"Ted Lasso" jt revealed that this character is gay and closeted - LGBTQ Natn

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• EXCLIVE: TED LASSO CREATORS HANDLED THEIR GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE A 'REHG' AND 'SIGNIFINT' WAY, SAY LEADG LGBTQ MENTATORS AS H TV SHOW IS PRAISED FOR SHOWG 'HUMANY'
• 'TED LASSO' PRAISED FOR "REHG" GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE
• “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED

EXCLIVE: TED LASSO CREATORS HANDLED THEIR GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE A 'REHG' AND 'SIGNIFINT' WAY, SAY LEADG LGBTQ MENTATORS AS H TV SHOW IS PRAISED FOR SHOWG 'HUMANY'

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

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” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED

“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.

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