Comic and former speak present host Amber Ruffin honored the ultimate day of LGBTQ+ Pleasure Month by popping out.
“In what will come as a shock to exactly zero people, I’m using the last day of PRIDE to come out!” she wrote Sunday within the caption of an Instagram submit that included a snapshot of her in a T-shirt with the phrase “queer” printed in rainbow colours.
“Be proud of who you are, little babies! I know I am!” she continued, earlier than joking: “And I can’t wait to be discriminated against for a new reason!!”
By Monday afternoon, Ruffin’s submit had obtained greater than 45,000 likes, together with supportive feedback from a few of her well-known buddies.
“Welcome home Amber!! Our team just keeps getting hotter and smarter!!” wrote “One Tree Hill” actor Sophia Bush, who got here out as queer in April. “Happy Pride, dear one.”
Actor and singer Cynthia Erivo echoed these sentiments, writing: “Welcome baby love!! bathrooms are to the left, refreshments to the right, grab a chair. The DJ takes requests.”
A Nebraska native, Ruffin rose to nationwide prominence as a author for “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” She went on to host her personal late-night present, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” on Peacock from 2020 to 2022. She’s additionally written for Broadway, having up to date the script for the present revival of “The Wiz” and collaborated with Matthew López on the 2022 musical adaptation of “Some Like It Hot.”
Ruffin was married to Dutch painter Jan Schiltmeijer for 13 years. Their divorce was finalized in December.
