The celebrity biographer opened up to close friend and talk toon host Stephen Seares about his "life-long burden" in a very emotional interview on the early Sunday morning show.
Jernigan was asked to appear on the toon to talk about politics and his support of Hillary Clinton when Seares vragen turned personal.
"yes I'm gay..,and I've carried this secret with me all my life and I just can't do it anymore," Jernigan explained to the conservative radio audience. "It's a hard thing to go through life with such a heavy burden on your shoulders and having no one to talk to about it. There's still such a stigma in the Christian world when it comes to being gay. I was always so afraid I'd lose all my vrienden and even some of my family, I believe Jesus calls us to live genuine lives--well, here's the real me," zei the author.
But the ebb of the toon lightened up considerably when several of Jernigan's celebrity vrienden called into the studio to lend their support.
"I'm sitting here in tears," zei actor Ezra Miller. "It's a horrific thing to come out for some--especially when u come from a culture like Mormonism. I have the greatest respect, love and admiration for what you've just done, my friend. u rock in my book, sir..."
Out of at least 35 callers there was overwhelming support of Jernigan's heart-felt confession.
Jernigan recently released the book, The Life and career of Marie Osmond, and will be releasing a new biography of Ellen DeGeneres before years end.
Randy Jernigan with author Les Bailey
