The Real Reason Steve Howey Came Out As Gay, Even Though He's Straight

Contents:

• THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
• IS STEVE HOWEY GAY? HIS DATG HISTORY, WIFE, AND CHILDREN

THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT

" In an effort to fight the stigma around g out Hollywood, he me out wh a tweet that simply read, "I'm gay and proud. There was speculatn that Howey's tweet was wrten character, as he plays a gay man on Netflix's film "Game Over, Man!

IS STEVE HOWEY GAY? HIS DATG HISTORY, WIFE, AND CHILDREN

Rich is a gay man who is also a "bad guy and a goon, " and the layerg works for the film.

For Shamels star Steve Howey, speakg out for what he knows is right has bee an art form, one that is unpredictable but always strik a December, the Texas-born actor me out on Twter, he says, to fight the stigma behd sayg the words "I'm gay. " His tweet, which read simply "I'm gay and proud, " sparked dialogue and a fair amount of nfn about the straight, married father of tws -- but he isn't bothered by fans thought Howey, who plays gay Netflix's Game Over, Man!, might have been textg character, but he sists, "My whole pot was to be a champn, a supporter, of the movement. Howey plays Rich, a "bad guy and a goon" who happens to be gay and works alongsi his lover (Mac Brandt), another eccentric thug.

"The fact that he and Brandt both play agast type -- hypermascule bad guys who happen to be gay -- is part of the movie's charm. Movg forward, he hop to tackle more challengg rol that brg awarens to stori ls told -- like that of his bt iends, Nick and Jim, a gay uple, whose kids go to the same school as Howey's tws. Why this straight actor 'me out' as gay.