{"id":211045,"date":"2019-04-23T05:22:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=211045"},"modified":"2019-04-23T05:22:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:22:49","slug":"youtube-sensation-mikey-bustos-comes-out-of-closet-thanks-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/23\/youtube-sensation-mikey-bustos-comes-out-of-closet-thanks-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube sensation Mikey Bustos comes out of closet, thanks supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Life is sweet! ❤🏳️‍🌈 Thank you for the outpouring of love, guys. (Photo<\/a>: mikey_bustos\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

YouTube sensation Mikey Bustos let his true colors shine true as he publicly came out as a proud member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Filipino-Canadian comedian earlier posted on his Instagram account two photos of him with his manager who turned out to be his lover, RJ Garcia, while having their vacation in a beach in Puerto Galera.<\/p>\n

The first photo was captioned, “Happy Easter! #NewLife,” while “Freedom” was written on the second one. An emoji of a rainbow flag was also included in the caption of the two posts.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, April 23, Mikey shared a shirtless photo of him with a sticker of rainbow sunglasses, to which the stream of colors symbolizes the LGBT community.<\/p>\n

“Life is sweet!” Mikey begins his heartfelt message to his supporters whom he thanked for their “outpouring” love. Mikey said it never crossed his mind that he will receive a huge amount of support sent from “all corners of cyberspace, media, and the world.”<\/p>\n

“Figuring out how to navigate life in the most authentic and positive way has been such a long +37 yr journey for me, and at this moment, I feel I’ve reached some kind of karmic jackpot!” Mikey happily shared.<\/p>\n

He continued, “It’s 2019 (as my dad put it when I came out to him a few weeks ago), and a great time to be alive LGBT.\u00a0#FilipinoPRIDE<\/span>“<\/p>\n

The comment section of Mikey’s post overflowed with messages of support from his followers and friends including comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto, Filipino-American singer AJ Rafael, Filipino-American dancer Dominic Sandoval or popularly know as D-Trix, and Erwan Heussaff.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, Mikey shared it was through writing songs that helped him express what he truly felt during those times when he was still hiding in the closet.<\/p>\n

“To help me cope, I wrote so many songs about being bisexual\/gay\/closeted in my two albums, e.g. If It Feels Good Then We Should, Secret Affair, Suspended, Every Time My Heart Beats,” he said.<\/p>\n

He added, “I was so looking forward to the day I could explain what those songs were really about, and hoped it could help someone who was in the same position as myself at the time.”<\/p>\n

Mikey, who competed in the reality television show Canadian Idol<\/em>, rose in popularity through his song parodies and other hilarious videos that feature Filipinos culture and tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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