‘I’m a lesbian,’ declares Top Gun actress Kelly McGillis

Top Gun actress Kelly McGillis has confirmed Hollywood’s worst kept secret – she is a lesbian.
The 51-year-old, who played Tom Cruise’s love interest in the film about a fighter pilot training school, has long been the subject of rumours but always denied being gay.
The actress, who is single, ‘came out’ in an interview with lesbian website SheWired.com.
When asked if she was looking for a man or woman, she said her next partner would ‘definitely be a woman’.
She added: ‘I’m done with the man thing. I did that, I need to move on in life.
‘It’s a part of being true to yourself. That’s been a challenge for me.’
Kelly has been married and divorced twice.
She has two daughters, Kelsey, 19, and Sonora, 16, from her 13-year marriage to California millionaire Fred Tillian. They split in 2002.
Kelly said it took her a long time to accept she was a lesbian. ‘I think that was an ongoing process from the time I was probably 12.
‘It was a long arduous journey for me. I had a lot of bad things happen to me that made me think God was punishing me for being gay.
‘Life is a freaking journey about coming to terms with who and what you are.’
The star admitted she was hoping to return to acting again now that her children had grown up.
She said: ‘I’m finding at 51 I’m starting my life in a whole different phase.
‘I love acting but I don’t want to do it at the point of losing who I really am.’
Despite her two marriages, rumours have surrounded Kelly’s sexuality for years.
In 2000, she further fuelled speculation when she filmed a lesbian sex scene in 2000 thriller The Monkey’s Mask.
At the time, she said: ‘I knew this movie would start all that lesbian thing up again and it doesn’t bother me.
‘It isn’t about me coming out but if people want to think that, that’s fine. I don’t care. If anyone has a problem with the scenes, they can kiss my big, fat butt.’
In 1982, Kelly was assaulted and raped in her New York apartment by convicted rapist Leroy Johnson.
Three years ago, he apologised to the actress after he was convicted of raping two other women.
The experience inspired Kelly to play a sex crimes prosecutor alongside Jodie Foster in the 1988 film The Accused.
Kelly also played Harrison Ford’s partner in the Oscar-winning 1985 film Witness.