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'De-gayed for TV for 26 years': Gardening Australia star is proud to be out
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- "I love introducing people to new crops and meal ideas,” said Jerry. “It’s not just the freshness or knowing it’s organic, but that fact I grow things you can’t buy." (Supplied: Jerry Coleby-Williams)
- Gardening Australia's longest-serving presenter, Jerry Coleby-Williams, is a beloved fixture of Australian television.
- That all changed this year when Jerry and his husband, Thuan, marched with the ABC float in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.
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"I love introducing people to new crops and meal ideas,” said Jerry. “It’s not just the freshness or knowing it’s organic, but that fact I grow things you can’t buy." (Supplied: Jerry Coleby-Williams)
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Gardening Australia's longest-serving presenter, Jerry Coleby-Williams, is a beloved fixture of Australian television. For 26 years, his gentle English lilt has invited us to share his love of horticulture. And for 26 years, he has felt he had to hide his identity on screen as an out and proud gay man.
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