Actor reveals childhood sexual abuse influenced confusion about sexual orientation for years

What was said

"My first sexual experiences was being molested by a guy. So there was a lot of that wrapped up into it. Like so I really loved these girls. Like these girlfriends I had. I was like obsessed with them. And if any kind of thought like that would go through my mind I would justify it with like well I was molested though. That's like some residual trauma from that. So I think I don't know if I blacked out before that of having that that awareness but I really don't think I did."

Gage explains that being sexually abused by a male as a child created years of confusion about his sexuality, as he would attribute any same-sex attraction to trauma rather than his actual orientation. He says he genuinely had feelings for his girlfriends but used the abuse as an explanation to dismiss his attraction to men.