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SO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LAST
MONTH WHEN --
AISHA: WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET
TO TALK TO HIM.
SARA: WHEN YOU BRAVELY OPENED
UP TO "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE FOR THE
FIRST TIME ABOUT BEING GAY AND
MARRIED TO YOUR LONG-TIME
PARTNER.
BARRY: WELL, TIMES HAVE
CHANGED.
TO GET A REACTION LIKE THAT,
YEAH.
SARA: SO HOW IS IT TO HAVE FANS
GIVE THAW REACTION AND SUPPORT?
BARRY: YOU KNOW, I KIND OF
EXPECTED IT.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED
IF I DIDN'T GET THAT KIND OF
REACTION.
MY FANS, THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE
ME, THEY WANT ME TO BE HAPPY.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS ODD.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS ODD, YOU KNOW,
I'M A SINGER AND A MUSICIAN,
BUT I MEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE SUPPORTED ME OVER THE
YEARS, THEY -- THEY REALLY SEEM
TO CARE ABOUT ME AND MY
HAPPINESS.
SHARON: YOU ARE AN AMERICAN
ICON.
YOU ARE BELOVED.
BARRY: YOU KNOW, AND FOR YEARS,
I WAS BE-HATED IN THE
BEGINNING, AND NOW I'M BELOVED.
IT'S MUCH BETTER BEING BELOVED.
SCOMMOIP SOUR BELOVED THAT ON
MAY 19 YOU'LL BE RECEIVING THE
PRESTIGIOUS B.M.I. ICON AWARD.
BARRY: OH, BOY.
[APPLAUSE]
BARRY: THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
I MEAN, OVER THE YEARS, I'VE
GOTTEN VARIOUS AWARDS, BUT THIS
ONE AS A SONGWRITER, AND FOR
ME, BEING A SONGWRITER HAS
ALWAYS BEEN SO IMPORTANT.
THIS ONE IS -- I'M VERY, VERY
HAPPY ABOUT THIS ONE, YEAH.