Ed Smart, Father of Abduction Survivor Elizabeth Smart, Describes Pain of Coming Out as Gay to Wife and Children

Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth Smart survived abduction for nine months after being abducted from their Federal Heights home in Salt Lake City in 2002, came out as gay in August. On Wednesday, Smart explained to CBS This Morning host Gayle King how challenging it was to come out to his wife and children.

“I don’t think people understand the fight that goes on inside,” said Smart, breaking down in tears. “And I feel horrible that our marriage has ended. Lois is a wonderful woman. I wish somehow she understood. I think she believes that it was my choice. And yes it was my choice to end our marriage. It was not my choice to be gay. Until I left her I was always faithful.”

Smart said he called his children and told them he was gay at five in the morning, describing it as a grenade that had been waiting to go off.

“I wanted each one of them to hear this from me. I wanted this pain and struggle to be over with,” he told King.

Smart came out in a since-deleted Facebook message….

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