Former
child
actor
Danny
Pintauro,
who
played
Jonathan
on
popular
sitcom
"Who's
the
Boss?",
has
revealed
on
Oprah
Winfrey's
recent
show
that
he
is
HIV
positive.
Pintauro,
told
talk
show
queen
Oprah
Winfrey
during
Saturday's
episode
of
"Oprah:
Where
Are
They
Now?" that
he
was
diagnosed
with
the
virus
in
2003
but
awaited
until
now
to
go
public
with
the
news,
reports
hollywoodreporter.com.
"I
wanted
to
tell
you
this
a
long
time
ago,
but
I
wasn't
ready
-
I'm
ready
now
-
that
I'm
HIV
positive,
and
I
have
been
for
12
years.
It's
just
a
big
deal.
It's
not
something
that
people
are
talking
about
right
now
really,"
Pintauro,
39,
said.
Image
Courtesy
of
Twitter
Pintauro,
who
came
out
as
gay
in
1997,
explained
that
he
had
been
forced
out
at
the
time
by
a
tabloid
magazine
reporter.
He
said
he
is
now
hoping
to
serve
as
a
role
model
for
those
with
the
virus.
"I
missed
the
opportunity
to
be
a
beacon
of
light
for
gay
kids
who
were
going
through
what
I
was
going
through
because
I
was
outed
-
it
wasn't
by
choice,"
he
said.
Pintauro
explained
that
he
was
initially
worried
that
the
diagnosis
would
mean
that
he
would
have
trouble
starting
a
romantic
relationship.
In
2014,
Pintauro
married
Wil
Tabares,
whom
he
met
after
his
diagnosis.