In a subsequent posting in his blog and on Twitter, at the same time of his public disclosure that he suffers from Body Dysmorphic Disorder, he also obviously implied that he was gay. When one of his Twitter followers questioned whether he was coming out of the closet, the actor simply answered: "@MichaelJMapes I was never in - Reid Ewing (@media_reid)" on November 21, 2015
(Grammatically implied "When I wrote") "Writes a cosmetic surgery article, people care more that I'm gay..." (blog posting was accompanied by a link to his Tweet on the subject, since deleted). - Reid Ewing (@media_reid)" on November 23, 2015.