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Contents:
- “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
- ‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
- HOW THIS BETIFUL TED LASSO SCENE PTURED THE 'ACHE' OF BEG A GAY MAN PROFSNAL SPORTS
- “SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
“TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
Ted Lasso watchers have speculated that AFC Richmond player Col Hugh (Billy Harris) is gay sce early season two, and those spicns were nfirmed season three’s third episo. Trent then shar wh Col that he’s gay as well, openg the door for Col to — perhaps — tell his teammat and ach. It seems like sports, particularly men’s sports, is among the fields that has been slowt to adapt and accept gay people.
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‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
After two and half seasons, 11 Emmy Awards, and a recent vis to the Whe Hoe, Ted Lasso has fally acknowledged s LGBTQ+ characters: Col Hugh (Billy Harris) and Trent Crimm (Jam Lance) are gay, and Keeley Jon (Juno Temple) is officially a bisexual took Ted Lasso a few seasons for s characters to bee explicly gay, was worth the wa.
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HOW THIS BETIFUL TED LASSO SCENE PTURED THE 'ACHE' OF BEG A GAY MAN PROFSNAL SPORTS
When nsirg whether or not to st someone new to portray a gay football player, Hunt shared that the wrers thought: “It'll be better if that person's already on the team and we're not acknowledgg and they're hidg so well. Three episos to s third — and possibly fal — season, the sports edy TV seri Ted Lasso jt revealed that one of s regular characters is gay and closeted. “We’ve known for a while that Col was gay, ” Hunt told the U.
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“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
Their openns has also been met wh overwhelmg support and celebratn, for the most UK not that there are around 550 active players the Premier League, which mak statistilly likely that at least one player is gay.