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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. 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.
JONATHAN BAILEY IS GAY AND HE PLAYS A STRAIGHT CHARACTER BRIDGERTON
" She then elaborated on the impact Bailey has had on younger actors who are gay but are still hidg the closet:"I have a uple of younger actors that I've discsed wh. In the play, the character of John - played by Bailey the revival - falls love wh a woman spe always intifyg as a gay man and havg a boyiend of seven years. Meanwhile, his mastream succs is clearly spirg other actors who would like to live their tth but are perhaps aaid of the nsequenc that g out as gay uld have their reers.
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“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.