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Jonathan Bailey is gay, but plays a straight character on Bridgerton. Speakg to Brish GQ, Jonathan opened up about his g out experience. “I thought that orr to be happy I need to be straight,” he said after rellg advice given to him om an actor iend who is also gay. His perspective eventually changed wh time: “I reached a pot where I thought, ‘Fuck this', I’d much prefer to hold my boyiend’s hand public and not be so ncerned about that than get a part." [PA]" name="scriptn

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IS JONATHAN BAILEY GAY?

The 33-year-old Bridgerton star, who portrays Anthony Bridgerton on the Netflix h, opened up about his experience g out as gay a new profile wh GQ. Thkg back to the early days of his reer, Bailey relled how one of his actor iends was once told durg pilot season, "There's two thgs we don't want to know: if you're an alholic or if you're gay.

Though Bailey's Bridgerton character intifi as straight, the actor has prevly argued that gay men should be able to play their own experienc on the screen. "I thk shouldn't matter at all what character people play, but of urse, there is a narrative that's very clear, that openly gay men aren't playg straight leadg rol, " he told Digal Spy December 2020. "And also, there's a reason why gay characters are so tertg.

Bee much like the women Bridgerton, there are a lot of hurdl and there's a lot of self-growth, and there's a real strength to gay men. Bailey ntued, "So the fact that a lot of straight men have gone on to play inic gay rol and to be ld for that is fantastic, that that story is beg told.

JONATHAN BAILEY IS GAY AND HE PLAYS A STRAIGHT CHARACTER BRIDGERTON

But wouldn't be brilliant to see gay men play their own experience? Dpe the fact that the star equently plays straight characters, he’s openly gay, so their outg was purely a platonic one.

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