Colton Hayn said he had to go back the closet, bee he was told he was "too gay" for Hollywood.
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- COLTON HAYN: 'I WAS TOLD THAT MY DAD KILLED HIMSELF BEE HE FOUND OUT I WAS GAY'
- COLTON HAYN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POT, BUT I'M DOG SO GOOD'
- COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
- COLTON HAYN SAYS HE'S STOPPED GETTG ROL SCE G OUT AS GAY
COLTON HAYN: 'I WAS TOLD THAT MY DAD KILLED HIMSELF BEE HE FOUND OUT I WAS GAY'
"Beg gay is worth celebratg. I wish I’d figured that out sooner, but I’m so glad I know now." * colton haynes gay *
Though Colton Hayn said that publicly g out as gay has ma him happier than ever, was a btersweet end to a longtime stggle that began at home. ’ But I was told that my dad killed himself bee he found out I was gay.
Though Hayn has known that he was gay sce the first gra, he veiled his sexual orientatn for fear that would negatively impact his reer. “Then, all of a sudn, I’m the worst, I’m a terrible person, and I’m a shame to the gay muny. Colton Hayn Confirms He's Gay: 'It Took Me So Long to Get to This Pot, but I'm Dog So Good'.
In this week’s issue of Entertament Weekly, the former Arrow star publicly addrsed his sexualy for the first time, officially g out as gay.
COLTON HAYN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POT, BUT I'M DOG SO GOOD'
"I often wonr how different thgs would’ve been if I were allowed to be who I was when I moved to town: a hopeful kid nfint his sexualy," he wr a new say about beg gay Hollywood. * colton haynes gay *
Speculatn started January after he reblogged a fan’s Tumblr post about his “secret gay past” and rpond: “Was a secret? “People who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don’t realize that actg 24 hours a day is the most exhstg thg the world. In an emotnal Instagram post over the weekend, the 32-year-old actor shared an image of the March 2006 ver of XY Magaze, a long-nng, gay publitn.
"Partly bee so many ppl Hollywood told me I would never work as an openly gay actor, but part of was bee I was credibly ashamed. ""Beg gay is worth celebratg, " Colton nclud his heartfelt post before wishg all of his followers and supporters a happy Pri Month. After speculatn about his sexualy started circulatg onle, Colton cid to publicly and openly live his tth 2016, and sce then, he has regularly been bookg projects as a film and TV actor and has bee a great example of what means to be an out and proud gay man.
COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
Before Colton Hayn me to Hollywood, he was nfintly queer. Years of mixed msag the dtry changed that. “To be a gay actor Hollywood, even 2021, Hayn wr, is to be undated wh mixed msag.” * colton haynes gay *
But I felt like I was lettg people down by not g forward wh the rt of what I should have who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don't realize that actg 24 hours a day is the most exhstg thg the world, " Colton told Entertament Weekly at the time. "RELATED | Colton Hayn, Elt Glazer Are Workg On a TV Show About InstaGays. In a new first-person say, Colton Hayn shar his experience of navigatg Hollywood as a gay teen and now actor, 33, om MTV’s Teen Wolf and the CW's Arrow, wr about his heartbreakg journey, g to L.
He faced moralizg experienc along the way — like beg ached to be ls gay and beg directed to act out graphic sex scen.
COLTON HAYN SAYS HE'S STOPPED GETTG ROL SCE G OUT AS GAY
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"To be a gay actor Hollywood, even 2021, is to be undated wh mixed msag: Consumers are mostly straight, so don’t alienate them, " Hayn, who officially me out 2016, wr a Vulture say. "But lots of the cisn-makers are gay, so play that game! That year, he began go-go dancg at a gay bar Wicha and "felt at home there.
" The next year, he got his first molg agent and he and his then-boyiend, Jay, posed for a gay magaze lled XY. Then the owner of a management pany, who Hayn lls "Brad" for the story, exprsed tert potentially reprentg immediately, Brad told Hayn, "We’re fely gog to have to change your mannerisms, " sayg the way the openly gay teen spoke and stood were too "theater, " which was " for gay. Gay, " Hayn was told.