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Wayne Brady on how Robin Williams helped him step into his truth

Wayne Brady shares how the late Robin Williams helped him step into his truth: 'If someone who brought so much light and love could leave us and suffer in silence, then I didn't want to suffer in silence anymore.'

Brady got to show off his comedic chops to his hero when Williams guest starred on a memorable 2000 episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway, but the two had already met years before and would continue to cross paths in the comedy world. In his coming out essay published last year, Brady cited Williams' death in 2014 from suicide as a pivotal moment in his own mental health journey — one that also led to the realization that he identified as pansexual, defined as attraction to a person regardless of sex or gender. With his reality show, which is filled with a lot of heart and some surprising revelations, Brady hopes to shine a light on mental health conversations often left in the shadows.

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