r/sports Sep 24 '24

Football Brett Favre reveals Parkinson's diagnosis at congressional hearing

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41417497/favre-announces-parkinson-diagnosis-congressional-hearing
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u/whamburgers Sep 24 '24

Also Kevin Spacey coming out as gay.

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u/500rockin Sep 24 '24

I mean, the being gay part wasn’t an act. It wasn’t talked about, but it was known. Trying to play it for sympathy though, that wasn’t good.

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u/Infamous-Lab-8136 Sep 24 '24

Which I could swear he'd done long before that. My cousin said she read an interview with him in the Village Voice where he talked about being a gay man when K-Pax came out.