“Call Me Maybe” Vio Actor Holn Nowell Says He Wasn’t Comfortable Wh His Character’s Gay Storyle

”Nowell went on to say that he believ that LGBTQ people should be allowed to love eely, but he wasn’t, and still isn’t, fortable beg asked to play a gay character. ”This article origally appeared on post “Call Me Maybe” Vio Actor Holn Nowell Says He Wasn’t Comfortable Wh His Character’s Gay Storyle first appeared on SPIN. While this may seem like not a big al now, the world was different 2012; the mic vio me out March, a full two months before then-Print Barack Obama went on the rerd to support gay marriage.

"The fact that they had to make me gay at the end of the vio... I didn't like beg known as the gay guy the 'Call Me Maybe' vio, " he told iHeartRad Canada 2018.

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You may not know Holn Nowell by name, but if you’re one of the billn-pl people to have watched the vio for Carly Rae Jepsen’s mega-h “Call Be Maybe” you’d certaly regnize the 29-year-old om his role as the hunky, tattooed boy next door who is the object of the sger’s fantasi — until the twist at the end when he’s revealed to be gay.

In addn, Nowell also adms he was unfortable playg a gay character. “The fact that they had to make me gay at the end of the vio… was all very… I didn’t like beg known as the gay guy the ‘Call Me Maybe’ vio. In fact, he reveals that the origal ia was for his character’s homosexualy to be revealed by havg him kiss another man at the vio’s end.

‘CALL ME MAYBE’ ACTOR REVEALS HE WAS UNFORTABLE WH HIS CHARACTER’S GAY TWIST IN CARLY RAE JEPSEN VIO

Nowell sists he has no problem wh gay people, ’s simply not who he is.

‘CALL ME MAYBE’ HUNK HOLN NOWELL IS VERY UNHAPPY HE HAD TO PLAY GAY THE VIO

“Apparently I’m a narcissistic – bter – slanro gay bashg – Hler lovg – ee thkg – outspoken – ‘nspiracy theorist, '” he wrote, addg the hashtag #GottaLoveJournalists before wrg, “Thanks for the support, A**hole.

Nowell, now 29 and vered wh more tattoos, said he still gets regnized ocsnally – ually by younger girls and gay guys.

“CALL ME MAYBE” HUNK WASN’T HAPPY PLAYG GAY FOR THE MIC VIO

“‘Gay for pay’ is lerally what ns the male mollg dtry and I don’t get down like that. He has quoted Adolf Hler, shared nspiracy theori about mass shootgs, and ed “gay” as a pejorative.

Holn Nowell, who gaed fame as Carly Rae Jepsen's object of affectn her “Call Me Maybe” vio, which now has more than a billn views on YouTube, told iHeartRad that he was unhappy wh the vio's twist, which mak him gay at the end. Said Nowell, who is now a rapper lled SixXx'Tre: “The fact that they had to make me gay at the end of the vio… was all very… I didn't like beg known as the gay guy the ‘Call Me Maybe' vio.

Nowell is also apparently unhappy wh the iHeartRad terview, rippg s thor John Kennedy on Instagram: “I gus 's te what they say, there's no such thg as bad publicy… but man, this is pretty bad… Apparently I'm a narcissistic – bter – slanro gay bashg – Hler lovg – ee thkg – outspoken – ‘nspiracy theorist' who bags on his pops… Wa, but, aren't you?!?! Well, he's now sayg that he 'wasn't fortable' playg gay the pop-tastic mic vio. Speakg to I Heart Rad Canada on June 7, 29-year-old Nowell said that he has been tryg to move on om the vio, and that he 'didn't like' beg known as gay bee of .

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The fact that they had to make my gay at the end of the vio… was all very…I didn’t like beg known as the gay guy the ‘Call Me Maybe’ was jt somethg I wasn’t ed also revealed that he was not 'fortable' kissg a guy the mic vio. Gay for pay’ is lerally what ns the male mollg dtry and I don’t get down like that. Takg to Instagram, he wrote: Apparently I’m a narcissistic - bter - slanro gay bashg - Hler lovg - ee thkg - outspoken - “nspiracy theorist” who bags on his, but, aren’t you?!?!