David Ogden Stiers comes out of the closet

After a ton of speculation, former M*A*S*H, Beauty and the Beast, and Pocahontas, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame star David Ogden Stiers has come out of the closet and admitted he's gay. He broke the news to the Gossip Boy blog.

Yes, I am. Very proud to be so. From the late 1980s until about seven or eight years ago, you would find certain individuals coming up to you, me, and advocating the position that since we were doing family fare that it would be best were the actors to maintain a certain palatability to parents. These parties likely had heard rumors or harbored suspicions about me and wanted to make sure no embarrassing incidents were forthcoming. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion for me.

It's gotta be a HUGE weight off of his shoulders. David joins Top Gun star Kelly McGillis in coming out of the closet recently. Congrats to both of them!