‘I was homeless after coming out – now my dad and I couldn’t be closer’
The fallout the TV star had with his dad 'broke his heart'.
Davide was 18 when he came out to his dad. Weeks later he was homeless on the streets of Paris.
Later this month, Davide is going to meet his husband for the very first time on Married At First Sight UK, the Channel 4 dating show where participants walk down the aisle without ever meeting the person at the end of it.
It’s taken a lot of healing, personal growth and wisdom to get to this point, to be able to say ‘I do’ at all, let alone to a total stranger.
But perhaps the most special part of Davide’s wedding day is that he can stand in front of his husband, with the full backing of the father who once told him ‘you’ll never be happy’ as a gay man.
Forgiveness and empathy are the key to a happy life; as Davide and his father discovered on their respective journeys after that scared teenager was brave enough to come out as a gay man.
‘I love my dad with all my heart,’ Davide tells Metro. ‘He had no idea what gay meant – he just didn’t know any better. He is one of the biggest supporters of the gay community now.’
