Contents:
- CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
- CORONATN STREET ACTOR ANTONY COTTON RECEIVED YEARS ABE OM GAY MUNY FOR 'MP' CHARACTER SEAN TULLY
- CORONATN STREET'S ROB MALLARD REVEALS HE'S GAY AND WHY HE DON'T WANT TO HI WHO HE REALLY IS
- CORONATN STREET'S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK REVEALS G OUT AS GAY AT 18 HRED HIS HOLLYWOOD REER
CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
Todd Grimshaw was a nfed teen when he filmed Coronatn Street’s first ever gay kiss. Todd beme the show’s first regular gay character and his g out storyle was creded wh brgg the show to the 21st century. Had they got married however, would have end disaster bee Ted was gay.
Marc was gay then straight then gay aga (Cred: YouTube/ITV). Marc then started a relatnship wh Maria Connor, but Todd Grimshaw was termed to prove Marc was still gay and sced him. Former Coronatn Street actor Charlie Condou has weled the number of gay characters on the actor, 44, ma a dramatic ex om the show when his midwife character Marc Dent fell love wh Todd Grimshaw, played by Bno Langley, three years ago.
Charlie Condou (Ian Wt/PA)Asked by Good Morng Bra -host Piers Man about havg five gay characters on the show, Charlie said: “A few years ago even, there would have only been your token gay character, jt like there was probably your token black character and I thk we have moved on om that. “There have always been gay parents, but people tend to be more open about the days.
CORONATN STREET ACTOR ANTONY COTTON RECEIVED YEARS ABE OM GAY MUNY FOR 'MP' CHARACTER SEAN TULLY
For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsAntony Cotton told a nference at Manchter Pri’s ge ftival of the extent of abe he received, particularly om young, gay men, for his portrayal of mp soap character Sean Tully Coronatn Street. "I get a lot of stick om people who say, and the are people who are 21 years old, 'You've put the gay e back 21 years, '" he said. "So for every one of those people who say to me that Sean's a stereotype, and that he don't have a polil storyle, actually the fact he's never had to expla himself mak him the most polil gay character soap.
The A-list opposg Rsia's anti-gay lawsShow all 15Cotton was joed for the panel discsn on ‘Comg Out, om Script to Screen’ by Tony Warren, the creator of the soap, script wrers Damon Rochefort, Debbie Oat and Jonathan Harvey, and -star Brooke Vcent. "When was announced I was gog to Corrie an onle petn was set up to have me sacked bee people said I was gog to put the gay e back 25 years. "Warren, who is openly gay, also discsed the homophobia he faced when he first entered the entertament dtry as a scriptwrer for Granada.
Earlier this year, Rob Mallard publicly opened up about his sexualy for the first time by strsg that he never planned to "keep quiet that [he's] gay""The only ncern I had at first was if I'm wh a female character, will an dience who knows I'm gay real life believe ? Coronatn Street's Rob Mallard reveals he's gay and why he don't want to hi who he really isThe actor has spoken openly about his sexualyRob Mallard has spoken openly about his sexualyRob Mallard has spoken openly about his sexualy and why he don't want to hi . Rob, who plays Ken Barlow's son Daniel Osbourne, spoke about starrg the ITV soap Gay Tim magaze.
CORONATN STREET'S ROB MALLARD REVEALS HE'S GAY AND WHY HE DON'T WANT TO HI WHO HE REALLY IS
He said: "I never planned to keep quiet that I was gay.
The only ncern I had at first was if I’m wh a female character, will an dience who knows I’m gay real life believe ?
'I stopped beg screen-tted for the heterosexual male leads': Coronatn Street's Daniel Brocklebank reveals g out as gay at 18 hred his Hollywood reerThe actor, 41, starred alongsi Gwyh Paltrow Shakpeare Love and me out after the film's release when he was 18 Daniel admted he was told by his managers Los Angel that gog public about his sexualy would harm his reer and he believ did He said: 'I pretend for a livg, I didn’t want to pretend my private life. When you spend your life on screen, ’s important to hold on to the bs that are real'The actor said one of the reasons he me out was bee of the lack of gay role mols the public eye when he was growg up the 80s Published: 00:49 BST, 22 July 2021 | Updated: 00:50 BST, 22 July 2021.
CORONATN STREET'S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK REVEALS G OUT AS GAY AT 18 HRED HIS HOLLYWOOD REER
Daniel Brocklebank has revealed g out as gay 1998 hred his Hollywood reer. Candid: Daniel Brocklebank has revealed g out as gay 1998 hred his Hollywood reer (pictured 2019) He said: 'I stopped beg screen-tted for the heterosexual male leads and I was eher the gay bt iend or the character parts. ' Role: The actor, 41, starred alongsi Gwyh Paltrow Shakpeare Love and me out after the film's release when he was 18 (pictured the film)The actor said one of the reasons he me out was bee of the lack of gay role mols the public eye when he was growg up the out the 1990s, Daniel said he lik to thk he played a small part helpg societal attus to change and bee more acceptg over the years.
Career: The Coronatn Street star said his personal life should have no bearg on the parts he plays (pictured Coronatn Street 2019)The star said there were tim when he took work as a waer or barman between actg jobs but he never regretted his cisn to e now stars as gay vir Billy Mayhew on Coronatn Street and said s the first time his life he is not chasg the next actor received homophobic abe on Twter when he first joed the show 2014 as well as backlash om Christian groups. As for his own romantic life, Rob publicly me out as gay durg an terview wh Gay Tim back 2017 but he told his fay at the age of 17 and "never planned to keep [his sexualy] quiet.