I feel like I’m going to explode with excitement. Read more: Martin Lewis' wife Lara Lewington forced to cover scars with 'very heavy make-up' after nasty crashĭame Kelly said: “I needed to do this now, for me. She said: 'There have been lots of dark times where I wished I could scream that I am gay – but I couldn’t.” Now, after years of pain, and fully aware of rumours about her sexuality, she is grateful to be breaking the news on her own terms. The Team GB star said that she had lived a 'secret life' for decades and wanted to end her silence in Pride Month. The Olympic legend told The Sunday Mirror about breaking her 34-year silence to come out at the age of 52.

Dame Kelly Holmes has come out as gay after 34 years and has told fans across the globe that she is 'finally free'.