See a Minnesota morning anchor come out as gay on live TV: ‘I'm so nervous right now'

Jason Hackett, a news anchor at NBC's Minnesota affiliate, opened up to TODAY.com about why he wanted to come out to his viewersMinnesota news anchor Jason Hackett recently attended a basketball game with his partner of five years. And for the first time, he didn't care if anyone was watching them.

“I lived in this glass closet where my friends and coworkers knew I was gay, but never my audience,” Hackett, a 13-year broadcast veteran, explains. “I kept it to myself.”“There was a moment where I was like, ‘Oh my God, am I really going to do this?’” Hackett recalls. “When that red light came on, my heart was beating through my chest."“Coming out to people is never easy for me. I’m so nervous right now. I’m not going to lie,” Hackett told viewers.

Hackett’s co-anchor Alicia Lewis was visibly emotional while meteorologist John Zeigler, gestured to goose bumps on his arm.“A huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders,” Hackett says. “I was so relieved. It feels like gay people are constantly coming out to new people — you come out to your barber, and your butcher — and it’s scary every single time. Now that I’ve come out to the entire world, I don’t have to worry anymore.

“The first time I came out was to my mom when I was 19, and then we didn’t talk about it for a while. I think she was hoping it was a phase and that I just hadn’t found the right girl yet,” Hackett reveals. “A few years later, I came out again. I wrote them a letter, and that didn’t go over too well. I should have had a face-to-face conversation, but I was scared.”“That’s when it really set in for them,” Hackett says.“I’m not mad at my parents, and I don’t blame my parents.

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