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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.
JONATHAN BAILEY IS GAY AND HE PLAYS A STRAIGHT CHARACTER BRIDGERTON
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.