Jason Collins’ becomes first American Open Gay Athletes,get support from Obama

The former fiancee of NBA star Jason Collins said today she had no idea that he was gay, despite dating him for eight years. Carolyn Moos, 34, broke up with Collins - who became the first openly gay, active player when he recently came out - in 2009 when he cancelled their wedding, leaving her heartbroken and confused. The 6'5" former WNBA player said she was shocked when Collins delivered the news to her last weekend and confessed that was the real reason he ended their relationship.

She told TMZ: 'It's very emotional for me as a woman to have invested eight years in my dream to have a husband, soul mate, and best friend in him. So this is all hard to understand.

'I care about [Jason] tremendously and only want the best for him. I want Jason to be happy for a lifetime and stay true to who he really is, inside and out.'

Carolyn Moos is from Minnesota but currently lives in LA. She is an American model, personal trainer, nutrition consultant and a former collegiate and professional basketball player.

The 34-year-old Stanford graduate runs FITT4Life which promotes nutrition personal training, yoga and overall wellness. She is also a certified personal trainer and is a clothes ambassador for Method Boutique.

Collins said  that he has always known he was gay but fought it for years.In an interview with ABC, he said: 'I always knew I was gay, its like you know that the sky is blue but you keep telling yourself it is red.

'I fought it for a long time but when you finally get to the point of acceptance there is nothing more beautiful. It feels incredible.'

Praise poured in from all over the country yesterday after the 34-year-old opened up in an essay for Sports Illustrated - he even got a phone call from President Obama, who was 'incredibly supportive'.

'I just try to live an honest, genuine life and next thing you know you have the president calling you,' he said. 'He was incredibly supportive and was proud of me and said that this not only affected my life but others going forward.'