Ted Lasso nfirmed a long-held fan theory that Richmond FC footballer Col is gay, but this week's episo largely ignored the storyle
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- “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
- THE GAYT THGS THAT HAPPENED “TED LASSO”
- “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
Whether you like how their stori were handled is another thg entirely, but what's important here is that Ted Lasso is fally gay * ted lasso gay agenda *
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 in.While took Ted Lasso a few seasons for s characters to bee explicly gay, was worth the wa. Durg season 3, episo 3, football player Col Hugh wak up to a hot guy named Michael, but he mak clear to his team that Michael is jt a “pal.” In episo six, Col ventur to a gay club Amsterdam by himself and ns to sports journalist Trent Crimm, who adms he recently me out to his wife and dghter."We've known for a while that Col was gay," -creator Brendan Hunt said recently. 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.” He add: “That helps monstrate what this person is gog through.”In many ways, this mirrors some of the ways Ted Lasso is handlg other nsequential topics, cludg mental health.
AppleThe lack of LGBTQ+ them and characters is particularly noticeable though, bee at the end of the day, Ted Lasso is a show about football, a sport that has long stggled wh homophobia on and off the se you were unaware, there have only ever been a handful of openly gay profsnal football players, and there are none currently playg the Premier League.
The first-ever openly gay pro footballer was Jt Fashanu, who played for a number of clubs durg his reer before publicly g out 1991. His niece Amal has sce set up the Jt Fashanu Foundatn to tackle homophobia the Imag//Getty ImagPerhaps the most mon issue around homophobia football om the stands. Homophobic chants were a mastay of plenty of Premier League clubs for s until they were officially banned by the FA back the terveng years, thgs have fely improved.
THE GAYT THGS THAT HAPPENED “TED LASSO”
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“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
This mak him the perfect foil for the tensn of Col’s sexualy, and an ial readg is that Isaac, the only player on Richmond to know that Col is gay, isn’t fortable around his teammate. It’s here where everythg explos, when a fan yells a homophobic slur at the team as they ex the field.
What if one of was gay? Isaac not beg told that Col was gay had absolutely nothg to do wh Isaac, but rather Col’s sense of self.
We end their story wh Col and Isaac playg FIFA, as Issac peppers Col wh all sorts of qutns about what ’s like to be gay a locker room. One of the ma cricisms of the third season of “Ted Lasso” is that has revealed a closeted gay player, an gay newspaper reporter, and a ma character, Keely Jon (Juno Temple) who has taken an abpt and seemgly out-of-character lbian turn.