"So, here I am. I'm gay" - South African actor
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"So, here I am. I'm gay" - South African actor

Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester

The actor received hundreds of messages of support over the weekend.

Armand Aucamp Instagram
Armand Aucamp Instagram

Armand Aucamp stole thousands of people's hearts in 'Die Boekklub' when he played the role of the heartbreaker and writer, Tom.

He has played enough roles, such as Jan van Riebeeck in the movie Krotoa, Ballade vir 'n Enkeling, that South Africans will immediately recognise him.

He has been wanting to get something off his chest for a long time and shared it with award-winning writer Hanlie Retief.

"For the first 24 years I couldn't stand in my own shoes. I walked around with something I couldn't even call myself. I'm gay," Aucamp admitted.

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ENGLISH TO FOLLOW: Link in Bio Op ouderdom 24 het ek teenoor familie, vriende en kollegas uitgekom. ‘Die berg’ wat ek al die jare as deel van my anatomie aanvaar het, het verbrokkel. Ek kon vir die eerste keer swèèf! Ek het myself belowe om nooit weer anders as eerlik daaroor te wees nie. Maar met elke sukses, elke projek, elke foto en onderhoud oor die afgelope 7 jaar, het daardie berg se klippe, stilweg en onbewustelik, weer stadig by my rug op gekruip en weer, op ouderdom 32, vierkantig op sy ou fondasies staanplek gevind. Tyd om die berg (weereens) af te breek. Ek gesels met Hanlie Retief in vandag se Rapport @rapportsa @netwerk_24 @lilipoen 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️ I came out to my family, friends and colleagues at age 24. The ‘mountain’ that I had accepted as a part of my anatomy for all those years, came crumbling down. For the first time in my life, I felt light. I vowed to never be anything but honest about it. But, with every success, every project, every interview and shoot over the past 7 years, that mountain came crawling back…Slowly, and unnoticed, those rocks made their way up my back and, at age 32, it had found its familiar foundations, square on my shoulders, once again. Time to bring the mountain down (yet again). I chat with Hanlie Retief in today’s @rapportsa @netwerk_24 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

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Elma Smit, presenter at Jacaranda FM, says: "Mace, you inspire so many people & there is nothing more beautiful than your love for your fellow human beings."

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