EastEnrs actor Harry Reid reveals all about playg one of the most talked-about characters on TV - and what he thks of reactn to THAT gay kiss.
Contents:
- 20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
- IS NOAH REID GAY? UNRAVELG THE TTH ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE
- HARRY REID SAYS HE SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
- WE ARE GAY
- EASTENRS ACTOR HARRY REID OM GRAVEND, WHO PLAYS BEN MCHELL, REVEALS ALL PUBLISHED: 00:01, 13 JUNE 2015 | | | --> A NVICTED CRIMAL WH A HISTORY OF KIDNAP AND ABE WHO IS STGGLG WH HIS SEXUALY – BEN MCHELL IS FAST BEG ONE OF THE MOST TRIGUG AND TALKED-ABOUT CHARACTERS ON EASTENRS.NOW, ACTOR HARRY REID HAS REVEALED HOW GROWG UP GRAVEND AND HIS STRONG RELATNSHIP WH HIS OWN FATHER HAS FLUENCED HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE TROUBLED SON OF PHIL MCHELL.THE 22-YEAR-OLD, WHO WENT TO NORTHFLEET SCHOOL FOR BOYS – NOW NORTHFLEET TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE – HAS HAD A RAPID RISE TO SOAP STARDOM SCE HE STARTED THE ROLE SEPTEMBER.HARRY REID AS BEN MCHELL. PICTURE: BBC/JACK BARNFROM ATTENDG STAR-STUDD AWARD CEREMONI TO FDG HIMSELF VOLVED AN ONLE STORM OF MENTS AFTER HIS CHARACTER HAD A GAY KISS, HE HAS ALREADY HAD A TASTE OF BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD SIS OF FAME.THIS WEEK, HE EXPRSED HIS DISAPPOTMENT AT THE REACTN TO HOMOPHOBIC MENTS POSTED ON TWTER AND FACEBOOK AFTER HIS CHARACTER SHARED A MOMENT OF PASSN WH ANOTHER MAN. SOME VIEWERS TWEETED TO SAY THE BBC WAS WRONG TO SHOW THE KISS BEFORE THE WATERSHED.USER FAZE POSTED: “EASTENRS PLEASE STOP SHOWG THE DISGTG SCEN, I’M A LONG-TERM VIEWER BUT SCEN LIKE THIS WILL PUT OFF YOUR DIENCE.”EASTENRS ACTOR HARRY REIDADRIAN HENRSON POSTED: “THERE SHOULD BE A WARNG BEFORE SCEN LIKE THIS HAPPEN.”THE 22-YEAR-OLD ACTOR CID TO TERVENE THE BATE SAYG HE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW HE RED ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT HE ADMTED TO BEG “DISAPPOTED” BY SOME MENTS.THE DAY AFTER THE EPISO WAS AIRED LAST MONDAY, HE POSTED A PHOTO OF GAY LONDON GANGSTER RONNIE KRAY ON PHOTO SHARG WEBSE INSTAGRAM WH THE PTN: “IT’S UPSETTG TO READ THE NEGATIVE TWEETS ABOUT THE GAY KISS LAST NIGHT’S EPISO OF @BBCEASTENRS. I ONLY WANT TO ASK ONE QUTN. WOULD YOU OF [SIC] LLED RONNIE KRAY DISGTG? #WHATWOULDRONNIAY”"BEN MCHELL IS A GREAT CHARACTER TO PLAY – HE’S NOT A NICE CHARACTER BUT HIS LAYERS ARE WHAT REALLY TAKE ME ..." - HARRY REIDTHE POST ATTRACTED MORE THAN 800 LIK AND EXCS OF 100 MENTS, AND WAS WILY REPORTED BY THE NATNAL MEDIA.REFLECTG ON THE FURORE, HE SAID: "I LIKE THAT HAS PROVOKED A REACTN ... I WAS JT DISAPPOTED BEE WE ARE 2015. TIM HAVE CHANGED."THE PHOTO THAT I PUT ON INSTAGRAM WAS ME SAYG THAT I AM THERE FOR THE GAY MUNY. "I DIDN’T WANT THE GAY MUNY TO SEE THAT I HAVEN’T REACTED TO ALL AND THAT I DON’T RE."ASKED HOW HE WAS FDG THE ROLE, EIGHT MONTHS , HE TOLD KENTONLE: “I LOVE . BEN MCHELL IS A GREAT CHARACTER TO PLAY – HE’S NOT A NICE CHARACTER BUT HIS LAYERS ARE WHAT REALLY TAKE ME .“HE OM TWO FAI WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILI WH HIM AND WILL BE TERTG TO SEE IF HE DO BEE THE NEW PHIL MCHELL OR LIKE A MORE GENTLE IAN BEALE.”BEN MCHELL, PLAYED BY GRAVEND ACTOR HARRY REID, THE GAY KISS SCENE WH PL COKER. PICTURE: BBC.HARRY SAID THAT IS THE TWISTED MORALS OF BEN’S CHARACTER – THE FIRST MAJOR ROLE HE HAS SECURED SCE LEAVG THE ARTS UNIVERSY BOURNEMOUTH – THAT HE FDS MOST APPEALG, BUT HE ALSO REVEALED HOW HE IS ABLE TO E HIS EXPERIENCE WH HIS OWN FAY TO IMMERSE HIMSELF FURTHER TO THE ROLE.“I E OM A FAY THAT IS A VERY STRONG UN, AND ’S THE SAME WH THE MCHELLS. THERE IS A REAL STRONG FAY BOND THERE. PHIL IS QUE LIKE MY OLD MAN TERMS OF HIS STRONG NNECTN WH HIS IMMEDIATE FAY."I LIKE THAT HAS PROVOKED A REACTN. I WAS JT DISAPPOTED BEE WE ARE 2015. TIM HAVE CHANGED..." - HARRY REID ON HIS GAY KISS SCENE“OBVLY, HE IS NOT PLETELY LIKE PHIL. BUT THE RELATNSHIP IS A B LIKE THAT. MY DAD IS VERY OLD SCHOOL. HE WASN’T TOO IMPRSED WHEN I SAID I WANTED TO BEE AN ACTOR. “MY MUM WAS WORRIED AS WELL BEE SHE DIDN’T WANT ME TO PUT ALL MY EGGS ONE BASKET.“I STGGLED TO NVCE THEM AT THE TIME. BUT MY FAY HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE SCE THEN. I JT HAD TO BE HONT AND TELL THEM THAT I LOVE THIS. “MY DAD NOW STILL N’T BELIEVE THAT I’M ON THE TELLY.” THE YOUNG ACTOR, WHO WAS BORN GRAVEND, HAS LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST ALL OF HIS LIFE AND N’T PRAISE THE TOWN ENOUGH.HE SAID: “I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GRAVEND. IT’S SUCH A MULTICULTURAL PLACE AND THERE IS A GREAT LOAD OF A TALENT HERE. YOU ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE SUCCS OF GEMMA ARTERTON.“WH LONDON PARAMOUNT AND THE GARN CY ON THE WAY GRAVEND IS SUCH AN UP AND G AREA.”HARRY LOOKED BACK FONDLY TO HIS TIME AT NORTHFLEET SCHOOL FOR BOYS. “I WAS A FAN OF SCHOOL ACTUALLY,” HE SAID. “I WAS MISCHIEVO MY OWN WAY. I FIRST TOOK ACTG LSONS YEAR 8 AND WAS THEN THAT I CID THAT THIS WAS WHAT I WANTED TO DO WH MY LIFE.HARRY REID, WHO PLAYS BEN MCHELL, WH HIS ON-SCREEN DAD PHIL MCHELL, PLAYED BY STEVE MCFADN. PICTURE: BBC/KIERON MCCARRON.“MY TEACHER MR BARNARD REALLY HELPED ME DURG THIS TIME AND MA ME REALISE THAT ACTG WAS FOR ME.“IT IS A SCHOOL THAT WILL ALWAYS BE MY HEART AND I AM HOPG TO GO BACK AND DO SOME THEATRE SHOWS SOON.”AFTER LEAVG SENDARY SCHOOL, HARRY WENT ON TO STUDY AT THE DARTFORD-BASED MISK THEATRE. “I WOULD REMEND THE PLACE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BEE AN ACTOR,” HE SAID. “IT’S ON PAR WH THE BR SCHOOL. YOU’RE TREATED LIKE AN ACTOR.”AS FOR WHAT NEXT, HARRY SAID HE IS MTED TO VELOPG THE ROLE OF BEN MCHELL FOR THE FOREEABLE FUTURE.HARRY REID A SCENE WH -STAR PL COKER. PICTURE: BBC.HE SAID: “I WOULD LIKE TO STAY AT EASTENRS FOREVER BEE OF THE CHARACTER.“I HAVE E TO A PART THAT I ADORE. I DON’T LIKE THE CHARACTER BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE PART MY OWN. I WANT TO FD OUT HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE HIM.”LUCKILY FOR HARRY, HIS GROWG FAME HAS NOT FORCED HIM TO START WEARG A DISGUISE WHEN AROUND TOWN.“I GREW UP HERE SO MANY PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ME – SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN TOO MUCH OF THAT,” HE SAID. --> CELEBRI DARTFORD GRAVHAM HUMAN INTERT KENT TV AND RAD WHAT'S ON NEWS _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "38479"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
- REID CHANG STANCE, BACKS GAY MARRIAGE
- EASTENRS GAY KISS: HARRY REID 'UPSET' AT HOMOPHOBIC REACTN TO BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER SCENE
20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
The followg is a Monologue wrten by Larry D. Reid for actors dng for a role one of his plays 2015 What do you do wh this gay. It's sort of ' the way'. It's oddly shaped, brightly lored, sticks out among the rt and won't act straight! What do you do… * is harry reid gay in real life *
In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on. Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life. Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s.
Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur. In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013. Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns.
In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny. Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013.
IS NOAH REID GAY? UNRAVELG THE TTH ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE
Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life.
When Republins blocked a vote on Obama’s feral judicial nome, cludg an openly gay nomee, Reid simply forced the vote.
In September, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young ma news when he urged tolerance and acceptance of the LGBT muny at a nference for gay acrdg to The New York Tim, Hatch cid to support ENDA part through nversatns wh former Sen. That brgs to the qutn, ‘Is Noah Reid gay?
HARRY REID SAYS HE SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
Table of ContentsAn Overview of Noah Reid: Age, Height, and NatnalyEarly Life, and EdutnCareerNow What About Sexual Orientatn, is Noah Reid Gay?
Now What About Sexual Orientatn, is Noah Reid Gay?
But the tth is that Noah Reid is fely not gay. This one might be surprisg but Noah is acced of beg gay by some folks sce he was seen kissg his -star, Jt Bartha.
WE ARE GAY
This had led some fans to believe that both of them are gay but the news hasn’t been nfirmed yet. Is Jt Bieber Gay?
Is Cody Fern Gay? Is Richard Madn Gay? Washgton • Senate Majory Lear Harry Reid says gay Amerins should be able to get married, a new posn that shows Print Barack Obama isn't the only polician whose views are evolvg.
Ernment and up until now has said he agre wh his fah's opposn to gay marriage, but on Wednday, Reid aligned himself wh Obama's newfound embrace for the legalizatn of same-sex unns.
EASTENRS ACTOR HARRY REID OM GRAVEND, WHO PLAYS BEN MCHELL, REVEALS ALL PUBLISHED: 00:01, 13 JUNE 2015 | | | --> A NVICTED CRIMAL WH A HISTORY OF KIDNAP AND ABE WHO IS STGGLG WH HIS SEXUALY – BEN MCHELL IS FAST BEG ONE OF THE MOST TRIGUG AND TALKED-ABOUT CHARACTERS ON EASTENRS.NOW, ACTOR HARRY REID HAS REVEALED HOW GROWG UP GRAVEND AND HIS STRONG RELATNSHIP WH HIS OWN FATHER HAS FLUENCED HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE TROUBLED SON OF PHIL MCHELL.THE 22-YEAR-OLD, WHO WENT TO NORTHFLEET SCHOOL FOR BOYS – NOW NORTHFLEET TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE – HAS HAD A RAPID RISE TO SOAP STARDOM SCE HE STARTED THE ROLE SEPTEMBER.HARRY REID AS BEN MCHELL. PICTURE: BBC/JACK BARNFROM ATTENDG STAR-STUDD AWARD CEREMONI TO FDG HIMSELF VOLVED AN ONLE STORM OF MENTS AFTER HIS CHARACTER HAD A GAY KISS, HE HAS ALREADY HAD A TASTE OF BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD SIS OF FAME.THIS WEEK, HE EXPRSED HIS DISAPPOTMENT AT THE REACTN TO HOMOPHOBIC MENTS POSTED ON TWTER AND FACEBOOK AFTER HIS CHARACTER SHARED A MOMENT OF PASSN WH ANOTHER MAN. SOME VIEWERS TWEETED TO SAY THE BBC WAS WRONG TO SHOW THE KISS BEFORE THE WATERSHED.USER FAZE POSTED: “EASTENRS PLEASE STOP SHOWG THE DISGTG SCEN, I’M A LONG-TERM VIEWER BUT SCEN LIKE THIS WILL PUT OFF YOUR DIENCE.”EASTENRS ACTOR HARRY REIDADRIAN HENRSON POSTED: “THERE SHOULD BE A WARNG BEFORE SCEN LIKE THIS HAPPEN.”THE 22-YEAR-OLD ACTOR CID TO TERVENE THE BATE SAYG HE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW HE RED ABOUT THE ISSUE BUT HE ADMTED TO BEG “DISAPPOTED” BY SOME MENTS.THE DAY AFTER THE EPISO WAS AIRED LAST MONDAY, HE POSTED A PHOTO OF GAY LONDON GANGSTER RONNIE KRAY ON PHOTO SHARG WEBSE INSTAGRAM WH THE PTN: “IT’S UPSETTG TO READ THE NEGATIVE TWEETS ABOUT THE GAY KISS LAST NIGHT’S EPISO OF @BBCEASTENRS. I ONLY WANT TO ASK ONE QUTN. WOULD YOU OF [SIC] LLED RONNIE KRAY DISGTG? #WHATWOULDRONNIAY”"BEN MCHELL IS A GREAT CHARACTER TO PLAY – HE’S NOT A NICE CHARACTER BUT HIS LAYERS ARE WHAT REALLY TAKE ME ..." - HARRY REIDTHE POST ATTRACTED MORE THAN 800 LIK AND EXCS OF 100 MENTS, AND WAS WILY REPORTED BY THE NATNAL MEDIA.REFLECTG ON THE FURORE, HE SAID: "I LIKE THAT HAS PROVOKED A REACTN ... I WAS JT DISAPPOTED BEE WE ARE 2015. TIM HAVE CHANGED."THE PHOTO THAT I PUT ON INSTAGRAM WAS ME SAYG THAT I AM THERE FOR THE GAY MUNY. "I DIDN’T WANT THE GAY MUNY TO SEE THAT I HAVEN’T REACTED TO ALL AND THAT I DON’T RE."ASKED HOW HE WAS FDG THE ROLE, EIGHT MONTHS , HE TOLD KENTONLE: “I LOVE . BEN MCHELL IS A GREAT CHARACTER TO PLAY – HE’S NOT A NICE CHARACTER BUT HIS LAYERS ARE WHAT REALLY TAKE ME .“HE OM TWO FAI WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILI WH HIM AND WILL BE TERTG TO SEE IF HE DO BEE THE NEW PHIL MCHELL OR LIKE A MORE GENTLE IAN BEALE.”BEN MCHELL, PLAYED BY GRAVEND ACTOR HARRY REID, THE GAY KISS SCENE WH PL COKER. PICTURE: BBC.HARRY SAID THAT IS THE TWISTED MORALS OF BEN’S CHARACTER – THE FIRST MAJOR ROLE HE HAS SECURED SCE LEAVG THE ARTS UNIVERSY BOURNEMOUTH – THAT HE FDS MOST APPEALG, BUT HE ALSO REVEALED HOW HE IS ABLE TO E HIS EXPERIENCE WH HIS OWN FAY TO IMMERSE HIMSELF FURTHER TO THE ROLE.“I E OM A FAY THAT IS A VERY STRONG UN, AND ’S THE SAME WH THE MCHELLS. THERE IS A REAL STRONG FAY BOND THERE. PHIL IS QUE LIKE MY OLD MAN TERMS OF HIS STRONG NNECTN WH HIS IMMEDIATE FAY."I LIKE THAT HAS PROVOKED A REACTN. I WAS JT DISAPPOTED BEE WE ARE 2015. TIM HAVE CHANGED..." - HARRY REID ON HIS GAY KISS SCENE“OBVLY, HE IS NOT PLETELY LIKE PHIL. BUT THE RELATNSHIP IS A B LIKE THAT. MY DAD IS VERY OLD SCHOOL. HE WASN’T TOO IMPRSED WHEN I SAID I WANTED TO BEE AN ACTOR. “MY MUM WAS WORRIED AS WELL BEE SHE DIDN’T WANT ME TO PUT ALL MY EGGS ONE BASKET.“I STGGLED TO NVCE THEM AT THE TIME. BUT MY FAY HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE SCE THEN. I JT HAD TO BE HONT AND TELL THEM THAT I LOVE THIS. “MY DAD NOW STILL N’T BELIEVE THAT I’M ON THE TELLY.” THE YOUNG ACTOR, WHO WAS BORN GRAVEND, HAS LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST ALL OF HIS LIFE AND N’T PRAISE THE TOWN ENOUGH.HE SAID: “I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GRAVEND. IT’S SUCH A MULTICULTURAL PLACE AND THERE IS A GREAT LOAD OF A TALENT HERE. YOU ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE SUCCS OF GEMMA ARTERTON.“WH LONDON PARAMOUNT AND THE GARN CY ON THE WAY GRAVEND IS SUCH AN UP AND G AREA.”HARRY LOOKED BACK FONDLY TO HIS TIME AT NORTHFLEET SCHOOL FOR BOYS. “I WAS A FAN OF SCHOOL ACTUALLY,” HE SAID. “I WAS MISCHIEVO MY OWN WAY. I FIRST TOOK ACTG LSONS YEAR 8 AND WAS THEN THAT I CID THAT THIS WAS WHAT I WANTED TO DO WH MY LIFE.HARRY REID, WHO PLAYS BEN MCHELL, WH HIS ON-SCREEN DAD PHIL MCHELL, PLAYED BY STEVE MCFADN. PICTURE: BBC/KIERON MCCARRON.“MY TEACHER MR BARNARD REALLY HELPED ME DURG THIS TIME AND MA ME REALISE THAT ACTG WAS FOR ME.“IT IS A SCHOOL THAT WILL ALWAYS BE MY HEART AND I AM HOPG TO GO BACK AND DO SOME THEATRE SHOWS SOON.”AFTER LEAVG SENDARY SCHOOL, HARRY WENT ON TO STUDY AT THE DARTFORD-BASED MISK THEATRE. “I WOULD REMEND THE PLACE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BEE AN ACTOR,” HE SAID. “IT’S ON PAR WH THE BR SCHOOL. YOU’RE TREATED LIKE AN ACTOR.”AS FOR WHAT NEXT, HARRY SAID HE IS MTED TO VELOPG THE ROLE OF BEN MCHELL FOR THE FOREEABLE FUTURE.HARRY REID A SCENE WH -STAR PL COKER. PICTURE: BBC.HE SAID: “I WOULD LIKE TO STAY AT EASTENRS FOREVER BEE OF THE CHARACTER.“I HAVE E TO A PART THAT I ADORE. I DON’T LIKE THE CHARACTER BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE PART MY OWN. I WANT TO FD OUT HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE HIM.”LUCKILY FOR HARRY, HIS GROWG FAME HAS NOT FORCED HIM TO START WEARG A DISGUISE WHEN AROUND TOWN.“I GREW UP HERE SO MANY PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ME – SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN TOO MUCH OF THAT,” HE SAID. --> CELEBRI DARTFORD GRAVHAM HUMAN INTERT KENT TV AND RAD WHAT'S ON NEWS _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "38479"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
On Thursday, reporters asked Reid if he would vote to legalize same sex marriage if was on the ballot Nevada and he nodd y, even though he prevly voted for the state's nstutnal ban on gay marriage. Reid's stance is far om the stated posn of the LDS Church, which nsirs homosexual behavr a s and has repeatedly mpaigned agast attempts to sanctn same-sex relatnships, though recent years has supported polil efforts to provi some legal protectns to gay people. " On more than one ocsn, Reid has found his views on issu surroundg gay marriage partg om those of his fah, not that this would any way threaten his standg the church.
REID CHANG STANCE, BACKS GAY MARRIAGE
" Church lears have argued the legalizatn of gay marriage would unrme the centuri-old stutn sanctned by God. Wickman said the argument that gay marriag have no effect on heterosexual marriag is "the ultimate sophistry of those advotg same-genr marriage. It was jt one example of Reid takg a posn on gay issu that ran unter to his fah.
EASTENRS GAY KISS: HARRY REID 'UPSET' AT HOMOPHOBIC REACTN TO BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER SCENE
In 2009, Reid told gay activists a private meetg that he thought the LDS Church should have stayed out of Proposn 8 fight California, the ballot measure that banned gay marriage, bee the public relatns backlash hurt missnary efforts.