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Watch: Melissa Etheridge Tells Chelsea Handler 'I'm Not Gay, It's all for Publicity'

Watch: Melissa Etheridge Tells Chelsea Handler 'I'm Not Gay, It's all for Publicity'

While promoting her latest album 4th Street Feeling Melissa Etheridge stopped by Chelsea Lately and joked that she’s not really a lesbian – she just said so to sell more albums. Host Chelsea Handler greeted the multi-Grammy winner by saying, “You’re one of the first lesbians ever to exist on earth,” referring to Etheridge’s watershed coming out in the early ‘90s.

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While promoting her latest album 4^th Street Feeling Melissa Etheridge stopped by Chelsea Lately and joked that she’s not really a lesbian – she just said so to sell more albums. Host Chelsea Handler greeted the multi-Grammy winner by saying, “You’re one of the first lesbians ever to exist on earth,” referring to Etheridge’s watershed coming out in the early ‘90s.

The pair discussed how Etheridge’s album sales skyrocketed once she came out in 1993. “It’s all a publicity stunt and I’m not gay,” Melissa said. They also touched on Melissa coming out to her parents and her early days trying to make it as a musician in Los Angeles.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.