PEOPLE Video Exclusive: R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Speaks Out

This Just In: Michael Stipe Comes Out of the Closet...Is this 1988?!
In a recent interview with Spin magazine, comments that R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe made about the positive effect of being an out, gay public figure caught traction online. The interview triggered a flurry discussion about his own sexuality – and his decision to finally acknowledge being gay publicly for the first time. The truth is, Stipe, 48, has been candid about being queer for years – even being named in 1995 to Out magazine's "Out 100" list of gay celebrities. Now, for the first time since his much-buzzed about interview, Stipe speaks out to PEOPLE in this taped statement from Paris.
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