United Kingdom, June 1 -- Tom Daley had a "very lonely experience" as a closeted athlete.

The 31-year-old diver has now been married to Hollywood director Dustin Lance Black, 50, since 2017 but endured some personal struggles before disclosing his sexuality to the world in his late teens, and wants to help those in a similar position to him avoid ending up in a "dangerous" place.

He told Variety: "They don't know what to do, how to navigate and obviously coming out in certain places is a very different experience than coming out in the U.K. or the U.S., so it can be quite dangerous.

"I always say to them that I can be there as a sounding board just because it is a very lonely experience."

Tom - whose father Robert died from a brain tu...