Chris Appleton is reflecting on his coming out journey.

In a new interview, the 44-year-old celebrity hairstylist detailed coming out as gay at the age of 26 to his former partner Kate Katon and their two kids, son Billy , now 22, and daughter Kitty-blu , now 20.

“I was like, ‘I’m going to hurt all these people I’ve created this life with,’” Chris shared on the Jay Shetty Podcast .

“We were together for nine years, had two kids and it was a magical nine years,” he added of his life with Kate . “I honestly thought I had it all figured out.”

Chris said that he and Kate had a stereotypical domestic life before he realized that he was gay, and that’s when “it all came crashing down.”

“I really loved her,” he explained. “I didn’t want to be gay. I didn’t want to be d

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