Le Evans Weighs on the Gay Actors Playg Gay Rol Debate

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Gay actor Le Evans has nfirmed that he and his boyiend Rafael Olarra have spl followg weeks of prs speculatn.

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IS LE EVANS GAY? PUBLICIST TRI TO GET HIS STORY {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;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENAUGT 8, 2011/12:13 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENAUGT 8, 2011 / 12:13 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS LE EVANS GAY? PUBLICIST TRI TO GET HIS STORY STRAIGHT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-08-08T16:13:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-08-08T16:13:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{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 NOT OUT ACTORS, CELEBRI OR ANYONE ELSE. BUT NOR DO WE "" THEM OR HELP THEIR MANAGEMENT TO DO 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 N'T SAY FOR CERTA THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOG ON WH BRISH ACTOR LE EVANS, SOON TO BE SEEN THE THE THREE MKETEERS, THE IMMORTALS, AND LATER NEXT YEAR THE HOBB. BUT THAT CERTALY SEEMS TO BE 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;}WE MOST RECENTLY WROTE ABOUT EVANS WHEN HE APPEARED AT COMIC-CON TO PROMOTE THE IMMORTALS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL OM A REAR POTG TO THIS BLOG WHICH NOTED THAT BACK SEPTEMBER 2002, WHILE STARRG BOY GEE'S TABOO, EVANS GAVE THE ADVOTE AN TERVIEW WHICH NOTED THAT NOT ONLY WAS LE OUT, BUT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH E FOR 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;}SAID EVANS AT THE TIME:{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;}WELL WAS SOMETHG I'D SPOKEN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT, CLUDG MY BOYIEND AT THE TIME - WE'VE BROKEN UP NOW - BUT AT THE TIME WHEN I JT GOT TABOO, I KNEW THAT EVEN THOUGH MY PART WAS A STRAIGHT CHARACTER, EVERYBODY KNEW ME AS A GAY MAN AND, MY LIFE LONDON, I NEVER TRIED TO HI . I KNEW I WAS GOG TO HAVE TO DO TERVIEWS WH GAY MAGAZ, SO I THOUGHT, ‘WELL, I’M GOG TO HAVE TO BE OPEN’. IT’S WHO I AM. AND IF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE , THEN I DON’T WANT THEIR JOBS. I'VE NEVER BEEN A VERY GOOD LIAR, WHICH IS ANOTHER THG...{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;}WH EVANS' REER CLEARLY ON THE ASCENDANCY, WAS LOOKG LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE OUR FIRST HIGH PROFILE MOVIE STAR OUT OM THE START OF HIS REER — AND ACTN MOVI TO {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;}HOWEVER, THE SAME BLOGPOST THAT POTED TO THE ADVOTE TERVIEW ALSO NOTED THAT LAST YEAR A REPORT HAD EVANS DATG A WOMAN NAMED HOLLY GOODCHILD WHO TOLD A WELSH OUTLET AT THE PREMIERE OF TAMARA DREWE THAT SHE AND EVANS WERE AN EM. SAID GOODCHILD, “LE’S LOVELY – WE’RE REALLY OLD IENDS AND JT SORT OF HAPPENED. WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR ENGAGED BUT THGS ARE REALLY GOOD.”{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 EVANS WAS BISEXUAL? MANY PEOPLE HAVE A SEXUALY THAT IS FLUID OR REALIZE THEIR SEXUALY MIGHT NOT BE JT WHAT WAS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. STILL, ALL AND GOOD. AN OUT BISEXUAL ACTOR IS EVERY B AS GREAT AS A 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;}BUT SCE LE HIMSELF NEVER ACTUALLY MENTNED HE WAS DATG GOODCHILD, I DID MORE REARCH AND ULDN'T FD ANYTHG ELSE. INED, HIS WIKIPEDIA PAGE LISTED HIM AS GAY AND CED THE ADVOTE {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;}WANTG TO BE A RPONSIBLE JOURNALIST, I REACHED OUT TO EVAN'S MANAGEMENT TO TRY AND CLARIFY THE SUATN. WAS LE GAY? BISEXUAL? MAYBE EVEN STRAIGHT?{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;}DURG MY ATTEMPTS TO GET A MENT, I NOTICED EVAN'S WIKI PAGE HAD ABPTLY CHANGED TO THIS:{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;}IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO UPDATED EVANS' WIKIPEDIA PAGE, BUT NONE OF WHAT CLAIMS ABOUT EVANS MAKG " CLEAR THE PAST THAT PRS AND PRIVATE LIFE ARE VERY SEPERATE [SIC] AND SHOULD NEVER BE MIXED" IS SOURCED. NOR IS PROVEN BY LE'S PAST MENTS TO THE PRS, AND NOT JT TO 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;}AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO GET AN OFFICIAL MENT (AND EVEN AN TERVIEW WH LE) WE WERE FALLY GIVEN THIS STATEMENT OM HIS MANAGEMENT:{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 DO NOT MENT ON MY CLIENT'S PERSONAL LIV THE MEDIA. AS FOR LE, HE DID SO ONCE, A LONG TIME AGO WHEN HE WAS AN EXPERIENCED, YOUNG ACTOR AND NOW WH MATURY AND HDSIGHT, HE HAS LEARNED NOT TO ENGAGE THE PRS HIS PERSONAL 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;}WE ALL KNOW HOW OFTEN MANAGERS, AGENTS AND PUBLICISTS DO FACT MENT ON THEIR CLIENT'S PRIVATE LIV. THEY DO SO EVERY TIME THEY SET UP A PHOTO SHOOT OF AN ACTOR'S FAY, ANNOUNCE A CLIENT'S ENGAGEMENT, OR HAVE A STAR APPEAR ON THE RED RPET WH THEIR CURRENT GIRLIEND OR {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;}NOT MENTG ON A CLIENT'S PERSONAL LIFE ONLY SEEMS TO HOLD TE WHEN THE SAID ACTOR IS GAY. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT NONE OF THIS HAS FIVELY E OM EVANS HIMSELF. HE'S CURRENTLY SHOOTG THE HOBB NEW ZEALAND, AND MORE THAN ONE PUBLICIST THE PAST HAS ACTED WHOUT A CLIENT'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;}EVANS AS ZS 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;} IS NOT SENSIVE TO THE ISSU VOLVED HERE. IT'S WHY WE DON'T OUT ACTORS OR EVEN SPECULATE ON THEIR SEXUALY. BUT THERE IS ALSO NOTHG WRONG WH ASKG THE QUTN WHICH IS SOMETHG WE HAVE DONE RPECTFULLY THE PAST. AND 'S WHY THIS TIME WE AGA TRIED TO REACH OUT TO EVAN'S MANAGEMENT BEFORE WRG ANYTHG ABOUT THIS. HOLLYWOOD N STILL BE A SHOCKGLY HOMOPHOBIC PLACE AT TIM AND WE UNRSTAND THE RISK TO AN ACTOR'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;}WE SPENT A GREAT AL OF TIME DISCSG HOW TO HANDLE THIS STORY, AND EVEN WHETHER WE SHOULD WRE . AFTER ALL, IF AN ACTOR WANTS TO GO BACK THE CLOSET, SHOULDN'T THEY BE ALLOWED TO DO JT THAT? FOR ME, ULTIMATELY ME DOWN TO TWO THGS: EVANS HIMSELF HAD PREVLY AND CLEARLY SPOKEN ON THE TOPIC NOT ONCE, BUT AT LEAST TWICE. AND HIS MANAGEMENT WOULD NEHER LET ME SPEAK TO EVANS, NOR PROVI A QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO {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 CLEARLY UNRSTAND 'S THE JOB OF A PUBLICIST TO WORRY ABOUT PROTECTG HER CLIENT. IT'S OUR JOB TO REPORT THE TTH ACCURATELY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO {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;}ACTORS LE EVANS, KELLAN LUTZ AND HENRY CAVILL AT {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;}EDOR'S NOTE: AS OF 4:29PM TODAY, LE EVANS' WIKIPEDIA ENTRY HAS BEEN LOCKED DOWN, AND THE SECTN ADDRSG HIS PERSONAL LIFE HAS BEEN PLETELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Actor left home aged 16 to ‘be a happy, gay teenager’ * luke evans gay or bi *

The Bety and the Beast actor, 41, was named Attu's Man of the Year, wh the star reflectg on how far he's e sce beg bullied as a teen to beg an openly gay movie star. Evans addrsed past accatns that he was hidg his sexualy om the spotlight, tellg the Brish gay liftyle magaze that simply wasn't the se.

"Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t.

LE EVANS EXPLAS WHY HE’S ‘NOT SURE’ THAT ONLY GAY ACTORS SHOULD PLAY LGBTQ+ ROL

A person don't need to intify as eher gay OR straight — there are so many people, such as the celebs, who intify as queer, bisexual, pan, or label-ee. * luke evans gay or bi *

"I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realize I left home at 16 bee I was gay? Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t. “I need to fd my inty, and I need to be pennt of my fay, fd my voice and be a happy, gay teenager.

DO LE EVANS HAVE A WIFE? IS THE PEMBROKHIRE MURRS STAR GAY?

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”Evans add that this ma the speculatn he had purposely chosen to hi he was gay even more upsettg.

LE EVANS SAYS HE NEVER TRIED TO HI THE FACT HE IS GAY

"I wouldn’t have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol." * luke evans gay or bi *

“I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realise I left home at 16 bee I was gay? Shortly thereafter we received an email om a rear potg to this blog which noted that back September 2002, while starrg Boy Gee's Taboo, Evans gave The Advote an terview which noted that not only was Le out, but that he didn't have much e for the was somethg I'd spoken to a lot of people about, cludg my boyiend at the time - we've broken up now - but at the time when I jt got Taboo, I knew that even though my part was a straight character, everybody knew me as a gay man and, my life London, I never tried to hi . I knew I was gog to have to do terviews wh gay magaz, so I thought, ‘Well, I’m gog to have to be open’.

An out bisexual actor is every b as great as a gay sce Le himself never actually mentned he was datg Goodchild, I did more rearch and uldn't fd anythg else.

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Le Evans stars ITV's The Pembrokhire Murrs but fans have been left askg if the Welsh actor is married, has a wife or if he's gay. * luke evans gay or bi *

Ined, his Wikipedia page listed him as gay and ced The Advote terview. Was Le gay? They do so every time they set up a photo shoot of an actor's fay, announce a client's engagement, or have a star appear on the red rpet wh their current girliend or mentg on a client's personal life only seems to hold te when the said actor is gay.

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Actor Le Evans said he never hid the fact that he is gay a new terview Attu magaze's 'Man of the Year' issue. * luke evans gay or bi *

Hollywood n still be a shockgly homophobic place at tim and we unrstand the risk to an actor's spent a great al of time discsg how to handle this story, and even whether we should wre . But while our society often tends to label people as eher "straight" or "gay, " 's important to regnize that sexualy isn’t always fed that way.

Ahead are 26 celebri who fall outsi of the strict gay or straight bary. ” Earlier this year, Stenberg also shared that they intify as ImagKristen StewartKristen Stewart is "like so gay, du.

Wdy Cy Tim News - Josh Kiszka, ontman for the Grammy-wng rock band Greta Van Fleet, me out as gay an Instagram post, acrdg to Instct Magaze. He wrote, part, The greatt mortal gift of all is our pacy * luke evans gay or bi *

She has sce bee outspoken about bisexualy on the ImagEzra MillerThe Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fd Them actor may have played a gay high school stunt The Perks of Beg A Wallflower, but he told Out magaze he intifi as queer. "Getty ImagRowan BlanchardThe 15-year-old star of Girl Meets World tweeted about her sexualy January 2016, statg that she don’t want to label herself “as straight gay or whateva” and that she intifi as ImagAsia Kate DillonThe Billns star is bt-known for playg the first-ever nonbary character on TV, and ma history by choosg whether to pete for Bt Actor or Bt Actrs for the Emmys this year for their role. When BuzzFeed News analyzed her sexualy a judgmental way, she rpond wh a seri of (sce-leted) tweets, begng wh "Well @buzzfeed sorry I'm not gay enough for you.

As of late, pecially as more queer actors have portrayed notable movie and TV characters, there’s a ntued nversatn wh the dtry regardg whether only gay actors should be playg gay rol.

The latt star to share their thoughts on this Le Evans, an openly gay actor who has starred the live-actn Bety and the Beast and the Fast and Fur movi, among many other films and shows. Davi, who told the NY Tim 2021 about his negative thoughts on straight actors beg st to “act gay” for rol. When speakg to this ongog discsn regardg whether only gay actors should play LGBTQ+ rol, here what Evans got ndid about his own exprerienc the dtry:I’m not sure about that.

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