Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons reflectgs on g out as gay

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• ‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY
• 'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?
• BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
• GUS WHO'S NOT GAY ON THE BIG BANG THEORY!
• BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY

While Jim Parsons never flat-out nied his sexualy, he admted to The Hollywood Reporter 2020 that he was "sred enough to make [his] missn not to talk about , " as he thought news of him beg gay "might e trouble" for the succs of The Big Bang Theory.

Neverthels, a role 2011's Broadway n of The Normal Heart, a show about gay men dyg durg the AIDS crisis, seemed to shake his fens. In a 2012 terview wh The New York Tim, he matter-of-factly revealed he was gay and a 10-year relatnship. (Photo: Lda Kalles/Foc Featur/Courty Everett Collectn)Earlier this year, the Universal-backed Bros hoped to go where no major stud edy had gone before by beg the first LGBTQ rom- starrg two out gay actors — Billy Eichner and Le Macfarlane — to top the box office charts.

'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?

(Some nservative mentators ma siar arguments after Walt Disney's new animated adventure, Strange World — which featured out gay edian, Jaboie Young-Whe, as the pany's first out gay teenager — unrperformed s openg weekend, reportedly stg Disney upwards of $100 ln. )Flash-forward a few months, and Universal's specialty label, Foc Featur, is releasg s own LGBTQ love story wh out gay actors ont and center: Spoiler Alert, produced by and starrg former Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons. It's a mystery why people turn out for thgs or don't a lot of the time; I don't know that the homosexual aspect of has very much to do wh or not.

"For his part, Parsons says he was specifilly drawn to Spoiler Alert bee afford him the opportuny to portray one-half of a gay uple that don't get to live out a picture-perfect "happily every after" story. "I feel like I've spent so much of my life seeg movi that pict that, but they're not normally about a gay uple.

BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

""And to go through that experience wh Ben, another gay actor, was even more of a profound experience that I expected to be, " Parsons ntu. While society was certaly more tolerant than the past, Parsons rells wasn't "even close to the era we are now, as far as what meant to tell somebody you were gay. " In rponse, he never really nied he was gay, but he also ma a pot of not talkg about publicly.

"I n't remember the exact qutn, but he asked about somethg to the effect of, 'Was more meangful to be a part of The Normal Heart beg gay? "RELATED | TV's Hight Paid Actor, Jim Parsons, Is Gay, and So Are Many of His Contemporari. ‘The Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons is gay.

PHOTOS: Gay celebri Although Parsons has had an extensive reer the theater, ’s his role as Sheldon Cooper on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ that’s ma him a star. ’ Last year, he spent the break starrg the drama ‘The Normal Heart, ’ about gay men dyg of AIDS.

GUS WHO'S NOT GAY ON THE BIG BANG THEORY!

Gay? Straight, gay or… “other”? The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has reflected on g out as gay at the height of his Emmy-wng s's Parsons's iends and fay knew he had been a relatnship wh partner Todd Spiewak for many years, the actor discsed his sexualy publicly for the first time 2012 after playg an HIV-AIDS advote The Normal a wi-rangg discsn on the new seri of ‎David Tennant Do a Podst Wh…, Parsons told the former Doctor Who star that his upbrgg the Bible Belt fluenced him to separate his personal and profsnal liv for years.

BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

I mean, I uld feel off her, and maybe she even said to different gre, of like, 'How would work to be a succsful actor… pay your bills wh , and be gay? "I'm not aaid to be my quirks on stage and brg who I am and my sensiv, but I am aaid of revealg [I'm] gay, " he said of that time Kle//Getty ImagRelated: Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons adms he "wouldn't have been able to handle" fame if he was youngerTennant asked whether Parsons felt prsure bee he was qutng his sexualy at the time, but Parsons explaed: "That would have been around the time I was g out, so I don't thk there was much more hidg , as far as that go. "I do thk I was aaid of not beg able to play anythg but gay parts, not only if I me out, but bee I would appear effemate.

'"Parsons also opened up to Tennant about his public g out 2012 a New York Tim terview about his role Broadway's Larry Kramer drama The Normal Heart and his relatnship wh the prs as a gay actor. "I knew that 'you'll be a gay actor om here on out.

RELATED | Jim Parsons Didn't Discs Beg Gay Durg 'Big Bang' Out of Fear. “I’m not gay! Raj’s parents set him up wh Lakshmi (Chriselle Almeida), a lovely woman who on their send date told Raj that she’s gay and wants a sham marriage to fool her parents.