'Spoiler Alert' - Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge on their gay 'Love Story' :: Bay Area Reporter

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• BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
• Y, JIM PARSONS IS GAY: WHAT IS HIS NET WORTH? KNOW HIS HBAND & PERSONAL DETAILS
• JIM PARSONS EXPRS RELIEF OM BEG OUTED AS GAY TERVIEW
• JIM PARSONS, BEN ALDRIDGE ON WHY SPOILER ALERT’S GAY LOVE STORY IS UNIVERSAL
• JIM PARSONS SEXUALY: HE CAME OUT AS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO TODD SPIEWAK, KIDS AND NET WORTH
• 'SPOILER ALERT' - JIM PARSONS AND BEN ALDRIDGE ON THEIR GAY 'LOVE STORY'
• JIM PARSONS ON WHY BEG A GAY, ASPIRG ACTOR WHEN ELLEN DEGENER CAME OUT WAS ‘F—G SRY’
• IS JIM PARSONS GAY? THGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW
• ‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY
• THE BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS ‘WAS SRED G OUT AS GAY WOULD E TROUBLE FOR S’
• JIM PARSONS ON WHY BEG A GAY, ASPIRG ACTOR WHEN ELLEN DEGENER CAME OUT WAS ‘F—G SRY’

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

"'The Normal Heart' ronated wh him on a few levels, " Patrick Healy wrote, referrg to a play about young gay men and the AIDS crisis that Parsons had prevly been . Parsons is gay and a 10-year relatnship, and workg wh an ensemble aga onstage was like nourishment, he said. The Hollywood Reporter lled this "sual reference" a "new era" for gay celebri, notg that Parsons had long been open about his sexualy Hollywood circl.

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. 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.

Y, JIM PARSONS IS GAY: WHAT IS HIS NET WORTH? KNOW HIS HBAND & PERSONAL DETAILS

(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. (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.

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JIM PARSONS EXPRS RELIEF OM BEG OUTED AS GAY TERVIEW

"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.

""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?

JIM PARSONS, BEN ALDRIDGE ON WHY SPOILER ALERT’S GAY LOVE STORY IS UNIVERSAL

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In an teractn wh, the 47-year-old, who rose to fame by starrg  Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady's s The Big Bang Theory, revealed how beg gay has impacted his personal life as well as profsnal life. For the unversed, Jim me out as gay back 2012.

In a recent terview wh the UK-based gay liftyle magaze, Jim Parsons opened up about his journey of disverg his sexualy and revealed how has helped him several stag of his life. Jim add sayg he don't feel beg gay has negatively impacted or hurt his actg reer. Furthermore, sheddg some light on growg up around people where homosexualy was not celebrated, Jim Parsons said he realised that beg brought up a culture when homosexualy was reviled, has had an impact on him.

JIM PARSONS SEXUALY: HE CAME OUT AS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO TODD SPIEWAK, KIDS AND NET WORTH

He nclud sayg spe thgs changg rapidly for the gay muny ntemporary tim, he still has that fear him. Also Read | 'The Boys In The Band' Trailer Releas, Jim Parsons Sh In This Story Of Ne Gay Men.

'SPOILER ALERT' - JIM PARSONS AND BEN ALDRIDGE ON THEIR GAY 'LOVE STORY'

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JIM PARSONS ON WHY BEG A GAY, ASPIRG ACTOR WHEN ELLEN DEGENER CAME OUT WAS ‘F—G SRY’

Parsons is an openly gay Amerin actor who has been a proment advote for LGBTQ+ rights for many years. Parsons has spoken openly about the challeng he faced growg up as a gay man his nservative hometown of Hoton, Texas. 'Personal Details: Y, Jim Parsons Is Gay The Big Bang Theory star Parsons has been very open about beg gay.

IS JIM PARSONS GAY? THGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

Personally, he referred to feelg different om a young age and took him some time to realize that he was a gay man. Sce then, he has gone on to advote for proper reprentatn and ntued g his platform to raise awarens and promote acceptance for the LGBTQ+ Did The Fans Fd Out Parsons Was Gay?

Rumors about Parsons's famo character Sheldon Cooper beg gay started out pretty early. Jim Parsons and Cheyenne Jackson agree: It's a breeze to play a straight romantic tert, or at least a potential one, when actg oppose Mayim two actors, who are gay, now have that mon. "In all serns, I feel – I was gog to say swgs both ways, so I'll say  – that a straight person is wele to play a gay character, as they've done many tim and many tim very well.

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

"I mean, I'm love wh Mayim, and I'm not gay, " she said. "I turn (straight) people gay.

I turn gay people straight, " Bialik replied. In a recent appearance on "Insi the Actors Stud" Parsons tolld host Jam Lipton that when a reporter asked him about his experience as a gay man, was a "wonrful gift.

THE BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS ‘WAS SRED G OUT AS GAY WOULD E TROUBLE FOR S’

Parsons also said he wasn't necsarily a closeted gay man before beg outed by a New York Tim terviewer askg him about his HBO role.

JIM PARSONS ON WHY BEG A GAY, ASPIRG ACTOR WHEN ELLEN DEGENER CAME OUT WAS ‘F—G SRY’

"I took [my partner] Todd wh me to then fally one day while workg on Harvey I did a piece wh Patrick Healy for The New York Tim and he jt pot-blank asked, 'Was workg on The Normal Heart meangful to you as a gay man?