14 DAY TRIAL // Sara Gilbert is now engaged to musician Linda Perry, having long decided to come out of the closet. In an emotional chat on The Talk, which she co-hosts, she reveals how she realized she wasn’t straight and how then-boyfriend Johnny Galecki helped her come out.
A video of Sara’s emotional confession is embedded below: it’s a must-see because it paints Johnny as the sweetest, most loving guy ever.
Sara and Johnny starred on “Roseanne” together, where they played girlfriend and boyfriend and, later on, spouses.
She says she always had a crush on him, so she didn’t think twice about it when he asked her out. The awkwardness only came when they kissed.
“I thought he was super cute and I had a total crush on him. And we started dating and he would come over and we would, like, make out, and then I would start to get depressed,” Sara explains.
He initially thought it was because of him but, in time, Sara broke the news to him, letting him know that she was actually interested in girls, not boys.
To his credit, Johnny continued to be her “beard” while she dated an older woman, because she was terrified of what might happen to her career if the secret got out.
Even more to his credit is the way he responded when she told him she had decided to come out publicly.
“I called him and I just said, ‘Is it okay? I’m thinking about talking about this and the story sort of starts with you. And I gotta say that I made out with you and got depressed, which is kind of a bummer’,” Sara says.
“And he said, ‘Yeah, of course! I love you and I think it’s really important. I’m so proud of you. If you want, I’ll be there with you and I’ll hold your hand.’ And I just thought that was so sweet,” she adds, with tears in her eyes.
Her co-hosts and the entire audience were equally moved by the time she was done telling the story.
