Matt‘s coming out.
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“Ironically, while my husband Matt’s coming out was the one that impacted my life in the biggest way, it was one that I had very little to do with,” Simon said. “From the very outset of our relationship, Matt and I had decided to separate church and state from a business perspective. Meaning, he had an amazing rep, Jennifer Allen, who was entirely capable of running that side of his life.”
Simon continued, “So, when he publicly thanked me and the kids at the Desert AIDS Project event in front of a thousand people, I was surprised, touched and wholly unprepared for the worldwide attention that it would receive. To me, it was a lovely gesture. To the media, it was a bit of a firestorm. But Matt handled it all with impeccable grace, and after the 24-hour news cycle died down, he went back to living his life as a working actor, unaware that he had touched the lives of so many young LGBTQ kids around the world.”
Matt recently revealed a major film role that he lost after he was outed.