Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons Officially Com Out: I'm Gay!! - Perez Hilton

Contents:

• 'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?
• BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS OFFICIALLY COM OUT: I'M GAY!!
• ‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY
• SHELDON IS GAY? MISSY’S YOUNG SHELDON COMMENT EXPLAED

'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?

Gay? Straight, gay or… “other”?

While Jim Parsons never flat-out nied his sexualy, he admted to The Hollywood Reporter 2020 that he was "sred enough to make [his] missn not to talk about , " as he thought news of him beg gay "might e trouble" for the succs of The Big Bang Theory. Neverthels, a role 2011's Broadway n of The Normal Heart, a show about gay men dyg durg the AIDS crisis, seemed to shake his fens. In a 2012 terview wh The New York Tim, he matter-of-factly revealed he was gay and a 10-year relatnship.

He’s gay!! "'The Normal Heart' ronated wh him on a few levels, " Patrick Healy wrote, referrg to a play about young gay men and the AIDS crisis that Parsons had prevly been . Parsons is gay and a 10-year relatnship, and workg wh an ensemble aga onstage was like nourishment, he said.

BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS OFFICIALLY COM OUT: I'M GAY!!

The Hollywood Reporter lled this "sual reference" a "new era" for gay celebri, notg that Parsons had long been open about his sexualy Hollywood circl. ‘The Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons is gay. PHOTOS: Gay celebri Although Parsons has had an extensive reer the theater, ’s his role as Sheldon Cooper on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ that’s ma him a star.

’ Last year, he spent the break starrg the drama ‘The Normal Heart, ’ about gay men dyg of AIDS. Parsons said: "There's fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all Kle//Getty Imag"It's important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. "Parsons sgled out Brokeback Mounta's Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as exampl of straight actors "who have played gay characters brilliantly".

"I thk Brokeback Mounta is one of the most touchg gay movi and love stori I have ever seen, and those two straight actors [Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal] were the bt choic for those rol, " he FeaturMeanwhile, Parsons recently revealed that he once dned for a part the US remake of The Office even though he thought the show was a pretty bad ia. Amidst Young Sheldon's packed 100th episo, a brief teractn between Missy (Raegan Revord) and her tws suggts that Sheldon may be gay.

‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY

The 100th episo of Young Sheldon hted that Sheldon (Ia Armage) may be gay. " Ultimately, she fds out what's really happeng, but this moment has ed some fans to believe that Missy thought that her brother is gay. Long-time fans of Young Sheldon already know, however, that Sheldon isn't gay.

Arguably, one of the few reasons this wasn't perpetrated on The Big Bang Theory is that Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Howard (Simon Helberg) were already often the center of gay jok — pecially s earlier seasons.

Comg out as a gay man Hollywood, Jim Parsons' biggt fear was gettg typest a select few rol. He revealed alongsi the Gay Tim that felt liberatg to be accepted for who he is, and to be able to play any type of role, as long as he was the bt person for . I was more ncerned that at a small level, I would always seem gay every role that I took.

SHELDON IS GAY? MISSY’S YOUNG SHELDON COMMENT EXPLAED

"When I performed drag the [Charl Bch] play, I felt that there was this permissn that was granted and I didn’t have to worry about appearg gay. Parsons is gay and May 2012, he revealed that he has been a relatnship wh his partner Todd Spiewak for a .