The guy who played the Blue Ranger on the "Mighty Morph Power Rangers" seri has jt revealed that he's gay -- and dropped a huge bombshell ... that he qu the show bee he was harassed over his sexualy.
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- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
- BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE
- ORIGAL POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST TEAS ‘AWOME’ GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL
- POWER RANGERS REBOOT WILL REPORTEDLY MAKE BLUE RANGER GAY
- GAY ‘POWER RANGERS’ STAR TEAS ‘AWOME’ LGBTQIA2S+ CONTENT NETFLIX RNN FILM
- DAVID YOST, BLUE POWER RANGER, SAYS HE QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS
- BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY
- BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST: I QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS
- BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR
- LE POWER RANGER BL éTA GAY ET HARCELé PAR SA PRODUCTN
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
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Origal Blue Power Ranger David Yost on gay reprentatn Netflix's Power Rangers rnn special "It's taken a long time to get there, " says the actor, who me out as gay after leavg Mighty Morph Power Rangers 1996.
In the begng, I certaly didn't want people to know that I was gay, " he said. ""I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn't wanna be gay.
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
David Yost, the origal Blue Power Ranger, opens up about beg harassed on set for beg gay and how fans have been helped by his journey. * blue power ranger gay *
And durg the three-part terview, Yost revealed jt what happened behd the scen when his character was wrten off the show (and sent to live on another pla): Yost actually walked off set one day after beg teased about beg gay. "I had jt heard that several tim while workg on the show om creators, producers, wrers, directors… Basilly I jt felt like i was ntually beg told I was not worthy of beg where I am bee I'm a gay person.
Now Yost — speakg to EW as part of an extensive oral history Entertament Weekly’s recent issue celebratg the 25th anniversary of the h Fox Kids seri’ first season — is openg up about g to terms wh his sexual orientatn, why he entered gay nversn therapy, and how his fans have reacted sce he me out publicly.
BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE
David Yost, who left the '90s show after facg harassment for beg gay, wr that the Lnsgate reboot "really stepped up to the plate." * blue power ranger gay *
“It’s hard when you have a certa amount of fame and you’re gog through the personal stggle that I was gog through as a gay person, ” says Yost, 49, who has said he was harassed on the Power Rangers set by some crew members bee he is gay. “I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn’t wanna be gay. “In the begng, I certaly didn’t want people to know that I was gay.
ORIGAL POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST TEAS ‘AWOME’ GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL
The upg reboot of the Power Rangers will feature some signifint chang, and one of them will reportedly be that the Blue Ranger will be gay. * blue power ranger gay *
“And now that I’ve e out as a gay person, every day I get msag om gay people around the world that tell me, ‘Thank you for g out and sharg your story bee your story helped me e out. Related: A mighty morphg marriage proposal for the gay Power Rangers.
POWER RANGERS REBOOT WILL REPORTEDLY MAKE BLUE RANGER GAY
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A clip om the episo shows the other characters fdg out that their fellow Ranger is gay when she walks off holdg her girliend’s hand. And jt last year, reports were circulatg that the follow-up Power Rangers film was set to clu a transgenr ranger the st and that the Blue Ranger was gog to be wrten as a gay character, though no new velopments on those onts have surfaced sce then.
GAY ‘POWER RANGERS’ STAR TEAS ‘AWOME’ LGBTQIA2S+ CONTENT NETFLIX RNN FILM
Many fans of the inic 90s kids’ show Power Rangers may be unaware that David Yost, who played the origal blue Power Ranger, is both gay and a survivor of nversn therapy. Millennial gays growg up the 90s will know Bill Cranston as the blue power ranger, the cute nerdy power ranger we all secretly fancied, played by David Yost.
DAVID YOST, BLUE POWER RANGER, SAYS HE QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS
He scribed how he was harassed on the Power Rangers set by some crew members “bee he was gay”, and said that this was one of the talysts that drove him to enter nversn therapy after leavg the show 1996.
Yost, 54, starred the origal kids’ seri om 1993 to 1996 and the 1995 film, but left the show due to homophobic harassment and abe he received om productn crew. The actor revealed 2010 that he was lled a “f****t one too many tim”, addg: “I jt felt like I was ntually beg told I was not worthy of beg where I am bee I’m a gay person.
BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY
In one scene, viewers are troduced to a gay uple. In 2018, while celebratg the seri’ 25th anniversary anniversary, Yost talked openly about the spair he felt after experiencg homophobia on set – to the pot where he felt he had to unrgo so-lled nversn therapy. Years later, he opened up over beg bullied for beg gay that led to nversn therapy.
Before beg st as the Blue Ranger, Yost knew he was gay but knew wouldn’t work his favor.
BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST: I QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS
“When I first moved to Hollywood the ‘90s to be an actor, was still nsired taboo to be gay, pecially if you wanted to be a leadg actor TV seri or film, ” said Yost for The Hollywood Reporter. “There were ments at work that were ma about me terms of beg gay or “beg a faggot, ” and as time went on, jt got old, and I was tired of listeng to . Between the bullyg and the dtry standards, Yost was termed not to be gay.
When I first moved to Hollywood the ‘90s to be an actor, was still nsired taboo to be gay, pecially if you wanted to be a leadg actor TV seri or film.
BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR
If you were gay, you certaly were not allowed to make public.
I was stgglg so much wh who I was and not wantg to be gay bee of what society was tellg me — that ’s not a good thg, that ’s agast God, that you are somehow different. There were ments at work that were ma about me terms of beg gay or “beg a faggot, ” and as time went on jt got old and I was tired of listeng to . I was dog any and everythg I uld to get rid of beg gay.
I n remember lyg bed my first night the hospal, and sayg, “God, if you give me my md back, I will be gay. I remember listeng to my peers talkg about him and sayg really horrible thgs about gay people. People always ask me, “Wouldn’t be great if there’s a gay character on one of the Power Rangers TV seri?
LE POWER RANGER BL éTA GAY ET HARCELé PAR SA PRODUCTN
The more Hollywood puts lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, qutng, tersex characters a film or TV show, helps people unrstand and see that people are jt people.