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Actress Fran Drescher says ex-husband is now gay

”Peter and I met when we were 15…. We were just kids and didn’t know who we truly were. We went through a lot together…. We love each other dearly…. We have even fixed each other up! I more successfully than him, by the way.”

Fran Drescher revealing to In Touch Weekly that her ex-husband came out to her as gay after they divorced in 1999. Drescher is famous for staring in ”The Nanny” TV comedy, and she has served as a spokesperson for women who have cancer in recent years. (In Touch Weekly)

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