Jason Collins’ former fiancée, Carolyn Moos, had no idea he was gay. Moos is a former Stanford and WNBA center who dated Collins for eight years and was to engaged and set to marry him in 2009 until he abruptly called it off a month before the wedding date.
Collins called Moos last weekend to tell her his news before coming out publicly as the first active male American team-sport pro athlete to be gay on the cover of Sports Illustrated. His news was somewhat of closure for Moos.
“I had to sit down,” says Moos, now a personal trainer and nutritional consultant. “I was shocked. There’s no words to really describe my reaction. … But this does alleviate some of the pain. … I’m so happy for him. He deserves to live the life he wants.”
