Celebs You Didn't Know Were In Same-Sex Relationships

Comedian Wanda Sykes has amassed a lengthy list of screen credits in addition to headlining numerous standup comedy specials. She's been married twice — first to a man, and then to a woman. Her marriage to music producer Dave Hall lasted from 1991 until 1998; as she explained in a 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey, she came to realize that particular marriage represented her attempt to suppress her homosexuality, something she'd been trying to run from for her entire life. "I chose to be straight," Sykes said. "Totally repressed it."

In 2008, Sykes came out as openly gay, and at the same time revealed she had a wife. As Sykes told The Guardian, she met her future spouse, Alex Niedbalski, while vacationing at Fire Island in 2006, and found herself immediately smitten. "Something really said to me — like, audibly — 'Wow, that's what you need, Wanda,'" she recalled. Two years later they wed, and in 2009 welcomed twins.

Motherhood wasn't something that Sykes ever imagined for herself, until her wife managed to sell her on the idea. "I had no vision of having kids at all," Sykes said during an appearance on NPR's "Fresh Air." According to Sykes, she eventually came around when she had an epiphany about children. "I quickly was, like, 'You know? Why wouldn't you want kids? Why wouldn't you want to start a family with this person?' And it's the best decision I've ever made," she said.

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