Blue Power Ranger Reveals That He Qu the Show Over Harassment as a Gay Actor | The Mary Sue

Contents:

• BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE
• ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
• DAVID YOST, BLUE POWER RANGER, SAYS HE QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS
• ORIGAL POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST TEAS ‘AWOME’ GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL
• BRYAN CRANSTON APOLOGIZ FOR 'FEY' COMMENT ABOUT GAY ACTOR DAVID YOST'S 'POWER RANGERS' CHARACTER
• DAVID YOST: I'M GAY
• DAVID YOST – B, HEIGHT, AGE, GAY, BOYIEND, HBAND
• BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY
• ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
• MIGHTY MORPH POWER RANGERS STAR SAYS GAY REPRENTATN WAS LONG OVERDUE
• BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR

BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE

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. “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.

ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL

“I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn’t wanna be gay.

DAVID YOST, BLUE POWER RANGER, SAYS HE QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS

“In the begng, I certaly didn’t want people to know that I was 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.

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. David Yost, who played the origal Blue Power Ranger, says he left Mighty Morph Power Rangers bee he was harassed for beg gay, which nearly drove him to a lengthy vio terview wh No Pk Spanx, Yost, 41, said he was wrten off the show 1996 after he walked off the set one day, fed up wh discrimatory remarks. 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.

ORIGAL POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST TEAS ‘AWOME’ GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL

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. 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. Bryan Cranston Apologiz for 'Fey' Comment About Gay Actor David Yost's 'Power Rangers' Character.

BRYAN CRANSTON APOLOGIZ FOR 'FEY' COMMENT ABOUT GAY ACTOR DAVID YOST'S 'POWER RANGERS' CHARACTER

Bryan Cranston has apologized for ments he allegedly ma about gay actor David Yost’s role as the origal blue ranger Mighty Morph Power Rangers. 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. “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. Warng: The article ntas referenc to homophobia and suici.

DAVID YOST: I'M GAY

David Yost, who played Billy, the Blue Ranger, knew he was gay while workg on the show and had to take preutns to make sure no one would fd out. “I said I’m not gonna be gay, I’m gonna foc on my reer. Yost rells overhearg producers and -stars watchg footage of him and throwg out homophobic slurs.

DAVID YOST – B, HEIGHT, AGE, GAY, BOYIEND, HBAND

The emotnal toll Yost alt wh exemplifi what was like for many gay people Hollywood at the time. “Everybody thks everybody Hollywood is accepted and s great to be gay. That homophobia me to a head durg productn of the show’s fourth season, Power Rangers Zeo.

BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY

It was a major step down for the character and Yost feels was part bee many the productn staff believed that bee he was gay he uldn’t be a superhero.

” However, durg a panel at Power Morphin 2012, Pagter played d clips om behd the scen on the show cludg one that featured a homophobic slur. The harassment Yost faced sent him to a eper darkns and he spent many years tryg to “get rid of” his sexualy, cludg many versns of the horrific “Pray the Gay Away. While gay character and relatnships, nor a gay actor like Yost, weren’t acceptable on the seri, straight characters and relatnships were.

Marchand, who was an out lbian at the time, and the other wrers knew a gay Ranger was never a possibily at the time but 2004’s Power Rangers Do Thunr they troduced Hayley, the team’s rint tech expert. We were startg to thk, uld we, any pacy, troduce a gay character on this show? In an terview wh Den of Geek, Marchand crg at the memory, parg to the famo Hays Co of early Hollywood that effectively banned direct reference or posive portrayal of gay characters films outsi of ep subtext.

ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY

The memory also provok great tratn om Marchand who knew that many executiv at Disney durg that time were gay but, “ jt wouldn’t have flown.

Acrdg to Bend there ially wasn’t any reactn to him playg Monty as gay sce was “obv” to anyone who’d read the script.

MIGHTY MORPH POWER RANGERS STAR SAYS GAY REPRENTATN WAS LONG OVERDUE

Bend is key to strs that Monty beg gay was only his terpretatn for the character, he never would have openly nfsed his love for Victor. Director (and now current executive producer) Simon Bent nfirmed to Den of Geek that the gay relatnship was never implied the script.

While all of the directiv were tryg to be put place to curtail Bend’s performance he learned that this wasn’t the first time the topic of a gay character had e up recent years. He’d been told by people workg on the show for years that durg velopment people behd the scen had wanted and been phg for a gay character. Addnally, Michael Taber, who played the character of Riley Power Rangers Do Charge om 2015-2016, revealed 2020 that he terpreted and played his part as gay.

BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR

What mak this suatn all the stranger was that all of this was takg place at the same time that work was beg done on the 2017 Power Rangers film, which clud a gay character, although one that wasn’t out.

“Anythg that I make, I want those gay storyl. I don’t want to be like ‘the gay character.

’ I want to be a world where the characters are gay and this is their life. Comics was another area which Power Rangers uld have add gay characters.