Haaz Sleiman spills tails on Marvel's first gay romance 'The Eternals' - Queerty

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• ‘ETERNALS’ ACTOR HAAZ SLEIMAN ON BEG ARAB AND OPENLY GAY THE MCU, THE FILM’S ‘IGNORANT’ BAN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRI (EXCLUSIVE)
• 'ETERNALS' STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN IS BREAKG MARVEL’S GAY GLASS CEILG
• HAAZ SLEIMAN SPILLS TAILS ON MARVEL’S FIRST GAY ROMANCE ‘THE ETERNALS’
• HAAZ SLEIMAN ON "LTLE AMERI" AND KISSG MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHEROTHE ACTOR IS A PROUD QUEER MLIM, A PROUD "TOTAL BOTTOM," AND PROUD TO BE BANGG PHASTOS THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBERFEBARY 13, 2020/9:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2022PX;WIDTH:3840PX;}APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI “LTLE AMERI."BY LAWRENCE FERBERFEBARY 13, 2020 / 9:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HAAZ SLEIMAN ON \"LTLE AMERI\" AND KISSG MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-13T14:33:57.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-13T14:33:57.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAAZ SLEIMAN LEFT HIS HOMELAND OF LEBANON AT THE AGE OF 21 TO LIVE HIS LIFE OPENLY, AND HE'S FOUND EEDOM AND FAY HOLLYWOOD—SPECIFILLY ONE OF S HOTTT MODI: THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE. HOWEVER, BEFORE HE EARNS A NEW LEGN OF FANS PLAYG THE HBAND OF THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO NOVEMBER'S THE ETERNALS, YOU N TCH HIM “THE SON,” A STANDOUT EPISO OM THE ACCLAIMED APPLE TV+ ANTHOLOGY SERI LTLE AMERI, WHICH CHRONICL THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE THE UNED STAT (THE SHOW WAS GREENL FOR A SEND SEASON DECEMBER, A MONTH BEFORE THE FIRST SEASON PREMIERED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE EPISO, DIRECTED BY CLOSET MONSTER’S STEPHEN DUNN AND -WRTEN BY QUEER NONBARY IRAQI-BR AMROU AL-KADHI, SLEIMAN STARS AS RAFIQ, A CLOSETED SYRIAN RIDG THE VILLAGE OF QARDHA. AFTER HIS FATHER TCH HIM WH ANOTHER MAN AND SLDS HIS ARM ON A BLAZG STOVE AS PUNISHMENT, RAFIQ FLE TO DAMASC, WHERE HE BEIENDS A YOUNGER, MORE NFINT QUEER MAN, ZA (ADAM ALI), AND EVENTUALLY APPLI FOR ASYLUM THE U.S TO PE BEG KILLED. THE FACT THAT THE TALE IS BASED ON A TE STORY MAK ALL THE MORE HEARTBREAKG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLEIMAN—WHO HAS ALREADY HAD ROL NURSE JACKIE, 24, VERONI MARS, THE GOOD WIFE, AND JACK RYAN—WILL NEXT STAR WRER-DIRECTOR MIKE MOSALLAM’S BREAKG FAST, A ROM- ABOUT A GAY MLIM ARAB LIVG WT HOLLYWOOD THAT WILL SCREEN THIS MARCH AT PHILALPHIA’S QFLIX AND SILIN VALLEY’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEWNOWNEXT UGHT UP WH THE ACTOR TO CHAT ABOUT THE REAL RAFIQ, EAKG OUT MADONNA, BOTTOM EMPOWERMENT, AND THE ETERNALS, WHICH HE SAYS WILL FEATURE AN HONT-TO-GOD SAME-SEX KISS.APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN “LTLE AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAAZ SLEIMAN LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE SON” WAS ABSOLUTELY CREDIBLE. I CRIED!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S MY FAVORE THG I EVER SHOT. IT WAS VERY SPECIAL, IMPORTANT, AND MAGIL, AND WAS THE GAYT SET! I FELT LIKE A KID A NDY STORE. UNIRNS WERE FLYG. RABOWS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVE YOU SPOKEN WH THE REAL RAFIQ? WE SEE HIS PHOTO AT THE END OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PREMIERE. I CHOSE NOT TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE BEE WAS CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE STORY WAS ABOUT, AND I ULD REALLY RELATE. I DIDN’T GET MY ARM BURNED ON A STOVETOP, BUT I’M OM LEBANON, I’M ARAB, I’M MLIM, AND I’M OM A SMALL VILLAGE. HE’S ARAB, MLIM, AND OM A SMALL VILLAGE. AND I HAD TO FLEE—I LEFT MY UNTRY AND ME HERE BEE I WOULD’VE KILLED MYSELF OR DIED LEBANON IF I'D STAYED THERE. I ULDN’T BE MYSELF. SEEG HIM AT THE PREMIERE WAS PROFOUND. HE TOLD ME HE RELIVED EVERYTHG THROUGH THE EPISO AND THAT HE WAS SHAKG AND CRIED WHILE WATCHG . HE WAS LIKE, "HOW ULD YOU GUYS GET SO PERFECT?" THAT MA ME VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE’S LIVG THE DREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH! HE’S MARRIED! I WAS LIKE, "DAMN, I’M NOT MARRIED!" I MET HIS HBAND AT THE PREMIERE, AND THEY WERE ADORABLE. I THK HE’S HAPPY AND EE TO BE HIMSELF, AND APPARENTLY HAS HIS OWN CHOSEN FAY NOW.APPLE TV+KAMIRAN ALO (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI “LTLE AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAMIRAN ALO (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOUR FATHER HAD TRIED TO BURN YOUR ARM ON A STOVE, WOULD YOU HAVE CRATERED HIS SKULL WH A ST-IRON PAN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW I WOULD BEAT THE SH OUT OF HIM AND RIP HIM APART, BUT MY 20S I THK I'D BE MORE VULNERABLE AND FEEL A SENSE OF LOSS AND NFN. I’M 43 NOW. IN MY 20S, I DIDN’T HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF SELF OR SELF-WORTH. THAT’S ANOTHER THG RAFIQ AND I HAVE MON: LIKE, "THIS IS MY FATHER AND HOME, AND NOW 'S THE MOST DANGERO PLACE FOR ME. I HAVE SO MUCH EMPATHY FOR HIM FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HEARD THE LTLE AMERI SHOOT WAS MOVED TO CANADA OVER NCERNS THAT ACTORS OM UNTRI ON THE U.S. TRAVEL BAN WOULDN’T ABLE TO ENTER THE U.S., CLUDG ADAM ALI, A U.K. CIZEN WHO WAS BORN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y. OH MY GOD, I LOVED ADAM. HE WAS THE CLOSET BEFORE WE SHOT THE EPISO! WHEN WE FILMED, HE EXPLAED TO ME THAT WAS HIS WAY OF G OUT, SO WAS A BIG AL FOR HIM. HE WAS AAID HOW HIS FAY WOULD REACT, SO WAS REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME AND STEPHEN DUNN TO HOLD HIS HAND THROUGHOUT THE PROCS, BEE WE SAW OURSELV HIM. HIS CHARACTER ZA IS MORE FORTABLE HIS OWN SK THAN RAFIQ. WHEN WE SHOT , HE WAS 21 AND I WAS 42, AND ’S SO MUCH BETTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOW WH SOCIAL MEDIA, RUPL’S DRAG RACE, AND THE BIG BLOCKBTER MOVI ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. I JT SHOT A MARVEL FILM WH THE FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO, THE ETERNALS. I’M MARRIED TO THE GAY SUPERHERO PHASTOS, PLAYED BY ATLANTA’S BRIAN TYREE HENRY, AND WE REPRENT A GAY FAY AND HAVE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WE’LL ALSO GET A GAY KISS THE ETERNALS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND ’S A BETIFUL, VERY MOVG KISS. EVERYONE CRIED ON SET. FOR ME ’S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW LOVG AND BETIFUL A QUEER FAY N BE. BRIAN TYREE HENRY IS SUCH A TREMENDO ACTOR AND BROUGHT SO MUCH BETY TO THIS PART, AND AT ONE POT I SAW A CHILD HIS EY, AND I THK ’S IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD TO BE REMD THAT WE THE QUEER MUNY WERE ALL CHILDREN AT ONE POT. WE FET THAT BEE WE’RE ALWAYS PICTED AS SEXUAL OR REBELL. WE FET TO NNECT ON THAT HUMAN PART.APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN “LTLE AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOTALLY. BACK TO “THE SON.” I SEARCHED “KILLS GAY CHILD” BEFORE WE SPOKE, AND SOME OF THE FIRST RULTS THAT ME UP WERE A GUY OM NEVADA WHO SHOT HIS 14-YEAR-OLD, A BRAZILIAN WOMAN WHO MURRED HER 17-YEAR-OLD, AND A LATA WOMAN CALIFORNIA WHO TORTURED AND KILLED HER 8-YEAR-OLD. SO ARE THOSE WH CHRISTIAN AND CATHOLIC BACKGROUNDS—AND THOSE THE WT—ANY DIFFERENT OM HOMOPHOB WHO PRACTICE ISLAM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT. THERE’S NO DIFFERENCE. AND THERE ARE EVEN MORE HORRIFYG STORI YOU N HEAR OM ARAB CHRISTIANS ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH! THERE’S A GAY CHRISTIAN LEBANE GUY WHOSE UNCLE FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY AND MA HIM STAND THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WAG FOR A R TO H HIM. THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF MLIMS, MORE THAN THE WORLD N IMAGE, WHO ARE FE WH HOMOSEXUALY. MY MOTHER TOLD ME, "I KNOW YOU WERE BORN THAT WAY AND LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU ARE." SO ’S NOT BLACK-AND-WHE, AND PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE EVEN WORSE STORYL CHRISTIANY OR JUDAISM, AND EVEN SECULAR CULTUR. EVEN MIDDLE AMERI ’S STILL PRETTY BAD, AND WE FET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOUR EPISO HAS BEEN BANNED 10 ARAB UNTRI AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT SURPRISED THEY WANTED TO CENSOR OUR EPISO. WE’RE PHG BUTTONS AND FORCG THEM TO CREATE A DIALOGUE. RSIA IS A POWERFUL UNTRY, AND LOOK HOW BACKWARDS THEY ARE. IT’S A LTLE SRY, BUT ’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE TTH AND THE STATE OF THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN “THE SON,” ZA WORSHIPS KELLY CLARKSON, WHO HELPS SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO QUEER CULTURE AND THE WT. I READ THAT YOU NSIR MADONNA A ROLE MOL. HAVE YOU MET HER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT REALLY CLOSE TO HER. IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, AND WAS HER CONFSNS TOUR, AND I WANTED TO TREAT MYSELF AND BOUGHT A NCERT TICKET FOR, LIKE, $1,600, AND WAS RIGHT AT THE NWAY WHERE SHE GO THROUGH THE CROWD. SHE POTED AT ME, AND AT THE END WHEN SGG “HUNG UP” SHE GOT DOWN ON HER KNE AND GAVE ME HER MICROPHONE TO SG "TIME GO BY." I LOST MY MD. I CHANNELLED MY NER ARAB, AND THE WAY I WAS CHANTG WAS A LTLE SRY, SO I THK I EAKED HER OUT A LTLE B! BUT THAT WAS THE CLOST I GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLEIMAN AND HIS LTLE AMERI -STAR ADAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANK YOU FOR G OUT AS A "TOTAL BOTTOM," BY THE WAY. I THK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE POWER DYNAMIC SO THAT TOPPG ISN’T A SIGN OF DOMATN OR POWER, AND THAT BOTTOMG N BE JT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S WHY I DID THAT WAY. IT’S NNECTED TO BOTTOM SHAMG AND SEXISM. IT’S OKAY FOR A WOMAN TO DRS UP LIKE A MAN, BUT FOR A MAN TO DRS UP LIKE A GIRL IS GRADG, RIGHT? LIKE MADONNA'S "WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL." BEG A BOTTOM YOU’RE TAKG THE POSN OF A WOMAN SEXUALLY, AND I THK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE ONE WHO BE OR IS THE BOTTOM IS SHAMED FOR , BEE THEY’RE NSIRED WEAKER AND LS-THAN, LS POWERFUL. I WAS MAKG A POT: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WANTED TO SHOW HOW POWERFUL I AM. I GOT AN AWARD OM HRC, AND THAT TO ME WAS THE VALIDATN I NEED—HRC BACKG ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY BOTTOM HOLLYWOOD ACTN MOVIE STAR OR ROMANTIC LEAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] EHER-OR? IT’S ONE ASPECT OF WHO I AM. SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT I SAID THAT BEE I WAS LOOKG FOR A TOTAL TOP! I WAS LIKE, "I DON’T NEED HELP THAT PARTMENT!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF ROMANTIC LEADS, WHAT N YOU TELL ABOUT YOUR MOVIE BREAKG FAST, WHICH IS BASED ON A 2018 SHORT FILM OF THE SAME NAME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I PLAY MO, THE LEAD CHARACTER, AND I THK ’S THE FIRST PROJECT THAT SHOWS AN OPENLY GAY PRACTICG MLIM—A GUY WHO RPECTS AND FOLLOWS AND IS VOTED TO HIS RELIGN BUT IS STILL OPENLY GAY. IT'S NTROVERSIAL BEE TO SOME MLIMS THAT WILL BE OFFENSIVE. ALL THE MORE REASON SHOULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• "NURSE JACKIE" STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN COM OUT AS GAY, SHAM REPORTER FOR ASKG ABOUT SEXUALY"NOT ONLY AM I A BOTTOM, BUT I’M ALSO A TOTAL BOTTOM."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 26, 2017/4:40 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}PL ZIMMERMAN/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - MARCH 23: HAAZ SLEIMAN ATTENDS THE RED RPET EVENT AND WORLD PREMIERE OF NATNAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S 'KILLG J' AT ALICE TULLY HALL ON MARCH 23, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY PL ZIMMERMAN/WIREIMAGE)BY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 26, 2017 / 4:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"NURSE JACKIE\" STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN COM OUT AS GAY, SHAM REPORTER FOR ASKG ABOUT SEXUALY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-26T20:40:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-26T20:40:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAAZ SLEIMAN, A LEBANE-AMERIN ACTOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS GAY NURSE MOHAMMED "MO-MO" DE LA CZ ON THE FIRST SEASON OF SHOWTIME'S NURSE JACKIE, OPENED UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY EARLIER THIS WEEK ON SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I AM A GAY, MLIM, ARAB-AMERIN MAN," HE SAYS A NEW VIO, RPONDG TO A RECENT STUDY FDG THAT MORE LGBT AMERINS WERE MURRED SO FAR THIS YEAR THAN ALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND I’M GOG TO TAKE EVEN FURTHER: NOT ONLY AM I GAY, BUT I’M ALSO A BOTTOM. NOT ONLY AM I A BOTTOM, BUT I’M ALSO A TOTAL BOTTOM WHICH MEANS I LIKE UP YOU KNOW WHERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}??????? — HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) AUGT 22, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AND I SAY THIS TO ALL THE HOMOPHOB LIVG THE UNED STAT OF AMERI AND ACROSS THE GLOBE," SLEIMAN, 41, NTU. "IF YOU EVER E TO ME, TO KILL ME JT BEE I’M GAY, I WILL STROY YOU. I MIGHT BE GAY AND I MIGHT BE A NICE GUY, BUT DON’T GET TWISTED BEE I WILL FUCK YOU UP.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDRSG THE FACT THAT HE INTIFIED AS STRAIGHT AND SPOKE ABOUT HAVG A GIRLIEND A 2009 TERVIEW WH THE ADVOTE, SLEIMAN LATER EXPLAED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE ONLY SPOKE TO THE LGBT PUBLITN AFTER TELLG A SHOWTIME REPRENTATIVE THAT HE WOULD NOT ANSWER PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE END OF THE HALF HOUR TERVIEW OVER THE PHONE THE IDT TERVIEWER, WHOM I THK WAS GAY, ASKED ME IF WAS GAY OR STRAIGHT," HE WR. "I WAS SO SHOCKED. I OZE. MY BODY STARTED SHAKG. AND THEN I LIED AND SAID I WAS STRAIGHT. SHAME ON GAY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT KD TO OTHER GAY PEOPLE. HE DID THAT ON PURPOSE."NURSE JACKIE/SHOWTIMEHAAZ SLIEMAN AS MO-MO AND EDIE FAL AS JACKIE PEYTON NURSE JACKIE (EPISO 5) - PHOTO: KEN REGAN/SHOWTIME - PHOTO ID: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE IS THE ADVOTE EXCHANGE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE KNOW THAT MO-MO HAS A BOYIEND NAMED RICKY. WILL THE DIENCE MEET HIM SOON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU'RE NOT GOG TO MEET HIM THE FIRST SEASON, AND I HAVEN'T MET HIM YET EHER. YOU WILL SEE MO-MO KISS ANOTHER GUY, THOUGH, AND 'S SOMEONE THAT YOU WON'T EXPECT. IT'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE YOU WERE ST AS MO-MO, THERE HAVE BEEN DISCSNS THE BLOGOSPHERE ABOUT YOUR OWN SEXUALY. HAVE YOU FOUND THAT PEOPLE NOW SEEM MORE TERTED WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GAY REAL LIFE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON'T REALLY READ BLOGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEG SAID. THAT'S NEVER E UP, BUT 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT WOULD BOTHER ME IF DID. IT'S ALL ABOUT DOG GOOD WORK, AND THE STUFF THAT WH AFTERWARD, IS ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR THE SAKE OF SATISFYG CURSY ONCE AND FOR ALL, YOU'RE STRAIGHT, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU HAVE A GIRLIEND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, SHE LIV NEW YORK. SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE AND N'T WA TO SEE THAT KISS THAT I TOLD YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FULL DISCLOSURE: I AM THE WRER WHO NDUCTED THIS 2009 TERVIEW. I WAS NOT RMED BEFOREHAND THAT SLEIMAN WISHED TO AVOID ANY PERSONAL QUTNS, A REQUT I WOULD HAVE HONORED. AS I TOLD SLEIMAN EARLIER TODAY A PRIVATE FACEBOOK MSAGE, I REGRET THE UNFORTUNATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY GOAL, HOWEVER, WAS NOT TO BE UNKD OR SHOCKG. WHEN WRG FOR LGBT PUBLITNS, I RPECTFULLY TERVIEW LGBT PEOPLE, STRAIGHT PEOPLE, AND THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO INTIFY PUBLICLY. BUT BEE THE CELEBRI ARE SPEAKG TO LGBT PRS, I DO OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNY TO INTIFY IF THEY SO CHOOSE, WH THE END GOAL OF CELEBRATG AND NORMALIZG ALL SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAD SLEIMAN REPLIED WH "I PREFER TO KEEP MY PRIVATE LIFE PRIVATE" OR "IT'S MORE FUN TO KEEP PEOPLE GUSG," I WOULD NOT HAVE PRSED THE ISSUE. HAD HE OR HIS REPRENTATIV LATER REACHED OUT TO REQUT THAT I ED OUT THE OFFENDG EXCHANGE, I WOULD HAVE DONE SO WHOUT QUTN.THOSE PEOPLE/WOLFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS I WROTE SLEIMAN PRIVATELY, I HOPE THAT HE WILL ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR MY PART MAKG HIM FEEL UNFORTABLE AND UNSAFE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRR TO POSTG HIS NDID VIO, SLEIMAN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN GIVG FANS STRONG CLU ABOUT HIS SEXUALY RECENT WEEKS WH VAR LGBT-RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLEIMAN, WHO APPEARED THE LGBT-THEMED FILMS THE SKI TRIP AND THOSE PEOPLE, EARNED MUCH ACCLAIM FOR HIS ROLE AS AN IMMIGRANT SQUATTER THE VISOR. HE ALSO PLAYED J THE MISERI KILLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} SO... DO YOU GUYS THK I'M STRAIGHT, GAY, BI, PAN, TRANS, OR JT SIMPLY A NARCISSISTIC ACTOR WHO TAK WAY TOO MANY SELFI? ?A POST SHARED BY HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) ON AUG 21, 2017 AT 4:59PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} ROCKG THIS T-SHIRT ON THE STREETS OF BEIT. ????A POST SHARED BY HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) ON AUG 13, 2017 AT 3:36AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} WHERE MY GAY MLIMS AT? ???????A POST SHARED BY HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) ON JUL 31, 2017 AT 12:52AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• HAAZ SLEIMAN SAYS HE IS PROUD OF MARVEL'S ACPLISHMENT OF GAY ROMANCE IN 'ETERNALS'
• ETERNALS STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN CAN’T WA TO DEBUT THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE ONSCREEN
• 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
• ETERNALS: HAAZ SLEIMAN ON BRGG A GAY HERO TO LIFE
• ETERNALS STAR DISCS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE

‘ETERNALS’ ACTOR HAAZ SLEIMAN ON BEG ARAB AND OPENLY GAY THE MCU, THE FILM’S ‘IGNORANT’ BAN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRI (EXCLUSIVE)

Not only is Phastos the MCU’s first gay superhero, but he and Ben are married and fathers to a young son.

'ETERNALS' STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN IS BREAKG MARVEL’S GAY GLASS CEILG

When he was 21, me out as gay 2017 after first gag attentn playg Tarek, an undocumented Syrian immigrant 2007’s “The Visor. Meet Eternals star Haaz Sleiman, the ‘gay, Mlim, Arab-Amerin’ actor makg Marvel and LGBT history wh his role as superhero Phastos’ hband.

Actg alongsi Angela Jolie and Salma Hayek, The Ltle Ameri star and Brian Tyree Henry, who plays Phastos the film, will portray MCU’s first openly gay uple. ‘Eternals’ Haaz Sleiman on Breakg Marvel’s Gay Glass CeilgIt’s been a breakout year for Haaz Sleiman. Sce he me out 2017, the Nurse Jackie star has appeared several productns that tackle his tersectnal inti of gay and Mlim.

He will appear Eternals as the hband of Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), who will be the first out gay superhero the MCU. ‘Eternals’ Haaz Sleiman on Breakg Marvel’s Gay Glass Ceilg“I feel lucky, and I’m grateful. Kev Feige nfirmed last year that the upg Eternals will be the first film the Marvel Cematic Universe to feature an openly gay lead character, revealg that Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry, will have a hband the movie.

HAAZ SLEIMAN SPILLS TAILS ON MARVEL’S FIRST GAY ROMANCE ‘THE ETERNALS’

"I jt shot a Marvel film wh the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals, " he said. "I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a child. "In addn to playg one half of the MCU's first gay super-uple, Sleiman also recently played Rafiq, a gay Mlim, Ltle Ameri, the anthology seri of immigrant stori executive-produced by his Eternals -star Kumail Nanjiani.

Even though I wished I was the superhero, bee when will we see an Arab Mlim openly gay actor playg a superhero?

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HAAZ SLEIMAN ON "LTLE AMERI" AND KISSG MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHEROTHE ACTOR IS A PROUD QUEER MLIM, A PROUD "TOTAL BOTTOM," AND PROUD TO BE BANGG PHASTOS THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBERFEBARY 13, 2020/9:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2022PX;WIDTH:3840PX;}APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI “LTLE AMERI."BY LAWRENCE FERBERFEBARY 13, 2020 / 9:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HAAZ SLEIMAN ON \"LTLE AMERI\" AND KISSG MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-13T14:33:57.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-13T14:33:57.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAAZ SLEIMAN LEFT HIS HOMELAND OF LEBANON AT THE AGE OF 21 TO LIVE HIS LIFE OPENLY, AND HE'S FOUND EEDOM AND FAY HOLLYWOOD—SPECIFILLY ONE OF S HOTTT MODI: THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE. HOWEVER, BEFORE HE EARNS A NEW LEGN OF FANS PLAYG THE HBAND OF THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO NOVEMBER'S THE ETERNALS, YOU N TCH HIM “THE SON,” A STANDOUT EPISO OM THE ACCLAIMED APPLE TV+ ANTHOLOGY SERI LTLE AMERI, WHICH CHRONICL THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE THE UNED STAT (THE SHOW WAS GREENL FOR A SEND SEASON DECEMBER, A MONTH BEFORE THE FIRST SEASON PREMIERED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE EPISO, DIRECTED BY CLOSET MONSTER’S STEPHEN DUNN AND -WRTEN BY QUEER NONBARY IRAQI-BR AMROU AL-KADHI, SLEIMAN STARS AS RAFIQ, A CLOSETED SYRIAN RIDG THE VILLAGE OF QARDHA. AFTER HIS FATHER TCH HIM WH ANOTHER MAN AND SLDS HIS ARM ON A BLAZG STOVE AS PUNISHMENT, RAFIQ FLE TO DAMASC, WHERE HE BEIENDS A YOUNGER, MORE NFINT QUEER MAN, ZA (ADAM ALI), AND EVENTUALLY APPLI FOR ASYLUM THE U.S TO PE BEG KILLED. THE FACT THAT THE TALE IS BASED ON A TE STORY MAK ALL THE MORE HEARTBREAKG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLEIMAN—WHO HAS ALREADY HAD ROL NURSE JACKIE, 24, VERONI MARS, THE GOOD WIFE, AND JACK RYAN—WILL NEXT STAR WRER-DIRECTOR MIKE MOSALLAM’S BREAKG FAST, A ROM- ABOUT A GAY MLIM ARAB LIVG WT HOLLYWOOD THAT WILL SCREEN THIS MARCH AT PHILALPHIA’S QFLIX AND SILIN VALLEY’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEWNOWNEXT UGHT UP WH THE ACTOR TO CHAT ABOUT THE REAL RAFIQ, EAKG OUT MADONNA, BOTTOM EMPOWERMENT, AND THE ETERNALS, WHICH HE SAYS WILL FEATURE AN HONT-TO-GOD SAME-SEX KISS.APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN “LTLE AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAAZ SLEIMAN LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE SON” WAS ABSOLUTELY CREDIBLE. I CRIED!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S MY FAVORE THG I EVER SHOT. IT WAS VERY SPECIAL, IMPORTANT, AND MAGIL, AND WAS THE GAYT SET! I FELT LIKE A KID A NDY STORE. UNIRNS WERE FLYG. RABOWS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVE YOU SPOKEN WH THE REAL RAFIQ? WE SEE HIS PHOTO AT THE END OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PREMIERE. I CHOSE NOT TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE BEE WAS CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE STORY WAS ABOUT, AND I ULD REALLY RELATE. I DIDN’T GET MY ARM BURNED ON A STOVETOP, BUT I’M OM LEBANON, I’M ARAB, I’M MLIM, AND I’M OM A SMALL VILLAGE. HE’S ARAB, MLIM, AND OM A SMALL VILLAGE. AND I HAD TO FLEE—I LEFT MY UNTRY AND ME HERE BEE I WOULD’VE KILLED MYSELF OR DIED LEBANON IF I'D STAYED THERE. I ULDN’T BE MYSELF. SEEG HIM AT THE PREMIERE WAS PROFOUND. HE TOLD ME HE RELIVED EVERYTHG THROUGH THE EPISO AND THAT HE WAS SHAKG AND CRIED WHILE WATCHG . HE WAS LIKE, "HOW ULD YOU GUYS GET SO PERFECT?" THAT MA ME VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE’S LIVG THE DREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH! HE’S MARRIED! I WAS LIKE, "DAMN, I’M NOT MARRIED!" I MET HIS HBAND AT THE PREMIERE, AND THEY WERE ADORABLE. I THK HE’S HAPPY AND EE TO BE HIMSELF, AND APPARENTLY HAS HIS OWN CHOSEN FAY NOW.APPLE TV+KAMIRAN ALO (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI “LTLE AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAMIRAN ALO (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOUR FATHER HAD TRIED TO BURN YOUR ARM ON A STOVE, WOULD YOU HAVE CRATERED HIS SKULL WH A ST-IRON PAN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW I WOULD BEAT THE SH OUT OF HIM AND RIP HIM APART, BUT MY 20S I THK I'D BE MORE VULNERABLE AND FEEL A SENSE OF LOSS AND NFN. I’M 43 NOW. IN MY 20S, I DIDN’T HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF SELF OR SELF-WORTH. THAT’S ANOTHER THG RAFIQ AND I HAVE MON: LIKE, "THIS IS MY FATHER AND HOME, AND NOW 'S THE MOST DANGERO PLACE FOR ME. I HAVE SO MUCH EMPATHY FOR HIM FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HEARD THE LTLE AMERI SHOOT WAS MOVED TO CANADA OVER NCERNS THAT ACTORS OM UNTRI ON THE U.S. TRAVEL BAN WOULDN’T ABLE TO ENTER THE U.S., CLUDG ADAM ALI, A U.K. CIZEN WHO WAS BORN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y. OH MY GOD, I LOVED ADAM. HE WAS THE CLOSET BEFORE WE SHOT THE EPISO! WHEN WE FILMED, HE EXPLAED TO ME THAT WAS HIS WAY OF G OUT, SO WAS A BIG AL FOR HIM. HE WAS AAID HOW HIS FAY WOULD REACT, SO WAS REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME AND STEPHEN DUNN TO HOLD HIS HAND THROUGHOUT THE PROCS, BEE WE SAW OURSELV HIM. HIS CHARACTER ZA IS MORE FORTABLE HIS OWN SK THAN RAFIQ. WHEN WE SHOT , HE WAS 21 AND I WAS 42, AND ’S SO MUCH BETTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOW WH SOCIAL MEDIA, RUPL’S DRAG RACE, AND THE BIG BLOCKBTER MOVI ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. I JT SHOT A MARVEL FILM WH THE FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO, THE ETERNALS. I’M MARRIED TO THE GAY SUPERHERO PHASTOS, PLAYED BY ATLANTA’S BRIAN TYREE HENRY, AND WE REPRENT A GAY FAY AND HAVE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WE’LL ALSO GET A GAY KISS THE ETERNALS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND ’S A BETIFUL, VERY MOVG KISS. EVERYONE CRIED ON SET. FOR ME ’S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW LOVG AND BETIFUL A QUEER FAY N BE. BRIAN TYREE HENRY IS SUCH A TREMENDO ACTOR AND BROUGHT SO MUCH BETY TO THIS PART, AND AT ONE POT I SAW A CHILD HIS EY, AND I THK ’S IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD TO BE REMD THAT WE THE QUEER MUNY WERE ALL CHILDREN AT ONE POT. WE FET THAT BEE WE’RE ALWAYS PICTED AS SEXUAL OR REBELL. WE FET TO NNECT ON THAT HUMAN PART.APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN “LTLE AMERI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOTALLY. BACK TO “THE SON.” I SEARCHED “KILLS GAY CHILD” BEFORE WE SPOKE, AND SOME OF THE FIRST RULTS THAT ME UP WERE A GUY OM NEVADA WHO SHOT HIS 14-YEAR-OLD, A BRAZILIAN WOMAN WHO MURRED HER 17-YEAR-OLD, AND A LATA WOMAN CALIFORNIA WHO TORTURED AND KILLED HER 8-YEAR-OLD. SO ARE THOSE WH CHRISTIAN AND CATHOLIC BACKGROUNDS—AND THOSE THE WT—ANY DIFFERENT OM HOMOPHOB WHO PRACTICE ISLAM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT. THERE’S NO DIFFERENCE. AND THERE ARE EVEN MORE HORRIFYG STORI YOU N HEAR OM ARAB CHRISTIANS ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH! THERE’S A GAY CHRISTIAN LEBANE GUY WHOSE UNCLE FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY AND MA HIM STAND THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WAG FOR A R TO H HIM. THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF MLIMS, MORE THAN THE WORLD N IMAGE, WHO ARE FE WH HOMOSEXUALY. MY MOTHER TOLD ME, "I KNOW YOU WERE BORN THAT WAY AND LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU ARE." SO ’S NOT BLACK-AND-WHE, AND PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE EVEN WORSE STORYL CHRISTIANY OR JUDAISM, AND EVEN SECULAR CULTUR. EVEN MIDDLE AMERI ’S STILL PRETTY BAD, AND WE FET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOUR EPISO HAS BEEN BANNED 10 ARAB UNTRI AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT SURPRISED THEY WANTED TO CENSOR OUR EPISO. WE’RE PHG BUTTONS AND FORCG THEM TO CREATE A DIALOGUE. RSIA IS A POWERFUL UNTRY, AND LOOK HOW BACKWARDS THEY ARE. IT’S A LTLE SRY, BUT ’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE TTH AND THE STATE OF THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN “THE SON,” ZA WORSHIPS KELLY CLARKSON, WHO HELPS SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO QUEER CULTURE AND THE WT. I READ THAT YOU NSIR MADONNA A ROLE MOL. HAVE YOU MET HER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT REALLY CLOSE TO HER. IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, AND WAS HER CONFSNS TOUR, AND I WANTED TO TREAT MYSELF AND BOUGHT A NCERT TICKET FOR, LIKE, $1,600, AND WAS RIGHT AT THE NWAY WHERE SHE GO THROUGH THE CROWD. SHE POTED AT ME, AND AT THE END WHEN SGG “HUNG UP” SHE GOT DOWN ON HER KNE AND GAVE ME HER MICROPHONE TO SG "TIME GO BY." I LOST MY MD. I CHANNELLED MY NER ARAB, AND THE WAY I WAS CHANTG WAS A LTLE SRY, SO I THK I EAKED HER OUT A LTLE B! BUT THAT WAS THE CLOST I GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLEIMAN AND HIS LTLE AMERI -STAR ADAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANK YOU FOR G OUT AS A "TOTAL BOTTOM," BY THE WAY. I THK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE POWER DYNAMIC SO THAT TOPPG ISN’T A SIGN OF DOMATN OR POWER, AND THAT BOTTOMG N BE JT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S WHY I DID THAT WAY. IT’S NNECTED TO BOTTOM SHAMG AND SEXISM. IT’S OKAY FOR A WOMAN TO DRS UP LIKE A MAN, BUT FOR A MAN TO DRS UP LIKE A GIRL IS GRADG, RIGHT? LIKE MADONNA'S "WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL." BEG A BOTTOM YOU’RE TAKG THE POSN OF A WOMAN SEXUALLY, AND I THK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE ONE WHO BE OR IS THE BOTTOM IS SHAMED FOR , BEE THEY’RE NSIRED WEAKER AND LS-THAN, LS POWERFUL. I WAS MAKG A POT: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WANTED TO SHOW HOW POWERFUL I AM. I GOT AN AWARD OM HRC, AND THAT TO ME WAS THE VALIDATN I NEED—HRC BACKG ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY BOTTOM HOLLYWOOD ACTN MOVIE STAR OR ROMANTIC LEAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] EHER-OR? IT’S ONE ASPECT OF WHO I AM. SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT I SAID THAT BEE I WAS LOOKG FOR A TOTAL TOP! I WAS LIKE, "I DON’T NEED HELP THAT PARTMENT!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF ROMANTIC LEADS, WHAT N YOU TELL ABOUT YOUR MOVIE BREAKG FAST, WHICH IS BASED ON A 2018 SHORT FILM OF THE SAME NAME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I PLAY MO, THE LEAD CHARACTER, AND I THK ’S THE FIRST PROJECT THAT SHOWS AN OPENLY GAY PRACTICG MLIM—A GUY WHO RPECTS AND FOLLOWS AND IS VOTED TO HIS RELIGN BUT IS STILL OPENLY GAY. IT'S NTROVERSIAL BEE TO SOME MLIMS THAT WILL BE OFFENSIVE. 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However, before he earns a new legn of fans playg the hband of the MCU’s first gay superhero November's The Eternals, you n tch him “The Son, ” a standout episo om the acclaimed Apple TV+ anthology seri Ltle Ameri, which chronicl the immigrant experience the Uned Stat (the show was greenl for a send season December, a month before the first season premiered) the episo, directed by Closet Monster’s Stephen Dunn and -wrten by queer nonbary Iraqi-Br Amrou Al-Kadhi, Sleiman stars as Rafiq, a closeted Syrian ridg the village of Qardha. Sleiman—who has already had rol Nurse Jackie, 24, Veroni Mars, The Good Wife, and Jack Ryan—will next star wrer-director Mike Mosallam’s Breakg Fast, a rom- about a gay Mlim Arab livg Wt Hollywood that will screen this March at Philalphia’s QFlix and Silin Valley’s CequtNewNowNext ught up wh the actor to chat about the real Rafiq, eakg out Madonna, bottom empowerment, and The Eternals, which he says will feature an hont-to-god same-sex Sleiman Ltle Ameri. It was very special, important, and magil, and was the gayt set!

"NURSE JACKIE" STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN COM OUT AS GAY, SHAM REPORTER FOR ASKG ABOUT SEXUALY"NOT ONLY AM I A BOTTOM, BUT I’M ALSO A TOTAL BOTTOM."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 26, 2017/4:40 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}PL ZIMMERMAN/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - MARCH 23: HAAZ SLEIMAN ATTENDS THE RED RPET EVENT AND WORLD PREMIERE OF NATNAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S 'KILLG J' AT ALICE TULLY HALL ON MARCH 23, 2015 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY PL ZIMMERMAN/WIREIMAGE)BY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 26, 2017 / 4:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"NURSE JACKIE\" STAR HAAZ SLEIMAN COM OUT AS GAY, SHAM REPORTER FOR ASKG ABOUT SEXUALY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-26T20:40:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-26T20:40:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAAZ SLEIMAN, A LEBANE-AMERIN ACTOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS GAY NURSE MOHAMMED "MO-MO" DE LA CZ ON THE FIRST SEASON OF SHOWTIME'S NURSE JACKIE, OPENED UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY EARLIER THIS WEEK ON SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I AM A GAY, MLIM, ARAB-AMERIN MAN," HE SAYS A NEW VIO, RPONDG TO A RECENT STUDY FDG THAT MORE LGBT AMERINS WERE MURRED SO FAR THIS YEAR THAN ALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND I’M GOG TO TAKE EVEN FURTHER: NOT ONLY AM I GAY, BUT I’M ALSO A BOTTOM. NOT ONLY AM I A BOTTOM, BUT I’M ALSO A TOTAL BOTTOM WHICH MEANS I LIKE UP YOU KNOW WHERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}??????? — HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) AUGT 22, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AND I SAY THIS TO ALL THE HOMOPHOB LIVG THE UNED STAT OF AMERI AND ACROSS THE GLOBE," SLEIMAN, 41, NTU. "IF YOU EVER E TO ME, TO KILL ME JT BEE I’M GAY, I WILL STROY YOU. I MIGHT BE GAY AND I MIGHT BE A NICE GUY, BUT DON’T GET TWISTED BEE I WILL FUCK YOU UP.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDRSG THE FACT THAT HE INTIFIED AS STRAIGHT AND SPOKE ABOUT HAVG A GIRLIEND A 2009 TERVIEW WH THE ADVOTE, SLEIMAN LATER EXPLAED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE ONLY SPOKE TO THE LGBT PUBLITN AFTER TELLG A SHOWTIME REPRENTATIVE THAT HE WOULD NOT ANSWER PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE END OF THE HALF HOUR TERVIEW OVER THE PHONE THE IDT TERVIEWER, WHOM I THK WAS GAY, ASKED ME IF WAS GAY OR STRAIGHT," HE WR. "I WAS SO SHOCKED. I OZE. MY BODY STARTED SHAKG. AND THEN I LIED AND SAID I WAS STRAIGHT. SHAME ON GAY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT KD TO OTHER GAY PEOPLE. HE DID THAT ON PURPOSE."NURSE JACKIE/SHOWTIMEHAAZ SLIEMAN AS MO-MO AND EDIE FAL AS JACKIE PEYTON NURSE JACKIE (EPISO 5) - PHOTO: KEN REGAN/SHOWTIME - PHOTO ID: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE IS THE ADVOTE EXCHANGE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE KNOW THAT MO-MO HAS A BOYIEND NAMED RICKY. WILL THE DIENCE MEET HIM SOON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU'RE NOT GOG TO MEET HIM THE FIRST SEASON, AND I HAVEN'T MET HIM YET EHER. YOU WILL SEE MO-MO KISS ANOTHER GUY, THOUGH, AND 'S SOMEONE THAT YOU WON'T EXPECT. IT'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE YOU WERE ST AS MO-MO, THERE HAVE BEEN DISCSNS THE BLOGOSPHERE ABOUT YOUR OWN SEXUALY. HAVE YOU FOUND THAT PEOPLE NOW SEEM MORE TERTED WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GAY REAL LIFE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON'T REALLY READ BLOGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEG SAID. THAT'S NEVER E UP, BUT 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT WOULD BOTHER ME IF DID. IT'S ALL ABOUT DOG GOOD WORK, AND THE STUFF THAT WH AFTERWARD, IS ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR THE SAKE OF SATISFYG CURSY ONCE AND FOR ALL, YOU'RE STRAIGHT, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU HAVE A GIRLIEND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, SHE LIV NEW YORK. SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE AND N'T WA TO SEE THAT KISS THAT I TOLD YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FULL DISCLOSURE: I AM THE WRER WHO NDUCTED THIS 2009 TERVIEW. I WAS NOT RMED BEFOREHAND THAT SLEIMAN WISHED TO AVOID ANY PERSONAL QUTNS, A REQUT I WOULD HAVE HONORED. AS I TOLD SLEIMAN EARLIER TODAY A PRIVATE FACEBOOK MSAGE, I REGRET THE UNFORTUNATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY GOAL, HOWEVER, WAS NOT TO BE UNKD OR SHOCKG. WHEN WRG FOR LGBT PUBLITNS, I RPECTFULLY TERVIEW LGBT PEOPLE, STRAIGHT PEOPLE, AND THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO INTIFY PUBLICLY. BUT BEE THE CELEBRI ARE SPEAKG TO LGBT PRS, I DO OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNY TO INTIFY IF THEY SO CHOOSE, WH THE END GOAL OF CELEBRATG AND NORMALIZG ALL SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAD SLEIMAN REPLIED WH "I PREFER TO KEEP MY PRIVATE LIFE PRIVATE" OR "IT'S MORE FUN TO KEEP PEOPLE GUSG," I WOULD NOT HAVE PRSED THE ISSUE. HAD HE OR HIS REPRENTATIV LATER REACHED OUT TO REQUT THAT I ED OUT THE OFFENDG EXCHANGE, I WOULD HAVE DONE SO WHOUT QUTN.THOSE PEOPLE/WOLFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS I WROTE SLEIMAN PRIVATELY, I HOPE THAT HE WILL ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR MY PART MAKG HIM FEEL UNFORTABLE AND UNSAFE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRR TO POSTG HIS NDID VIO, SLEIMAN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN GIVG FANS STRONG CLU ABOUT HIS SEXUALY RECENT WEEKS WH VAR LGBT-RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLEIMAN, WHO APPEARED THE LGBT-THEMED FILMS THE SKI TRIP AND THOSE PEOPLE, EARNED MUCH ACCLAIM FOR HIS ROLE AS AN IMMIGRANT SQUATTER THE VISOR. HE ALSO PLAYED J THE MISERI KILLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} SO... DO YOU GUYS THK I'M STRAIGHT, GAY, BI, PAN, TRANS, OR JT SIMPLY A NARCISSISTIC ACTOR WHO TAK WAY TOO MANY SELFI? ?A POST SHARED BY HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) ON AUG 21, 2017 AT 4:59PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} ROCKG THIS T-SHIRT ON THE STREETS OF BEIT. ????A POST SHARED BY HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) ON AUG 13, 2017 AT 3:36AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} WHERE MY GAY MLIMS AT? ???????A POST SHARED BY HAAZ SLEIMAN (@HAAZSLEIMAN) ON JUL 31, 2017 AT 12:52AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

When we shot , he was 21 and I was 42, and ’s so much better for young people now wh social media, RuPl’s Drag Race, and the big blockbter movi about gay people. I jt shot a Marvel film wh the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals. I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a we’ll also get a gay kiss The Eternals?

” I searched “kills gay child” before we spoke, and some of the first rults that me up were a guy om Nevada who shot his 14-year-old, a Brazilian woman who murred her 17-year-old, and a Lata woman California who tortured and killed her 8-year-old.

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So are those wh Christian and Catholic backgrounds—and those the Wt—any different om homophob who practice Islam? There’s a gay Christian Lebane guy whose uncle found out he was gay and ma him stand the middle of the highway wag for a r to h him.

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Then there are a lot of Mlims, more than the world n image, who are fe wh homosexualy. I play Mo, the lead character, and I thk ’s the first project that shows an openly gay practicg Mlim—a guy who rpects and follows and is voted to his relign but is still openly gay.

Haaz Sleiman, a Lebane-Amerin actor bt known for his role as gay nurse Mohammed "Mo-Mo" De La Cz on the first season of Showtime's Nurse Jackie, opened up about his sexualy earlier this week on social media. “I am a gay, Mlim, Arab-Amerin man, " he says a new vio, rpondg to a recent study fdg that more LGBT Amerins were murred so far this year than all of 2016. "And I’m gog to take even further: Not only am I gay, but I’m also a bottom.

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"“And I say this to all the homophob livg the Uned Stat of Ameri and across the globe, " Sleiman, 41, ntu. "If you ever e to me, to kill me jt bee I’m gay, I will stroy you. I might be gay and I might be a nice guy, but don’t get twisted bee I will fuck you up.

"At the end of the half hour terview over the phone the idt terviewer, whom I thk was gay, asked me if was gay or straight, " he wr. Shame on gay people who are not kd to other gay people. Have you found that people now seem more terted whether or not you're gay real life?

In Augt of 2017, Sleiman upload a vio to Facebook which he publicly announced that he was gay. In the vio, Sleiman says: “I am a gay, Mlim, Arab-Amerin man.

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And I’m gog to take even further: Not only am I gay, but I’m also a bottom. And I say this to all the homophob livg the Uned Stat of Ameri and across the globe. If you ever e to me, to kill me jt bee I’m gay, I will stroy you.

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Haaz Sleiman recently spoke about Marvel's first gay romance Eternals film and how the studs' acplishment has ma him proud.

'Eternals' star Haaz Sleiman discs Marvel's first gay romance. In a recent terview wh NewNowNext, via The Direct, Haaz Sleiman exprsed his feelg about romancg Brian Tyree Henry’s superhero character Phastos Eternals and them beg the first openly gay uple the MCU. He said that is bee he nnot wa for people to see an “Arab Mlim openly gay actor playg a superhero”.