Writer Elizabeth Gilbert confessed her love for a woman

Probably everyone remembers the melodrama "Eat, Pray, Love," where the star of the movie Julia Roberts played the main role. The script for this painting was written on the basis of the bestseller Elizabeth Gilbert "Is, pray, love," in which the writer described her life after the divorce from her first husband.

Unexpected recognition of Elizabeth

47-year-old American writer Gilbert had never been seen in relationships with women before. She was 2 times married, so the frank confession of feelings for her best friend Raya Elias, made recently, caused a shock to her fans.

In the morning of September 7, on her Facebook page, Elizabeth published a snapshot of Elias, signing it with these words:

"Me and Raya are together now. We love each other and are very happy about this. "

Then you could read the story that Elizabeth and Raya are friends for a long time. For Gilbert Elias has always been the "main model" of her books, and the person she could trust at any moment. After Rai was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and liver cancer, Elizabeth overestimated their friendships, realizing that she loved her friend. In addition, the writer's message could find such lines:

"You have no idea what happened to my mind and heart when I heard this terrible diagnosis. All the years that we know each other, for a moment swept by my eyes. I realized that I no longer have time to pretend to myself. Everything fell into place, and I realized that I do not just love Raya as a friend, but I'm madly in love with her. Death or its perspective brings truth to the forefront, no matter what it is. I do not know how the public will perceive this news, but the fact that I told it helps me build relationships with my beloved and live further in a transparent and understandable world. "
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Elizabeth left her husband because of a friend

The famous writer Gilbert was born in 1969 in the USA. She first married in 1994 for Michael Cooper, but in 2002 the couple announced their disintegration. After that, Elizabeth went to travel to Bali, where she had to review the relationship with the ex-husband and recover a little after the divorce. In this journey, Gilbert met her second husband, Jose Nunez. It was their novel in all its details that was described in the third part of the book "Is, pray, love." The bestseller Elizabeth was published in 2006 with a circulation of over 10 million copies, and a year later Gilbert married Nunez. In June 2016, the writer announced that she was leaving José, but the reason for the separation was hiding until today. As it became clear, Elizabeth's second marriage fell apart because of her love for her close friend Raya Elias.