Derren Brown’s love life after illusionist ‘tried to train himself out of being gay’

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Illusionist Derren Brown found it so hard to accept he was gay after a Christian upbringing that he tried to “train” himself out of it. The BAFTA award-winner, 55, was brought up…

Derren added to the Daily Beast in 2017: “As a Christian, it opened up the weird world of them trying to cure you. I didn't go through it, but I skimmed the surface. I had a gay friend who was much more into it.

“He's still gay, just more disillusioned with the church. There was never anybody that it actually worked for."

He told Premier Christianity: “Although I think it’s tragically misguided, what was interesting is the Church trying to engage with something that might be painful and difficult for young people rather than just saying ‘Go away and read your Bible’.

“They were saying there’s a spiritual model for this and here’s something you can engage with and we want to listen to you.

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