Orange Is The New Black’s Samira Wiley Talks About Beg Openly Gay In Hollywood | SELF

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• ‘I’M BLACK, I’M GAY, I’M A WOMAN. MY UNTRY HAT ME!’: ACTOR SAMIRA WILEY ON LOVE, NFINCE AND THE HANDMAID’S TALE
• SAMIRA WILEY REVEALS SHE WAS ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY HER 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CASTMATE
• AN “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” STAR OUTED SAMIRA WILEY AS GAY
• 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' STAR SAMIRA WILEY SAYS SHE WAS TEARS AFTER BEG ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY A STAR
• ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’S SAMIRA WILEY TALKS ABOUT BEG OPENLY GAY IN HOLLYWOOD
• THE HANDMAID'S TALE STAR SAMIRA WILEY SAYS SHE'S TURNED DOWN MULTIPLE ROL AFTER G OUT AS GAY BEE SHE FELT SHE WAS BEG UNFAIRLY 'TYPEST'

‘I’M BLACK, I’M GAY, I’M A WOMAN. MY UNTRY HAT ME!’: ACTOR SAMIRA WILEY ON LOVE, NFINCE AND THE HANDMAID’S TALE

I’m Black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. And the character was gay, which was all that I was foced on, ” she says.

”Wiley had e out to her parents, who were supportive, when she was 20 – they officiated her weddg – and she has done terviews wh gay prs, though plenty of LGBTQ+ actors choose not to. “I fely did specifilly not talk about for a while, but people jt assumed I was gay.

“ Bee Posey is gay? Photograph: Marc BrennerShe worried that if she took The Handmaid’s Tale part, havg played one gay character jt before , she might be typest. “My wife was like, if you do gay for anythg, you do gay for this.

SAMIRA WILEY REVEALS SHE WAS ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY HER 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CASTMATE

When I thk about now, ’s a ltle naive to say, I don’t want to play gay, bee that’s the heteronormative ia that we’re all the same.

For me, how powerful is , to have a Black gay woman portray an actual Black gay woman on TV?

AN “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” STAR OUTED SAMIRA WILEY AS GAY

But Wiley, who married wrer Lren Morelli last year, wasn’t always fortable beg out as a gay woman offscreen.

“Someone om my st actually, durg the terview they were talkg about out gay actors the st…and they mentned my name and I saw prt, and I cried. I cried a lot, ” Wiley nfsed, notg she went through “a journey” orr to feel fortable beg gay.

“I fely did specifilly not talk about for a while, but people jt assumed I was gay, ” she said. “When I thk about now, ’s a ltle naive to say, I don’t want to play gay, bee that’s the heteronormative ia that we’re all the same, ” she explaed.

'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' STAR SAMIRA WILEY SAYS SHE WAS TEARS AFTER BEG ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY A STAR

I’m Black, I’m gay, I’m a woman, ” she said.

The actrs, who rose to fame playg Posey Washgton on the h Netflix show, wasn’t publicly out when the first season was airg – which is why h so hard when one of her stmat said she was gay an terview. Elsewhere the terview, Wiley revealed she was worried about beg typest if she took on a gay role  The Handmaid’s Tale.

Actrs Samira Wiley said on WYNC's "Nancy" podst that she was tears after beg outed as gay by one of her "Orange Is the New Black" stars. Actrs Samira Wiley revealed on WYNC's "Nancy" podst that she was outed as gay by one of her "Orange Is the New Black" stars when she "wasn't out at all.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’S SAMIRA WILEY TALKS ABOUT BEG OPENLY GAY IN HOLLYWOOD

"The star, who was never named, mentned Wiley while talkg about gay actors the "OITNB" st. Morelli realized she was gay while wrg for the Netflix seri. “Someone om my st, actually [they] were dog an terview [and they] were talkg about out gay actors the st and they mentned my name, ” she said at the time.

Wiley has still never lled out the actor qutn by name, but a 2013 terview wh Lea DeLaria was said to have prevly mentned Wiley as beg out prr to her name beg recent nversatn wh The Guardian, Wiley admted that she had origally been hant to take her current ongog role The Handmaid’s Tale bee that character, like ONB fave Posey, is gay. The actrs was worried about beg typest, and new that everyone had been assumg she was gay even prr to her accintal outg.

”As tratg and irreversible as beg outed to the world may be, Wiley did eventually e around to playg more gay characters, cludg her role The Handmaid’s Tale — and seems to feel much more strongly about that cisn now. RELATED | Le Macfarlane Reflects on 'Gay Masculy' Standards Shown Bros.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE STAR SAMIRA WILEY SAYS SHE'S TURNED DOWN MULTIPLE ROL AFTER G OUT AS GAY BEE SHE FELT SHE WAS BEG UNFAIRLY 'TYPEST'

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"That's what Orange Is The New Black star Samira Wiley has to say about beg an openly gay actrs Hollywood. " While workg on the set of "OITNB, " Morelli realized she was gay, which she wrote an say about for Mic 2014. The Handmaid's Tale star Samira Wiley says she's turned down multiple rol after g out as gay bee she felt she was beg unfairly 'typest'Samira Wiley, 31, is most known for her role on Netflix's Orange is the New BlackThe actrs currently plays Moira Hulu's The Handmaid's tale In an terview wh Btle, she said she has been typest sce g outBut she has learned how to bt reprent herself as a role mol for others Updated: 17:25 BST, 23 May 2018.