"Prison Break" Star Wentworth Miller Has Just Revealed He's A Gay
Man... In A Statement That Reads As A Giant "F YOU" To Russia. The
41-year-Old Actor Fired Off A Letter To The Director Of The St.
Petersburg International Film Festival-- Rejecting Its Invitation For
Him To Travel To The Motherland For The Event... And In The Letter, WM
Went Public About His Sexuality For The First Time. "Thank You For
Your Kind Invitation As Someone Who Has Enjoyed Visiting Russia In The
Past And Can Also Claim A Degree Of Russian Ancestry, It Would Make Me
Happy To Say Yes. However, As A Gay Man, I Must Decline. "Miller
Continues... "I Am Deeply Troubled By The Current Attitude aND
Treatment Toward Gay Men And Women By The Russian Government." The
Situation Is In No Way Acceptable, And I Cannot In Good Conscience
Participate In A Celebratory Occasion Hosted By A Country Where People
Like Myself Are Being Systematically Denied Their Basic Right To Live
And Love Openly." He Added, "If Circumstances Improve, I'll Be Free To
Make A Different CHOICE•"
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