May 30, 2007 | Celeb Watch

Worst kept secret ever

Like Lance Bass, Neil Patrick Harris, and T.R. Knight, David Hyde Pierce is the latest B-list celebrity to escape the Hollywood closet. Although he has never been open about his sexuality, it was not considered to be a deeply guarded secret, either. 

“Pierce got to Los Angeles in the early 1990s when his partner, actor-writer-producer Brian Hargrove, wanted to write for television,” an recent AP article said. A spokesman for Pierce later confirmed Hargrove and Pierce were lovers.

Now if only someone we didn't suspect would come out ...

• Emmy winner David Hyde Pierce makes it official [247gay]