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Actrs Samira Wiley revealed she was accintally outed as gay by one of her "Orange Is The New Black" stars on WYNC's "Nancy" podst.

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SAMIRA WILEY REVEALS SHE WAS ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY HER 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CASTMATE

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But Wiley, who married wrer Lren Morelli last year, wasn’t always fortable beg out as a gay woman offscreen. “Someone om my st actually, durg the terview they were talkg about out gay actors the st…and they mentned my name and I saw prt, and I cried.

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I cried a lot, ” Wiley nfsed, notg she went through “a journey” orr to feel fortable beg gay. I’m Black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. And the character was gay, which was all that I was foced on, ” she says.

”Wiley had e out to her parents, who were supportive, when she was 20 – they officiated her weddg – and she has done terviews wh gay prs, though plenty of LGBTQ+ actors choose not to. “I fely did specifilly not talk about for a while, but people jt assumed I was gay. “ Bee Posey is gay?

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Photograph: Marc BrennerShe worried that if she took The Handmaid’s Tale part, havg played one gay character jt before , she might be typest.

“My wife was like, if you do gay for anythg, you do gay for this. When I thk about now, ’s a ltle naive to say, I don’t want to play gay, bee that’s the heteronormative ia that we’re all the same.

For me, how powerful is , to have a Black gay woman portray an actual Black gay woman on TV?

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“Once they e out, lbian, gay and bisexual actors have rarely been nsired for straight leadg rol, ” GLAAD director of entertament media Jeremy Blacklow told the L.

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Knight, who me out as gay 2006 while playg a straight character on Grey’s Anatomy, and who currently appears as a gay supportg player on The Flight Attendant, said ought to work both ways. The actrs, who rose to fame playg Posey Washgton on the h Netflix show, wasn’t publicly out when the first season was airg – which is why h so hard when one of her stmat said she was gay an terview.

Elsewhere the terview, Wiley revealed she was worried about beg typest if she took on a gay role  The Handmaid’s Tale. "That's what Orange Is The New Black star Samira Wiley has to say about beg an openly gay actrs Hollywood.

" While workg on the set of "OITNB, " Morelli realized she was gay, which she wrote an say about for Mic 2014. Actrs Samira Wiley said on WYNC's "Nancy" podst that she was tears after beg outed as gay by one of her "Orange Is the New Black" stars. Actrs Samira Wiley revealed on WYNC's "Nancy" podst that she was outed as gay by one of her "Orange Is the New Black" stars when she "wasn't out at all.

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"The star, who was never named, mentned Wiley while talkg about gay actors the "OITNB" st.

Morelli realized she was gay while wrg for the Netflix seri.

The Handmaid's Tale star Samira Wiley says she's turned down multiple rol after g out as gay bee she felt she was beg unfairly 'typest'Samira Wiley, 31, is most known for her role on Netflix's Orange is the New BlackThe actrs currently plays Moira Hulu's The Handmaid's tale In an terview wh Btle, she said she has been typest sce g outBut she has learned how to bt reprent herself as a role mol for others Updated: 17:25 BST, 23 May 2018.

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