Thomas Dekker Com Out as Gay, Reveals He’s Married! Termator: The Sarah Connor Chronicl and Backstrom actor Thomas Dekker has e out as gay and he also revealed that he is married! The 29-year-old actor and…
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- HERO ACTOR THOMAS DEKKER WAS 'OUTED' AS A GAY MAN BY TV PRODUCER BRYAN FULLER
- ‘HERO’ STAR THOMAS DEKKER COM OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG OUTED BY SHOWNNER
- ‘HERO’ STAR THOMAS DEKKER COM OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG OUTED BY SHOWNNER
- THOMAS DEKKER OUT GAY AND REVEALS THAT HE IS MARRIED
- "HERO" ACTOR THOMAS DEKKER SAYS HE WAS OUTED BY A "PROMENT GAY MAN""THIS MAN CLAIMG THAT I ME OUT IS NOT TE. 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(PHOTO BY MICHAEL KOVAC/GETTY IMAG FOR STARZ){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 HAD A BRIEF STT ON HERO, WHERE THE GAY CHARACTER WAS ‘HETWASHED’ AFTER THE ACTOR’S MANAGEMENT THREATENED TO PULL HIM OM THE SHOW IF HE—THE CHARACTER, NOT THE ACTOR— WERE GAY."{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 TIME, WAS WILY REPORTED THE CHARACTER QUTN WAS DEKKER’S CHARACTER, ZACH, AND THAT DEKKER’S MANAGEMENT WAS WORRIED WOULD AFFECT HIS STG AS YOUNG JOHN CONNOR ON THE TERMATOR TV SERI.HERO/{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;}DEKKER NIED THE CHARGE AT THE TIME, WRG 2007, "I HAVE PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER THREE TIM BEFORE MY REER, ONE WHEN I WAS 12 (WHICH IS ON YOUTUBE), ONE WHEN I WAS 15, AND ANOTHER WHEN I WAS 17. I, NOR MY MANAGEMENT, HAVE EVER HAD ANY KD OF PROBLEM WH CREATG A GAY CHARACTER." HE MATAED THE SUATN WAS "SOMETHG FAR MORE PLITED" THAN BEG AAID TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER. (SCE THEN, DEKKER HAS ALSO PLAYED GAY GREGG ARAKI'S KABOOM AND THE HBO BPIC CEMA VERE.){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 A 2011 OUT TERVIEW THE ACTOR MATAED HE WAS {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’VE ONLY REALLY HAD RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN, BUT I'M CERTALY NOT CLOSED TO . IF THERE ARE POSSIBILI OF BEG ABLE TO DO ANYTHG LIFE, WHY WOULD YOU SAY YOU WOULD NEVER TAKE ANY 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;}DEKKER ALSO REVEALED HIS LATT INSTAGRAM THAT HE'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;}“WHILE IS AN ODD SUATN, I THANK HIM BEE PRENTS A PRIME OPPORTUNY FOR ME TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT I AM ED A MAN WHO PROUDLY LOV OTHER MEN. IN FACT, THIS APRIL, I MARRIED MY HBAND AND I ULD NOT BE HAPPIER."{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
- 'HERO' STAR CLAIMS HE WAS OUTED BY 'PROMENT GAY MAN'
- ACTOR THOMAS DEKKER SAYS HE IS GAY AND MARRIED
- ‘SWIMMG WH SHARKS’ STAR THOMAS DEKKER RELLS BEG OUTED AS GAY BY ‘HERO’ EP BRYAN FULLER (EXCLUSIVE)
- THOMAS DEKKER COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S MARRIED!
HERO ACTOR THOMAS DEKKER WAS 'OUTED' AS A GAY MAN BY TV PRODUCER BRYAN FULLER
Thomas Dekker me out as gay after beg directly outed by a producer of Amerin Gods * is thomas dekker gay *
Image source, Getty ImagHero actor Thomas Dekker has e out as gay after a producer he'd worked wh directly revealed his Fuller, who worked wh him on Hero, was acceptg an award at an LGBT ftival LA when he spoke about the said one manager hadn't wanted Thomas Dekker to be a gay character on Hero, which people lked to actor posted on Instagram after the ftival, thankg Bryan Fuller for givg him an opportuny to e wrote: "It is an odd suatn, I thank him bee prents a prime opportuny for me to publicly say that I am ed a man who proudly lov other men.
"In his acceptance speech for the Achievement Award at the LGBT ftival Outft last Thursday, Bryan Fuller spoke about tim his reer when characters were changed om gay to straight, somethg known as "hetwashg" his speech he said: "I had a brief stt on Hero where the gay character was hetwashed after the actor's management threatened to pull him om the show if he - the character, not the actor - were gay. "The character beme straight and the actor me out as gay. "Image source, NBC UniversalImage ptn, Hayn Patiere played Claire Ben Hero alongsi Thomas Dekker as ZachThomas Dekker played Zach on the NBC show Hero, which ran until Febary hadn't publicly said he was gay at the time, but has recently nfirmed his sexualy Out statement on Instagram reads: "My sexual orientatn once aga me to qutn this week when a proment gay man ed an awards acceptance speech to 'out' me.
‘HERO’ STAR THOMAS DEKKER COM OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG OUTED BY SHOWNNER
“Hero” star Thomas Dekker me out as gay on Instagram on Thursday after beg outed by “Amerin Gods” creator Bryan Fuller. “My sexual orientatn once aga me to qutn this week when a proment gay man ed an awards acceptance speech to ‘out’ me,” Dekker wrote on Instagram. Fuller served as a wrer on “Hero” and discsed the way a gay character was “het-washed” durg a speech at Outft earlier this week. * is thomas dekker gay *
"I'm gay". Bryan Fuller wrongly said Dekker “me out as gay” durg an Outft speech earlier this week.
‘HERO’ STAR THOMAS DEKKER COM OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG OUTED BY SHOWNNER
"Hero" and "Termator: The Sarah Connor Chronicl" star Thomas Dekker has posted a lengthy statement on social media revealg he is gay and married. * is thomas dekker gay *
“Hero” star Thomas Dekker me out as gay on Instagram on Thursday after beg outed by “Amerin Gods” creator Bryan Fuller.
THOMAS DEKKER OUT GAY AND REVEALS THAT HE IS MARRIED
“My sexual orientatn once aga me to qutn this week when a proment gay man ed an awards acceptance speech to ‘out’ me, ” Dekker wrote on Instagram. Fuller served as a wrer on “Hero” and discsed the way a gay character was “het-washed” durg a speech at Outft earlier this week. “I had a brief stt on ‘Hero’ where the gay character was ‘hetwashed’ after the actor’s management threatened to pull him om the show if he — the character, not the actor — were gay, ” Fuller said.
“The character beme straight and the actor me out as gay.
Dekker had prevly discsed the behd-the-scen plitns surroundg his character’s sexualy, but had never publicly e out as gay. ‘I’m gay.
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My sexual orientatn once aga me to qutn this week when a proment gay man ed an awards acceptance speech to “out” me.
“I’m gay”. If we are to stand strong the gay muny, our missn should be support, not excln; love, not shame. Hero star Thomas Dekker me out as gay on Thursday after beg directly outed by Amerin Gods shownner Bryan Fuller at Outft earlier this month.
The actor, who played Zach on the NBC show that end Febary 2010, me out on Instagram wh a statement after his “sexual orientatn once aga me to qutn this week when a proment gay man ed an awards acceptance speech to ‘out’ me. At the LGBT ftival Outft on July 6, Fuller received the Achievement Award and his acceptance speech spoke about the tim his reer characters were “hetwashed” — that is, changed om homo- to heterosexual.
'HERO' STAR CLAIMS HE WAS OUTED BY 'PROMENT GAY MAN'
“I had a brief stt on Hero where the gay character was ‘hetwashed‘ after the actor’s management threatened to pull him om the show if he — the character, not the actor — were gay.
ACTOR THOMAS DEKKER SAYS HE IS GAY AND MARRIED
The character beme straight and the actor me out as gay, ” Fuller said an oblique reference to Dekker. At the time, Dekker hadn’t publicly said he was gay, but had nfirmed the qutns surroundg Hero‘ Zach sexualy a blog post and had told Out magaze that he was open to relatnships wh men and women.
‘SWIMMG WH SHARKS’ STAR THOMAS DEKKER RELLS BEG OUTED AS GAY BY ‘HERO’ EP BRYAN FULLER (EXCLUSIVE)
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THOMAS DEKKER COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S MARRIED!
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