David Hyde Pierce, mainly known as Niles on Frasier, recently publicly "came out" about being gay in a recent article that was posted on CNN.
"He worked at Playwrights Horizons, the Public Theater, Shakespeare in the Park and a lot of regional theaters such as the Guthrie in Minneapolis, Chicago's Goodman and Long Wharf in New Haven, Conn. Pierce got to Los Angeles in the early 1990s when his partner, actor-writer-producer Brian Hargrove, wanted to write for television."
Reportedly, Pierce's sexuality has always been a kept secret within Hollywood, although Pierce never publicly admitted being gay until this story was printed. AfterElton.com contacted Pierce's rep who confirmed that Hargrove is in fact Pierce's life-partner
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