‘EastEnrs': Ben Mchell Actor Harry Reid Shuts Down Homophobic Gay Kiss Backlash | HuffPost UK Entertament

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• EASTENRS GAY SEX SCENE WH BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER WILL NOT FACE OF PROBE
• EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID IS ''UPSET'' ABOUT NEGATIVE REACTN TO GAY KISS
• ‘EASTENRS': BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID SHUTS DOWN HOMOPHOBIC GAY KISS BACKLASH
• EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL TO E OUT AS GAY
• EASTENRS GAY KISS: HARRY REID 'UPSET' AT HOMOPHOBIC REACTN TO BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER SCENE
• EASTENRS GAY KISS BETWEEN PL COKER AND BEN MCHELL PRAISED BY VIEWERS
• IS THE PERSON WHO PLAYS BEN MCHELL REAL LIFE GAY
• BEN MCHELL IS VERY, VERY OK WH BEG GAY NOW, REVEALS NEW EASTENRS STAR
• EASTENRS GAY KISS: BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID UPSET BY HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS
• EASTENRS: BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID LASH OUT AT HOMOPHOBIC HATERS AFTER ON-SCREEN GAY KISS
• EASTENRS’ HALFWAY IS REVEALED TO BE SECRETLY GAY BY BEN MCHELL – AS FANS PREDICT STEAMY AFFAIR FOR THEM

EASTENRS GAY SEX SCENE WH BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER WILL NOT FACE OF PROBE

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EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID IS ''UPSET'' ABOUT NEGATIVE REACTN TO GAY KISS

Harry Reid joed the soap September as character Ben who was prevly out and proud before he murred HeatherEastEnrs' actor Harry Reid, who plays Ben Mchell the soap, is "upset" about the negative reactn to his recent gay kiss on screen.

The homophobic ments appeared on social media after his character shared a kiss wh newer Pl Coker, played by jonny Labey. He shared a picture of Ronnie Kray on his Instagram page wh the ptn: "It's upsettg to read the negative tweets about the gay kiss last night's episo of @bbceastenrs. But the reactn on Twter at the time of the episo airg was mixed wh a huge number of homophobic tweets railg agast the kiss.

‘EastEnrs’ actor Harry Reid has spoken out about the homophobic ments his character Ben Mchell’s gay kiss attracted, admtg he is upset about the negative ALSO: Viewers saw Ben lock lips wh newer Pl Coker - played by Jonny Labey - on Monday (2 June) night’s episo, as the teen ntued to stggle wh his sexualy.

‘EASTENRS': BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID SHUTS DOWN HOMOPHOBIC GAY KISS BACKLASH

However, some fans took to Twter bemoang the kiss, a sad display of homophobia.

Postg a picture of Ronnie Kray, he wrote: “It's upsettg to read the negative tweets about the gay kiss last night's episo of @bbceastenrs.

EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL TO E OUT AS GAY

Harry Reid plays Ben MchellThe character was prevly openly gay before he was sent to prison for murrg Heather Trott.

Almost 25 years after EastEnrs broke a TV taboo by screeng the first homosexual kiss a Brish soap, BBC producers are planng to troduce a third gay character to Walford to ph the boundari a ltle further – and add dramatic tensn – they have cid the new gay character will be part of the square's rint crimal fay, the guy Phil Mchell will learn his son is gay after the teenager is spotted a clch wh another boy.

EASTENRS GAY KISS: HARRY REID 'UPSET' AT HOMOPHOBIC REACTN TO BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER SCENE

The scen, filmed earlier this week, will show Ben Mchell, played by Joshua Pase, kissg EastEnrs character Dunn, although will be many months before his father, who is stgglg wh a former crack e hab, fds regular fans will e no surprise, as Ben was a source of nstant disappotment to his dad, chewg pastim like football and boxg for dancg and Wt End mils as a young "g out" three years after EastEnrs drew more than 100 plats for screeng a gay kiss volvg one of s two ma gay characters, Christian Clarke, and 24 years after Col Rsell, played by actor Michael Cashman, planted a kiss on his young boyiend's 1987, was a highly ntroversial storyle bee gay characters were rarely portrayed as part of normal everyday life TV dramas. And took another eight years before another homosexual taboo was broken by Channel 4's Brooksi wh the first lbian kiss a Brish soap, an event that tapulted actrs Anna Friel to, soap fans are more acctomed to gay characters – there have been 15 EastEnrs s 26-year history.

But three years ago the BBC1 soap went one step further when troduced s first Mlim gay character, tablishg a long-nng storyle signed to tackle latt storyle is also a perfect foundatn for years of dramatic nflict. Ben – whose screen mother was Kath Mchell – has ltle mon wh his father, played by long-servg EastEnrs actor Steve McFadn, and his g out will no doubt tt the filial relatnship to the Kirkwood, EastEnrs' executive producer, said: "For EastEnrs viewers, was never a qutn of if, but more like when Ben Mchell was gog to e out as gay. "To see a man like Phil learn to al wh, and ultimately accept, his gay son, is a valid story for a drama like EastEnrs to embark on.

EASTENRS GAY KISS BETWEEN PL COKER AND BEN MCHELL PRAISED BY VIEWERS

Harry Reid has shared his disappotment at viewers' negative reactns to his recent EastEnrs gay kiss wh -star Jonny 22-year-old actor's character Ben Mchell shared a smooch wh Pl Coker on Monday night, but revealed on Instagram afterwards that not everyone had been open to their relatnship. "It's upsettg to read the negative tweets about the gay kiss last night's episo of Eastenrs, " he wrote alongsi a photo of notor bisexual gangster Ronnie Kray.

"Reid, who joed the long-nng soap last September, add that he was "not bg, jt need potg out" had been openly gay before he killed Heather and began scribg his sexualy as a phase, even datg Abi a bid to prove . Durg the episo, Ben kissed Pl Coker the Queen Vic, leavg his fay and iends stunned, and while Phil already knew his son was gay, he wasn’t imprsed wh the public display of affectn and stormed home. Over the next fortnight, we'll be celebratg how gay culture has fluenced and, turn, been embraced by all fields of entertament, spirg cema-goers, TV dienc, mic-lovers and wir society wh s w, creativy and power of exprsn.

IS THE PERSON WHO PLAYS BEN MCHELL REAL LIFE GAY

Through featur, vio and blogs, we'll be champng those brave pneers who paved the way, explorg the broad range of gay culture Brish film, TV and mic and askg - what is left to be done?

BEN MCHELL IS VERY, VERY OK WH BEG GAY NOW, REVEALS NEW EASTENRS STAR

What are the most inic on-screen gay kiss of all time?

EASTENRS GAY KISS: BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID UPSET BY HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS

We've e a long way recent years when to real, thentic pictns of gay love on-screen, and while same-sex kiss are still fairly new when you nsir the overall history of Hollywood and media, there's still a whole lot of gay love, specifilly gay kiss, to watch and choose om. Man took all the guswork out of tryg to e up wh the bt gay kiss of all time and piled a handy list of the top 100 that clus the lik of the Osr-wng 2016 Barry Jenks film Moonlight, Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer's Call Me by Your Name, Showtime's long-nng Shamels, Netflix's cult-favore Sense8, and so many more beloved movie and televisn tl. "We judged the gay smooch on their historic impact as well as their overall hotns, " Mr.

EASTENRS: BEN MCHELL ACTOR HARRY REID LASH OUT AT HOMOPHOBIC HATERS AFTER ON-SCREEN GAY KISS

"Gay reprentatn Hollywood has e a long way sce even a ago, and we n't wa to see where go the future. #EastEnrs" Harry tweeted: "Pl is 100% boyiend goals and I'm not even a ty b sorry #EastEnrs" ‏posted: "I hate that gay kiss for one reason: wasn't long enough #Eastenrs". Unfortunately, the passn moment also ed a number of viewers to tweet homophobic ments scribg the kiss as "gross" and "crgg".

BBCPl Coker knocks Lola overBBCPl accintally knocked over Lola as he arrived Albert SquareDpe the negative ments there were many people champng the uple and htg back at the homophobia on the social media platform. "There is absolutely nothg wrong wh showg a gay kiss/relatnship on tv #EastEnrs #SozNotSoz, " wrote er Reece wrote: "When str8 uple kiss s love, when gay uple s "shovg our fac"?! #homophobia alive and well on Twter #EastEnrs".

EASTENRS’ HALFWAY IS REVEALED TO BE SECRETLY GAY BY BEN MCHELL – AS FANS PREDICT STEAMY AFFAIR FOR THEM

"So many homophobic tweets about the gay kiss #EastEnrs tonight STOP. "It’s sad that a same-sex kiss on TV is still so offensive to the homophobic keyboard warrrs of 2015. EastEnrs was the first Brish soap to feature a gay kiss between characters Col Rsell and Guido Smh 1987.

Followg on om last night's kiss, the openly gay Pl is set to bee a love tert for Ben who still nnot accept his sexualy. I have been wonrg this fo que a long time, Bens character is really mp and always has been but i jt thought that was bee of the person playg him but now that they are dog this current storyle i am wonrg if he is gay or if all that mpns was done on purpose to get to the current storyle up and nng. Even if the kid is effemate real life, don't neccarilly mean he is gay.

Sce they seem to be nng this storyle that he is gay as he wr 'Leon is f' his diary next week and then blam on Louise, I was wonrg if Charlie Jon has actually e out real life.