{"id":3740,"date":"2026-01-18T02:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/why-wayne-brady-says-coming-out-as-pansexual-made-him-a-better-dad\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T02:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:37:13","slug":"why-wayne-brady-says-coming-out-as-pansexual-made-him-a-better-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/why-wayne-brady-says-coming-out-as-pansexual-made-him-a-better-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wayne Brady Says Coming Out as Pansexual Made Him a ‘Better’ Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Whose Line Is It Anyway?<\/em> star Wayne Brady<\/strong> is revealing how his sexuality impacts his parenting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel lighter, because I\u2019m me,\u201d Brady, 53, told People<\/em> in an interview published on Saturday, January 17. \u201cThat lets me be a better actor. Lets me be a better performer onstage. Lets me be a better dad. Lets me be a better partner to someone someday. I\u2019m happier, I\u2019m brighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Let\u2019s Make a Deal<\/em> host shares 22-year-old daughter Maile Masako<\/strong> with his ex-wife, Mandie Taketa<\/strong>. The actor came out as pansexual in August 2023, sharing that famed actor and comedian Robin Williams<\/strong>\u2019 death \u201cimpacted\u201d him so much that he felt he needed to better understand himself. (Williams died by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63.)<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Robin\u2019s death, I got involved in certain groups, like Glenn Close<\/strong>\u2019s group, Bring Change to Mind, being very vocal about mental health,\u201d he told People<\/em> at the time. \u201cOnce I opened that door to myself though, I had to start learning about myself, and I had to start owning up to things that maybe I\u2019d either repressed, surprised, or just didn\u2019t wanna deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Everything Wayne Brady Has Said About Coming Out as Pansexual<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tWayne Brady is proud of who he is. The Let\u2019s Make a Deal game show host came out as pansexual in August 2023, and has since opened up about being able to finally live his life authentically. \u201cI don\u2019t give a f\u2013k anymore,\u201d Brady exclusively told Us Weekly at the Advocate + Out Pride cover [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He explained,\u201d I gave joy at work. But the pity is then I come home, and I don\u2019t have that joy. I have joy because I love my daughter and I love my family. I love being a dad more than chocolate ice cream. But that can\u2019t be my only joy. I have to love myself. And that\u2019s when I realized that I had a problem because if I can spend everything on stage and on camera but then I come home and there is a love deficit, what is going on?\u201d<\/p>\n

A year later, while exclusively speaking to Us Weekly<\/em> at the Advocate + Out Pride cover launch party, that he no longer cared what people thought when it came to his sexuality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t give a f*** anymore,\u201d Brady told Us<\/em> in June 2024. \u201cI no longer walk around with shame or fear of blackmail \u2014 and that\u2019s the biggest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Before hosting the GLAAD awards that same year, Brady shared how he realized he was pansexual.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to do research and find out what it was that I [am],\u201d he told People<\/em> while walking the red carpet. \u201cThe biggest misconception \u2014 and I even make a joke about it onstage tonight \u2014 is that people think that you\u2019re an indecisive bisexual. No, no. Let me set you straight.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cWhat the definition basically boils down to is, regardless of gender, regardless. So that means that I am happily free to fall in love with anybody here. If you\u2019re gay, if you\u2019re straight, if you\u2019re non-binary, trans, I don\u2019t care. It\u2019s the person, which in my mind is the ultimate in acceptance and loving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s ex, Taketa, was extremely supportive in the wake of Brady\u2019s self-discovery.<\/p>\n

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