article_snippet.sent: What's more, many of those whose secrets Liz Smith is spilling are from Liz Smith closest friends, including Barry Diller, who Liz Smith claims asked Liz Smith over 20 years ago: 'Do you think I should come out?'
article_snippet.sent: Liz Smith claims IAC chairman Barry Diller asked Liz Smith in 1992: 'Do you think I should come out?'
article_snippet.sent: Liz Smith tells The Hollywood Reporter that this conversation came in the wake of David Geffen, another high profile executive, revealing Liz Smith was gay in 1992.
article_snippet.sent: Liz Smith Liz Smith was referring to is actually just  woman: famed fashion designer and creator of the wrap dress, Diane von Fürstenberg, whom Liz Smith says IAC chairman Barry Dillerworships.'
article_snippet.sent: This outing of IAC chairman Barry Diller comes as a bit of a surprise, especially after Liz Smith was outed by New York publicist Bobby Zarem, who once mailed invitations to members of the media and Social Register alike announcing that Liz Smith and longtime partner Iris Love were tying the knot. '
article_snippet.sent: This created a very big stir as many began to assume This was Oprah Winfrey who would be announcing Liz Smith was a lesbian.
article_snippet.sent: The rumors became so prevalent following Liz Smith's blind item that Winfrey eventually did publicly come out - as heterosexual.
highlights_snippet.sent: Smith, a lesbian, claims IAC chairman Barry Diller asked Liz Smith in 1992: 'Do you think I should come out?'
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Despite this claim, Liz Smith says IAC chairman Barry Diller is in love with Liz Smith wife Diane Von Furstenberg, who Liz Smith has been with since the 1970s and married in 2001 .
  