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Anderson Silva: a lot of people thought I was gay

It has been observed numerous times over the years that the middleweight champion has an unusually high-pitched voice for such…

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Chris Palmquist
August 30, 2012 · 1 min read
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It has been observed numerous times over the years that the middleweight champion has an unusually high-pitched voice for such an alpha male and Silva says that when he was a teenager, more than one person thought he was gay.

That probably wasn’t helped by the fact that until around the age of 14 he thought it was normal to allow his sister to dress him up with girl’s clothes and play with dolls.

We would wear a dress, put on her shoes, the UFC champion tells Tatame with admirable frankness. And because I am very vain about my appearance, and have a high voice, a lot of people were sure I was gay.

Anderson, who married young, has been with his wife for 15 years and has five children.

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