Jim Parsons Didn't Discs Beg Gay Durg 'Big Bang' Out of Fear

Contents:

• ‘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
• ‘BIG BANG THEORY’ STAR JIM PARSONS IS GAY, BY THE WAY
• ‘BIG BANG THEORY’ ACTOR, JIM PARSONS, OUT AS GAY
• GUS WHO'S NOT GAY ON THE BIG BANG THEORY!
• WHO IS GAY ON BIG BANG THEORY?
• SARA GILBERT REALIZED SHE WAS GAY WHILE DATG 'BIG BANG' STAR JOHNNY GALECKI
• BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘THE FIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS ARE OPEN TO ALL ACTORS’

‘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.

‘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.

'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?

’ Last year, he spent the break starrg the drama ‘The Normal Heart, ’ about gay men dyg of AIDS.

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

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‘BIG BANG THEORY’ STAR JIM PARSONS IS GAY, BY THE WAY

Jim Parsons, the lanky, Texas-born actor who has won two Emmys and a Goln Globe award for playg persnickety geni Sheldon Cooper on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, acknowledg that he is gay and a 10-year relatnship, the New York Tim reveals.

Parsons is gay and a 10-year relatnship, and workg wh an ensemble aga onstage was like nourishment, he said. But pared to other primetime stars who intify as gay — take Morn Fay‘s Jse Tyler Fergon, for example, who has been tirels his vol support for same-sex marriage rights — there’s no nyg that Parsons has been extremely quiet on the topic.

‘BIG BANG THEORY’ ACTOR, JIM PARSONS, OUT AS GAY

Cred Zachary Quto, another -mand gay actor straddlg both Broadway and Hollywood, wh havg fed the template: In late-2011, the Star Trek and Amerin Horror Story star gave an terview to New York magaze, ostensibly about his performance another New York theater revival wh gay them — Tony Khner‘s Angels Ameri.

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

“And at the same time, as a gay man, ma me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many thgs that need to be looked at and addrsed. Jim Parsons, who is bt known for playg Sheldon Cooper the US s ‘The Big Bang Theory, ’ has been scribed as gay and a 10-year relatnship a profile for the New York Tim. The revelatn was quietly add towards the end of the article, discsg Mr Parsons’ appearance as a gay man the Broadway play, ‘The Normal Heart.

Parsons said: "There's fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all Kle//Getty Imag"It's important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. "Parsons sgled out Brokeback Mounta's Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as exampl of straight actors "who have played gay characters brilliantly".

"I thk Brokeback Mounta is one of the most touchg gay movi and love stori I have ever seen, and those two straight actors [Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal] were the bt choic for those rol, " he FeaturMeanwhile, Parsons recently revealed that he once dned for a part the US remake of The Office even though he thought the show was a pretty bad ia. Some argue he is gay, some say a-sexual.

WHO IS GAY ON BIG BANG THEORY?

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.

SARA GILBERT REALIZED SHE WAS GAY WHILE DATG 'BIG BANG' STAR JOHNNY GALECKI

"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. Actrs and "The Talk" -host Sara Gilbert revealed recently that she realized she was gay while datg "The Big Bang Theory" star Johnny Galecki. Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeJim Parsons has offered his opn on the stg of straight actors LGBTQ+ an terview wh The LA Tim, Parsons opened up about LGBTQ+ reprentatn film, as well as the bate surroundg whether straight actors should portray gay characters.

BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘THE FIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS ARE OPEN TO ALL ACTORS’

“There’s fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all actors, ” said 47-year-old ntued: “It’s important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. ”In orr to illtrate his pot that “there are plenty of straight actors who have played gay characters brilliantly”, Parsons spoke specifilly about Brokeback Parsons as Michael and Matt Bomer as Donald (Netflix)The acclaimed 2005 drama saw two straight actors, Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger, mend for their performanc as Jack and Ennis.

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