![gay men com shot compition gay men com shot compition](https://www.out.com/sites/out.com/files/2014/05/14/OTAMBContest.jpg)
"The uniform response that I got from everyone was, 'Chris, we don't care that you're gay this is a shooting competition we want to see how well you shoot.'"Ĭheng admits he was "caught off guard" by that response. The History Channel never aired any of that footage because, and this is the quote that they gave me: 'It never became relevant.' "The interesting thing was, it really was a non-issue for the other marksmen on the cast. "The entire cast of Top Shot knew that I was gay, and there were plenty of recorded discussions about ," Cheng said. That was part of his persona, no doubt a hot button.
![gay men com shot compition gay men com shot compition](https://d1a2ggqmhsoom.cloudfront.net/tqgUEXAF5fmLVyfzz070FQXig4I=/fit-in/346x500/filters:quality(90):fill(ffffff)/http://static-catalog.supersports.co.th/p/speedo-4844-41534-1.jpg)
Cheng spoke with Windy City Times reporter Ross Forman for his first newspaper interview since coming-out.Ĭhris Cheng was the "gay guy applying for a shooting competition" when he auditioned two years ago to appear on The History Channel's Top Shot ( season 4 ). Cheng also is a co-founder of Home For A Home, a nonprofit organization that builds homes for the needy. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Opera BRAVO! Club and is a volunteer baritone singer for the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Cheng has participated three times, including in 2013, in the annual AIDS LifeCycle bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Cheng and partner Nate Smith have been together for almost five years and their families will be together for Christmas, just as they are annually for Thanksgiving. Chris Cheng, winner of The History Channel's Top Shot ( Season 4 ), revealed Tuesday, Dec.