NEW YORK (AP) - T.R. Knight says he's evolved as a person sce announcg last October that he's gay. "I feel I've learned so much this past year, so I'm grateful for that - so, yeah, that chang you,"
Contents:
- 20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
- T.R. KNIGHT `LEARNED SO MUCH' SCE ANNOUNCG THAT HE'S GAY
- EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
- IS GEE O’MALLEY GAY?
20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on. Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life.
Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s.
Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur.
T.R. KNIGHT `LEARNED SO MUCH' SCE ANNOUNCG THAT HE'S GAY
In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013. Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns. In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny.
Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013. Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life.
Eric Dane & Rebec Gayheart. Off-screen, Dane has been married to Amerin mol Rebec Gayheart sce real-life uple has endured their own highs and lows, most dramatilly 2009, when a nu vio of the pair leaked showg them a seemgly dg-duced state and partyg wh famo -girl Kari Ann Peniche.
EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
Off-screen, Knight is an openly-gay actor who married his hband Patrick Leahy 2013. Knight claims he felt he had to make a public statement about his sexualy after -star Isaiah Washgton allegedly ma a homophobic slur about him durg an argument wh Dempsey. Washgton was later fired om the show and Knight acknowledged his homosexualy openly.
Knight says he's evolved as a person sce announcg last October that he's gay. Gee O'Malley on ABC's h medil drama, "Grey's Anatomy, " announced that he's gay after surfaced that Isaiah Washgton had ed an anti-gay slur agast him durg an on-set clash wh a -star. Washgton, 44, was booted om his role as a surgeon on the show after he ed an anti-gay ephet backstage at the Goln Globe Awards January while nyg he'd ed prevly on the set agast publicly apologized and tried to make amends by meetg wh gay-rights anizatns and filmg a public-service announcement llg for said tellg the world you're gay isn't an easy thg to do.
IS GEE O’MALLEY GAY?
"I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most tertg part of me, " the Grey's Anatomy star tells PEOPLE exclively.
Knight is gay, he has nfirmed exclively to PEOPLE. “While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most tertg part of me.