Edward Enninful Opens Up About Being Gay Since Childhood
Ghanaian-born British editor and stylist Edward Kobina Enninful, who serves as editor-in-chief of British Vogue and the European editorial director of Condé Nast, has spoken out about his identity as a gay man since childhood.
The fashion star said that his father is homophobic. Edward claims that his father made it clear that anyone he caught being gay in the house would have their throats slashed.
Enninful discussed the effects of his coming out as gay on his relationship with his father in an interview with a YouTube channel The “Life of a CEO.”
From an early age, he knew he was gay. “If my dad would have known, he would have slit my throat,” he said.
According to the Vogue Editor, his father’s homophobic remarks and threats were frequent growing up. “He would say things like, ‘Oh my God, if I knew any gay person, if any person enters my house, I will slit your throat.”
Edward, however, revealed that despite his father’s staunch opposition to homosexuality, he had a gay cousin named Michael who was residing with them.
“I mean, he would say things like that. Like, ‘Oh my God, if I knew any gay person, if any person enters my house, I will slit your throat,’ but my cousin was living there, my cousin Michael, and he was gay,” he said, explaining the tensed environment in the household.
