5lspecials: The Real Gareth Thomas - 11 Sep 14




5 live Sport Specials show

Summary: Gareth Thomas talks about how he lived a lie throughout his rugby career, as a gay man. Thomas talks about his marriage to his childhood sweetheart and using away games and fake stag weekends as elaborate cover stories while picking up men in London's gay scene. Thomas speaks candidly to Will Perry about how he was scared to admit his sexuality to the world of rugby and fighting his gay urges after his first gay sexual encounter at 18 while working as a postman in Bridgend left him "disgusted".