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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-855/
- Published: 2023-10-25T17:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-25T05:10:57.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:07

Lloyd, mate, no one cares.

> Even in his early school years, [Lloyd Burr](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300878802/extoday-fm-host-lloyd-burr-will-return-to-newshub-as-a-political-reporter?ref=goodoil.news) knew he was gay.  
>  
> Burr was never interested in games of “catch and kiss” with girls. From 6 years old, he used to think, ‘do I get to catch the boys and kiss them?’  
>  
> Burr, [a political reporter for Newshub](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300878802/extoday-fm-host-lloyd-burr-will-return-to-newshub-as-a-political-reporter?ref=goodoil.news), is the latest guest on [Stuff’s Full Disclosure podcast](https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/full-disclosure-podcast/?ref=goodoil.news) hosted by Karen O’Leary.  
>  
> On the podcast, he explains how keeping his sexuality secret for almost 20 years [negatively affected his mental health](https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300760320/survey-highlights-major-concerns-for-the-wellbeing-of-lgbtqia-young-people?ref=goodoil.news).  
>  
> “I convinced myself that the world would hate me, and the older I got, the more intense that feeling got because you’re like, ‘I’m so deep now, I’m so deep in this lie that I can’t come back from it’.”  
>  
> Stuff

[Read more here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300986720/journalist-lloyd-burr-knew-he-was-gay-aged-6-he-wishes-hed-told-people-sooner?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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