Cake boss, Maxwell Mwamburi popularly known for his artistic cakes recently came out of the closet and since then he had been making headlines on a daily.

Maxwell who also goes by, Hunty Maxine or just Maxine (his female alter ego) in a recent interview confirmed that he had been hiding his true identity out of the crippling fear of criticism from the public.

He also revealed that he has been queer since childhood and he truly struggled with an identity crisis. 

“I’ve been like this since childhood... It’s something I struggled with for quite some time. It was about time I came out of the closet and just do me and live life my own way,” Maxwell said. 

The entrepreneur who has also taken up on the mantle of a tea master revealed that in the past he had tried coming out to the public but was met with irrational backlash and hate. 

“There’s a point I came out on my Instagram stories but the insults were too much so I just went back to the closet. I pretended, but I But now I came back as fully gay,” he said.

Maxine went on to add that even though he had come out fully as gay to the public, not all his family members and friends have come to terms with his newly revealed identity or accepted his truth.

He added that he and his dad had not talked ever since his public stance.

"I know my dad has already been told but I don’t care because he has already lived his life, but maybe with time he will come to terms with it,” said Mwamburi.

Talking about his past relationships, the entrepreneur revealed that he only dated women for show off. 

His last relationship was with socialite Soila and was only meant to please his family and friends.

“The main reason why I stayed with her for that long was because of family. It lasted like one and half years but it was mostly because of family and friends. 

I wanted to seem “normal” and I had attached the whole idea to my business because I thought that in Kenya to get the support you need to seem that way,” Maxine sadly said. 

Maxwell praised Soila as an amazing friend highlighting that she would constantly encourage him to come out because he was not happy pretending to be straight. 

The entrepreneur stressed that he regrets having a dummy relationship because it cost him a lot. 

“I regret it so much because it cost me a lot. But my guy knew that she was a dummy girlfriend, but that is the most I have done for family,” he said.

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