Ted Lasso: Billy Harris on Col Comg Out as Gay Season 3 – The Hollywood Reporter

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In season 3 episo 3, Ted Lasso troduced s first major gay storyle. Can be a force for good the real world?

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'TED LASSO' PRAISED FOR "REHG" GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE

Ted Lasso has received praise om The Football Bs Podst for how the seri handled this storyle volvg two gay characters. * gay footballer in ted lasso *

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.

“TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED

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It seems like sports, particularly men’s sports, is among the fields that has been slowt to adapt and accept gay people.

There’s a le episo three where Isaac [Kola Bokni] says “That’s a b gay” a risive way.

“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE

It’s kd of a two-way street, bee wh the world of the show, no one knows about Trent beg gay eher.

“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE

Ted Lasso has received yet more praise, this time for the sensive and touchg nature of the storyle volvg a closeted gay player and the story of his g out to his teammat. "And then of urse we fd out why is bee he's also gay. The reprentatn of gay football players is a plex topic wh var factors ntributg to the lack of visibily.

Moreover, societal attus and stereotyp about masculy and homosexualy have played a role perpetuatg stigma and discrimatn agast gay athlet. The attus n create addnal barriers for gay dividuals nsirg a reer profsnal football, makg more difficult for them to be open about their sexual orientatn. 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.

“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE

“We’ve known for a while that Col was gay, ” Hunt told the U. Hunt said that he and the show’s wrers always tend to troduce a gay character on the show’s fictnal team, but opted to have an existg character e out rather than stg someone new. They even toyed wh the ia of revealg that Col was gay and closeted Season 2, but stead merely seed the ia wh a le which the character mentns Grdr.

TED LASSO SEASON 3'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE HAS ARRIVED AT JT THE RIGHT TIME

This season, queerns was fally troduced to the seri when they nfirmed that Billy Harris’ fan-favoure Richmond FC player is gay and the closet; reflectg the harsh realy of homosexualy profsnal football and s lack of openly out athlet the procs.

On this week’s episo, Isaac – who is hurt that Col didn’t nfi him sooner – nonts a vlent ‘fan’ the stands after he hurls homophobic abe at the team. After the rt of the team mistake Isaac for beg gay, as a rult of his unexpected reactn to the ‘f’ word, Col out to overwhelmg support – and another classic bizarre analogy om Jason Suikis’ tle character that exprs their love for him.

The scene was mend by fans, who celebrated the show’s approach to the ongog issue of homosexualy football. “Ted takg the perfect approach by lettg Col know DOES matter that he’s gay, bee ’s a part of who he is, ” said one viewer.

TED LASSO STAR BILLY HARRIS SHAR HEART-WARMG RPONSE OM LGBTQ+ FANS TO COL’S GAY STORYLE

In an terview wh GAY TIMES ahead of Ted Lasso’s sixth episo, which saw Col nfi Trent Crimm (Jam Lance) about his sexualy, Harris said would’ve been “ridiculo” for the show to not tackle this storyle.

NFL COACH COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Obvly I’m not a gay footballer but as a queer person I appreciate tonight’s episo of Ted Lasso. Puttg asi the big scen;Isaac askg all those qutns after his iend out & Col’s bt scenar beg everyone is gay.

Ted takg the perfect approach by lettg Col know DOES matter that he’s gay, bee ’s a part of who he is. In the last eighteen months, at least three active footballers have e out as gay across the world: first Jake Cavallo Atralia, followed by Blackpool youth player Jake Daniels here England and, most recently, Czech ternatnal Jakub Jankto over Prague. A groundswell of support for gay cln the sport has rultantly grown, wh active players and punds alike g out solidary and allyship: Daniels was celebrated by the lik of England pta Harry Kane and long-time Uned goalie David Gea; ahead of the ntroversial World Cup Qatar, France forward Antoe Griezmann lled homophobia not “an ia, [but] a crime.

”Wh around 550 active players the Premier League, 's a statistil likelihood that at least one player is gay, but no one has e out while playg England's top tier sce Jt Fashanu 1990, who endured hostily om the prs and died of suici eight years later.

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The world has changed sce then, wh the vast majory of people England supportg gay rights, but g out as a top-drawer footballer — the first 33 years, not least — remas a fearful prospect. And what a thg that would be: an openly gay footballer the sypy fictn of Ted Lasso's Premier League before, y'know, the real-life one.

Disregard as the product of imagative wokery all you like, but Ted Lasso season 3 is makg up for s historil lack of gay rep wh an arc that uld go some way further turng the real-world dial.

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