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Tennis star João Lucas Reis Da Silva just came out by posting 'happy birthday' to his boyfriend
The hunky tennis star is in love with a smoking hot actor and model!
Professional tennis player João Lucas Reis Da Silva just came out as queer without ever saying the word!
Reis Da Silva told the world he’s in love with his hunky actor boyfriend Gui Sampaio Ricardo by posting an Instagram carousel full of photos of the happy couple together.
“Happy birthday, happy life, I love you very much,” Reis Da Silva captioned the post.
Not only is the post sweet and adorable — and full of pics of smoking hot men! — but by coming out publicly while still playing professional tennis with the Association of Tennis Professionals, Reis Da Silva is making history.
The 24-year-old Brazilian just became the first active male pro tennis player to publicly come out, Queerty reports. Former top 100 player Brian Vahaly, came out a decade after retiring, but the sport is still considered to be fairly conservative.
Luckily the times seem to be changing because Reis Da Silva’s doubles partner Pedro Boscardin Dias commented “Beautiful” on the post and Thiago Monteiro, Brazil’s current No.1 player, wrote “Wonderful” with heart emojis.
While this is the first time Reis Da Silva has come out publicly on his own social media, last month he commented “I love you” and “all my pride” on an Instagram post his boyfriend made showing him performing on stage.
We wish the hunky couple all the happiness in the world — we just hope they keep serving up sexy pics too!
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
