Council Of Dads actor J Augt Richards, 46, reveals he is gay like his TV character | Daily Mail Onle

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The 46-year-old star - who was on Agents Of Shield om 2013 until 2018 - plays a gay man Council Of Dads and told followers that he wanted the world to know he is gay as well.

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HOW TOM SWIFT STAR TIAN RICHARDS ALS WH THE PRSURE OF BEG WORK TV'S FIRST GAY BLACK LEAD

After 'Tom Swift' buted at the begng of Pri Month, seri star Tian Richards is reflectg on the prsure of playg work TV's first gay Black lead character. * ben richards gay *

The actor had, after all, already buted his character an episo of Nancy Drew a year prr, and the publicy surroundg his new sp-off seri always celebrated the fact that he was the first gay Black lead on work TV. Now, as the tular gay Black geni billnaire playboy ma character, Tom is a vilishly charmg, sexy, brilliant ventor wh unlimed rourc and unimagable wealth.

Growg up Black and gay, he didn't see characters like himself the lead role or the center of any stori, let alone one that shows someone like him as a billnaire or brilliant ventor or playboy, and he n't help but wonr how his life might have been different if he had.

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" That's how Richards end up alg wh all the add prsure of playg work TV's first gay Black lead — by focg on all of Tom's layers and makg him a three-dimensnal human rather than a symbol for an entire muny. Wh playg a gay character, you don't want them to be an archetype or fall to a trope, and I ma sure to stay mdful of that.

COUNCIL OF DADS ACTOR J AUGT RICHARDS, 46, REVEALS HE IS GAY LIKE HIS TV CHARACTER

On the surface, he always knew he had a lot mon wh Tom as a gay Black man growg up today's world, but he had no ia jt how much the show was gog to change his life on an ternal level.

WGN’S DEAN RICHARDS RPONDS TO GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSY ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’

Has e out as gay.

Oliver Post, a happily married gay black man wh a dghter.

GAY PORN STAR IS FOUND AD, AGED 21

“I knew how I was affected by the people of lor I saw on televisn, or that I didn’t see on televisn, so this beg a married, gay man, wh a fay... “Hontly, required me to show up fully a way that I don’t always when I’m workg, " he said, before addg, “I knew that I uld not portray this gay man hontly whout lettg you all know that I am a gay man myself.

I am also a full-time adult performer producg mostly gay porn. You work wh a lot of cis gay men.

How do you feel about workg so often wh cis gay men? I have had almost-exclively posive experienc wh my cis gay stars. In fact I am really happy how acceptg gay porn performers are of trans men, as they realize that manhood is not fed by genals but stead by personaly and energy.

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Council Of Dads actor J Augt Richards, 46, reveals he is gay like his TV character then adds the support he has received is like an 'avalanche of LOVE'Actor J Augt Richards me out as gay on Instagram Live this week The star, 46, was talkg to his Council Of Dads -star Sarah Wayne Calli'I knew that I uld not portray this gay man hontly, ' the 6ft3 actor said'...

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WGN’s Dean Richards rponds to gay character ntroversy ‘Bety and the Beast’ | WGN-TV .

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