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VIDEO Chely Wright’s coming out interview on ‘The Today Show’

Country singer Chely Wright has announced to the world that she is gay on the cover of this week’s People magazine, in her autobiography Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer released today and in an interview on The Today Show early this morning.

Watch the video and find out which country music performer had Chely contemplating suicide after his condemning remarks.

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PHOTO Chely Wright to announce she’s gay in People magazine

There has been a great deal of speculation since the folks at People magazine revealed that someone would be coming out of the closet in their May 5 issue. They gave some hints, including the fact that it is was a female country singer, which had numerous sites like Gawker and Autostraddle speculating who the next K.D. Lang might be.

According to multiple sources, the answer is Chely Wright! Keep reading to find out about the singer’s new book and CD due out May 4!