'Empire' star Jsie Smollet nfirms he's gay

Contents:

• 20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
• "I REALIZED I WAS GAY": MEN WHO CAME OUT LATER IN LIFE ARE SHARG WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEM TO REVEAL THAT TTH AND LIVE AUTHENTILLY
• 'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
• 'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'
• WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY

20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE

In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on.

Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life. Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s.

Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur. In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013.

"I REALIZED I WAS GAY": MEN WHO CAME OUT LATER IN LIFE ARE SHARG WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEM TO REVEAL THAT TTH AND LIVE AUTHENTILLY

Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns. In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny.

Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013.

Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life.

'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY

When I found out earlier this month, along wh the rt of the world, that one of my favore actors, Kal Penn, is a fellow gay man and now engaged to his long-time partner, I was so happy that he was openly livg his tth. "I realized I was gay last year, after 36 years durg the lockdown.

After seeg a gay guy I uld see myself , I started to qutn myself more. I me out as bisexual at 44 after my stepson me out as gay at 11 years old.

"I moved to Ireland jt before the referendum that legalized gay marriage. Once the untry around me changed and I started seeg more gays the muny, felt safer, and I felt more fortable to e out. I'd fantasize about men and watch gay porn.

'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'

Part of me felt rponsible for her ath, as if beg bi or gay and my feelgs of regret somehow ed . I also realized that the label of ‘gay’ ma more sense for me than ‘bi.

But when I moved to California and saw more gay people, then I really started to realize . I gus that's the pot I f the fn of 'gay' rather than bi.

I have a lot of stori about folks who were homophobic but me around to acceptg me and honorg me for beg a gay man, once they got to know me beyond what I do bed. In the meantime, I kept watchg gay porn but wouldn't accept and felt guilty after jerkg off to .

WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY

I me out to my wife many moons ago but took a long time to realize that prayg the gay away wasn’t workg.

I’m a good place right now and share my home wh gay iends, as well as adult children. I basilly created my own gay muny.