Is Col Gay Ted Lasso? Is He Based on a Real Soccer Player? - The Cemaholic

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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’
• “SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
• TED LASSO STAR BILLY HARRIS SHAR HEART-WARMG RPONSE OM LGBTQ+ FANS TO COL’S GAY STORYLE
• COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
• IS COL GAY TED LASSO? IS HE BASED ON A REAL SOCCER PLAYER?
• COLTON HAYN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POT, BUT I'M DOG SO GOOD'
• HOW THIS BETIFUL TED LASSO SCENE PTURED THE 'ACHE' OF BEG A GAY MAN PROFSNAL SPORTS

‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’

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.

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

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

Fan theori suggted for years that Col is gay, and fans n rejoice bee they were right. Of urse, fans ught on to the Grdr ment season two when Col suggted that the team’s datg app sponsor Bantr remds him of a gay datg app. However, the fan theory that Col is gay only existed “outsi” of the show, which forhadowed a lot of plot pots of future Ted Lasso episos.

Now, Col is the foc of season three, and his story is important, pecially if we nsir gay football beg harsh regardg one’s sexualy. They exchange kiss and goodby, and he is nsired a nfirmed gay dividual the Ted Lasso seri.

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

Rumors, leeks, and ocsnal reports suggt that there are gay footballers among the top clubs, but they are hidg, knowg the outrage and attacks om certa “football fans. Dani Rojas exprs his happs of havg him the club, and the rt of the players mentns that they will go gay for Zava - which implore Col to joke that he will take one for the team and have sex wh the new player. While his teammat are argug and havg discsn, Col slips away om the hotel and viss a gay bar lled "Prik".

But Trent sudnly appears behd him and eaks him out, so he leav a hurry, but Trent lls him that he knew all along that Col is gay. Trent assur Col that he means no harm and jt want to be his iend and ally, as he is also a gay person. A Richmond fan keeps yellg at him, hurlg some sults and when he's sayg a pejorative term for a gay person, and Isaac, as pta, los .

Jamie says that they should jt ignore people like that, but Isaac angrily says that they shouldn't bee what if there's a gay person the team?

COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI

Isaac storms out om the locker room, and Moe Bumbertch thks aloud that maybe Isaac is gay, hence the anger.

The ach thk they should support Isaac for beg gay, but Col nfs that 's not their former pta who is gay, but that he is. He challeng everyone whether they are ol for fdg out that he's gay, and to his surprise everyone seems okay about . The players says that they don't re whether Col is gay or not, but Ted rrects them that they do re about him; that Col will never be alone aga wh this fact and they will support him no matter what.

IS COL GAY TED LASSO? IS HE BASED ON A REAL SOCCER PLAYER?

It's apparent that Col is relieved that everyone accepted him and don't not re about him beg gay, and Trent asks him whether 's a nice surprise to see everyone beg supportive. A popular fan theory suggted Col is gay or bisexual.

Durg earlier seasons Do the Right-t Thg, Keeley spelt out Bantr for the players and Col remarked that the spellg is siar to the gay datg app "Grdr.

COLTON HAYN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POT, BUT I'M DOG SO GOOD'

Co-creator and Coach Beard actor Brendan Hunt, told that they cid before season two that they wanted a gay player on the team, although they ially nsired brgg a whole new character for .

“Ted Lasso” character Col Hugh has had more time the spotlight Season 3 sce he was revealed to be gay — and the velopment ma sense to the actor playg him, Billy Harris. Early on Season 3, Col is revealed to dienc to be gay, but his teammat don’t yet know. Journalist Trent Crimm (Jam Lance), who himself is gay, tch Col kissg another man outsi of Sam’s (Toheeb Jimoh) rtrant, and he nonts Col about .

HOW THIS BETIFUL TED LASSO SCENE PTURED THE 'ACHE' OF BEG A GAY MAN PROFSNAL SPORTS

He referred to the gay datg app Grdr, parg to Keeley’s app Bantr. “What was so betiful about that scene is you had an olr gay guy jt talkg to a younger gay guy who is nfed and don’t you know. 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.