Chris Colfer Was 'Terrified' to Portray a Gay Character on 'Glee'

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• 'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
• CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHY HE WAS ‘ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED’ TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON ‘GLEE’
• CHRIS COLFER GAY, BOYIEND, RELATNSHIP- INTERTG FACTS INCLU
• CHRIS COLFER'S KIDS' BOOK A TALE OF MAGIC IS FIGHTG EX-GAY THERAPY
• CHRIS COLFER, 'GLEE' STAR, ON THE SHOW'S TREATMENT OF GAY ISSU
• IS CHRIS COLFER GAY? WHO IS HIS BOYIEND? MORE ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP AND PARTNER.
• CHRIS COLFER MARRIED, GAY, NET WORTH
• CHRIS COLFER WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' PLAYG OPENLY GAY GLEE ROLE KURT AS HE WASN'T YET OUT
• CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHICH CHARACTER HIS NEW BOOK A TALE OF SORCERY IS OPENLY GAY — AND WHY 'S SO IMPORTANT
• IS CHRIS COLFER GAY? WHO IS HIS BOYIEND? MORE ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP AND PARTNER.

'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET

"Glee" star Chris Colfer opened up about playg the openly gay character, Kurt, on a podst Thursday. "Glee" actor Chris Colfer, 32, opened up about his fear of playg an openly gay character on the h Fox seri durg Thursday's episo of the "And That's What You Really Missed", who portrayed a character named Kurt on the show om 2009 to 2015, shared that he was "absolutely terrified" bee he hadn't e out yet. And back then, people told their clients, 'Don't play gay characters bee will your reer, '" Colfer said.

"Colfer's character had many storyl that centered around his experience as a gay high school stunt. Appearg on the “And That’s What You Really Missed” podst, the actor ced that his then-fears were due to him not yet g out public about beg gay after disverg that his character “Glee” was queer.

Durg a nversatn on the “And That’s What You Really Missed” podst, Colfer relled the time when he was nsirg acceptg a role as a gay character Fox’s h seri “Glee. At the time, the actor—who is openly gay—had not yet ma his sexual orientatn public.

CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHY HE WAS ‘ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED’ TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON ‘GLEE’

And back then, people told their clients, ‘Don’t play gay characters bee will your reer, '” Colfer said to the podst hosts and “Glee” stars Kev McHale and Jenna Ushkowz, per Insir.

At the time, he was only 19 years of age, makg him one of the youngt openly gay actors the dtry.

Jonathan Groff is openly gay. Darren Criss as Blae AnrsonThis actor played a gay man the show, though he is straight and married real life.

CHRIS COLFER GAY, BOYIEND, RELATNSHIP- INTERTG FACTS INCLU

The uple is yet to start a and Grant dated for jt over a year before they cid to spend the rt of their liv together, and although fairly private about their personal liv, the pair often share adorable pictur on social Colfer as Kurt HummelChris Colfer is openly gay and currently a relatnship wh his longtime partner, Will Sherrod. The role of Kurt as a fashnable gay untertenor earned him Bt Supportg Actor a Seri, Miseri or Televisn Film at the 2011 Goln Globe Awards.

Supports LGBTI Communy; Confirmatn Of Beg Gay!

The 28-year-old actor portrays a gay character the TV seri.

CHRIS COLFER'S KIDS' BOOK A TALE OF MAGIC IS FIGHTG EX-GAY THERAPY

In an terview wh The Advote In October 2009, he hted about beg a gay. He also said that g out was hard high November 2009, he nfed the fans when he didn't addrs beg an openly gay and claimed that openg about his private would make people hard to believe about his onscreen durg an terview for Entertament Weekly 2015, Chris nfirmed his sexualy when he said, "I always felt so rpected by Cory, and I thk beg a young gay kid, I’ve never really felt rpected very much by olr straight typ, I gus.

"He also admted that playg the part of a gay uld sk his reer. He further told the magaze that playg a gay role was taboo for an artist of any age at that time.

CHRIS COLFER, 'GLEE' STAR, ON THE SHOW'S TREATMENT OF GAY ISSU

However, he later went to say a gay character, which was well-received by the dienc.

He is a aln member of a social stutn named Uprisg of Love that supports the secury and rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Intersex (LGBTI) Rsians.

Read About: Wa Briggs Wiki, Age, Gay, Partner, Girliend, Datg, RumorWhat Is Chris's Relatnship Stat, Is He Datg Someone? He is also an active admirer of the Make-A-Wish foundatn and has granted $6, 000 to the foundatn, the money he won on the TV show, Hollywood Game Glee actor is yet to make an official announcement about his private life and is yet to live a married Not Miss: Christian Key Married, Wife, Girliend, Gay, Affair, Parents, Net WorthFan Art Submissn For His Book SeriLately, the actor is very by wh the fifth stallment of his book seri tled The Land of Stori released on 12 July 2018. Some of his female fans followers even want Chris to nvert his About: Trevor Donovan Married, Wife, Girliend or Gay, Datg, BShort BChris Colfer was born on 27 May 1990 Clovis, California as per wiki.

IS CHRIS COLFER GAY? WHO IS HIS BOYIEND? MORE ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP AND PARTNER.

Chris Colfer is renowned for his Goln Globe-wng performance as Kurt Hummel on Fox's Glee, where he helped brg the story and stggl of a gay teen to an ternatnal dience.

His latt book, A Tale of Magic..., which centers on people persecuted for practicg magic, "is an allegory for beg gay, " Colfer told The Advote a recent terview. A myster savr, Madame Weatherberry, rcu Brystal om tament and recs her on a missn to change the hearts and mds of the the followg terview, Colfer discs how antigay polics of the real world spired his magil allegory, which he lls a "manifto for passn. How do you thk fictn -- your novel particular -- n fight agast antigay forc like "ex-gay" therapy the real world?

For me, the magic A Tale of Magic is an allegory for beg gay. Is Chris Colfer a Gay?

CHRIS COLFER MARRIED, GAY, NET WORTH

He is gay and is attracted to began datg January 2013. The 23-year-old actor spoke at length about the show's willgns to addrs issu that perta specifilly to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) teens.

CHRIS COLFER WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' PLAYG OPENLY GAY GLEE ROLE KURT AS HE WASN'T YET OUT

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CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHICH CHARACTER HIS NEW BOOK A TALE OF SORCERY IS OPENLY GAY — AND WHY 'S SO IMPORTANT

The power gay uple has been datg sce January 2013 and is still together. We do not know much about his gay partner Will.

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IS CHRIS COLFER GAY? WHO IS HIS BOYIEND? MORE ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIP AND PARTNER.

He gaed fame as Glee’s openly gay Kurt Hummel, a role for which he won the Goln Globe Award for Bt Supportg Actor 2011.

Kurt and his on-aga/off-aga boyiend/now-hband Blae (Darren Criss) beme pop culture ins wh their groundbreakg gay romance. I have to say – I hope I don’t get emotnal – I always felt so rpected by Cory, and I thk beg a young gay kid, I’ve never really felt rpected very much by olr straight typ, I gus.

I feel like everyone has tried to get me to say that “Klae” or Kurt and Blae is groundbreakg, but I’ve never thought of them as groundbreakg bee there have been so many famo gay upl and famo gay weddgs the past and I feel like would be very ignorant for me to say, “Oh y, they’re a groundbreakg uple. I remember when I first started beg an actor and I first started Glee, I was told on many ocsns, “Well ’s too bad that you’re gay bee you’ll never get the young female followg. Personally, when I found out that I got st as the gay character on Glee, I had thought my reer was gog to be over bee at the time, was such a taboo for an actor of any age to play a gay character, and now you look and there are multiple gay characters on every sgle show.