Actor and former Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy spoke openly about his sexual preferences nearly 10 years after publicly coming out as gay.
Kenworthy, a gold medalist who retired from competitive skiing in 2022, discussed his experiences with threesomes, monogamy, and public sex during an appearance on Grindr’s Who’s The A**hole? podcast, hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Katya Zamolodchikova.
Kenworthy revealed that, despite being in relationships for most of his adult life, he has had “more threesomes than… sex one-on-one with people.”
“I do like threesomes. I’m a serial monogamist. They haven’t always been monogamous, but I’ve always been in a relationship, literally my entire life. I’m always in a relationship, which is why I’ve had a lot of threesomes,” Kenworthy said.
He added that “most” of the queer people he knows are in open relationships.
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“I’m not saying that all relationships should be open, but I think one of the things that’s beautiful about queer relationships is that we are, by nature, non-traditional, so we don’t have to conform to heteronormative traditions,” Kenworthy said.
He added, “The key and the baseline is trust, honesty, and communication, and then you can set your own parameters.”
The 80 for Brady star confirmed he is currently in a relationship after seemingly debuting his romance on Instagram last week.
In a post, he shared several photos, including one of him lying shirtless on a beach in Sydney, Australia, kissing a man identified as Andrew Rigby.
Rigby posted a topless photo with Kenworthy in January, captioned with a heart emoji.
In addition to plenty of threesomes, the athlete shared that he’s attended a few group sessions or two, enjoys being watched in the shower, and is a fan of sex in public – as long as it’s away from people who wouldn’t want to see it.
“I went to Madrid Pride this last year and went to an afters that was basically a sex party in a hotel room. It was hot because there were so many people, but it was kind of like, I wouldn’t pick anyone in this room for a one-on-one thing so it’s sort of like forgoing that because it’s this big group thing,” he explained of his recent group experience.
“It was fine, but I didn’t stay very long and wasn’t really into it,” Kenworthy said of the experience. “I’ve been to a couple of bathhouses. I wasn’t into it the first time I went, but then I had fun.”
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He also revealed that he has attended the Burning Man festival in Nevada, known for its various sex events, including an orgy dome, calling it “one of [his] favorite things [he’s] ever experienced.”
Kenworthy went on to tell Katya that he is “pretty into” having sex in public, as long as there is no one around who wouldn’t want to see it.
“I think that’s disrespectful,” he explained. “If there could be kids around, I’m not into that at all. But a dark room at a club? I think it’s hot to have sex somewhere in a dark room. Or doing it in nature, but not necessarily with people around—I think that’s hot.”
