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Contents:
- ‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
- “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
- HOW THIS BETIFUL TED LASSO SCENE PTURED THE 'ACHE' OF BEG A GAY MAN PROFSNAL SPORTS
- BILLY HARRIS OPENS UP ABOUT PORTRAYG A GAY CHARACTER ‘TED LASSO’
- “SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
- EXCLIVE: TED LASSO CREATORS HANDLED THEIR GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE A 'REHG' AND 'SIGNIFINT' WAY, SAY LEADG LGBTQ MENTATORS AS H TV SHOW IS PRAISED FOR SHOWG 'HUMANY'
- IS JAM LANCE’S TRENT CRIMM GAY TED LASSO?
- ‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
- 'TED LASSO' PRAISED FOR "REHG" GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE
‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
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“TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
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HOW THIS BETIFUL TED LASSO SCENE PTURED THE 'ACHE' OF BEG A GAY MAN PROFSNAL SPORTS
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BILLY HARRIS OPENS UP ABOUT PORTRAYG A GAY CHARACTER ‘TED LASSO’
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“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
The other shoe seemed about to drop last week's Amsterdam-set episo when Trent followed Col to a gay bar, promptg the athlete to swiftly ex wh the wrer on his heels.
EXCLIVE: TED LASSO CREATORS HANDLED THEIR GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE A 'REHG' AND 'SIGNIFINT' WAY, SAY LEADG LGBTQ MENTATORS AS H TV SHOW IS PRAISED FOR SHOWG 'HUMANY'
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IS JAM LANCE’S TRENT CRIMM GAY TED LASSO?
“We’ve known for a while that Col was gay, ” Hunt told the U. Hunt said that he and the show’s wrers always tend to troduce a gay character on the show’s fictnal team, but opted to have an existg character e out rather than stg someone new. They even toyed wh the ia of revealg that Col was gay and closeted Season 2, but stead merely seed the ia wh a le which the character mentns Grdr.
‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
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Although England as a whole has changed support of gay rights, the Ted Lasso storyle uld be settg up an openly gay footballer the fictnal Premier League to hopefully fluence the real episos of Ted Lasso stream on Apple TV+ every Lasso — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV+All roads have led to this. Col (portrayed by Billy Harris, who ma his TV but wh this show) was also skeptil when he disvered that Trent (played by Jam Lance) was at the gay bar that the Richmond footballer snuck out to attend. Trent and Col eventually ma their way to the Homomonument, a memorial Amsterdam that memorat all LGBTQ+ dividuals who lost their liv World War II and who have been persecuted due to their sexual orientatn.
Trent, who revealed that he is also gay and has the support of his fay, gave Col an opportuny to share his tth.
'TED LASSO' PRAISED FOR "REHG" GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE
The wrer allowed Col to feel fortable enough to open up and share tails about his experience as a privately gay athlete playg at the hight levels the English Premier League.
There are plenty of gay athlet who are speakg out and leadg the way to advote for social progrs, but as Col explaed, some folks simply don’t want the attentn.