In an interview with The Life of a CEO on YouTube, Enninful reflected on his early realization of his sexuality and the impact it had on his relationship with his father.
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“I knew I was gay from when I was young, and if my dad would have known, he would have slit my throat,” he revealed.
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The Vogue Editor added that his father’s homophobic comments and threats pervaded their household. “He would say things like, ‘Oh my God, if I knew any gay person if any person enters my house, I will slit your throat.'”
Edward however disclosed that amidst his father’s strong stance against homosexuality, he had a gay cousin, Michael who was living with them at the time. In the interview below, Edward added his father’s contradictory attitudes towards homosexuality created a complex and conflicting atmosphere within their family.
“I mean, he would say things like that. Like, ‘Oh my God, if I knew any gay person if any person enters my house, I will slit your throat,’ but my cousin was living there, my cousin Michael, and he was gay,” he said.
