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• WENTWORTH MILLER ADDRS FANS WANTG HIS PRISON BREAK CHARACTER TO BE GAY AFTER HE STEPS DOWN
• THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
• ‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY
• ‘PRISON BREAK’ FANS WON’T LET GO: COULD MICHAEL SFIELD BE GAY?
• DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED
• MICHAEL SFIELD BEIENDS A GAY PRISONER IN NEW "PRISON BREAK" TRAILER"THE ERNMENT GAVE ME 20 YEARS BUT THE MONSTERS THERE WON'T LET ME LIVE 20 MUT."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 25, 2016/1:25 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 25, 2016 / 1:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MICHAEL SFIELD BEIENDS A GAY PRISONER IN NEW \"PRISON BREAK\" TRAILER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-25T17:25:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-25T17:25:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NEW TRAILER AND CLIP OM THE UPG PRISON BREAK REBOOT PREMIERED AT COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND, AND THE FACT THAT MICHAEL SFIELD (WENTWORTH MILLER) IS STILL ALIVE IS WHAT HAD PEOPLE TALKG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS BELIEVED THAT MILLER'S CHARACTER WAS AD AT THE END OF THE SIX-YEAR SERI, WHICH RAN ON FOX OM 2005-2009, BUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT LAST JUNE REVEALED HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ALIVE AND TRAPPED A MOROCN PRISON FOR THE LAST SEVEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A NEW CLIP OM THE UPG NE-EPISO REVIVAL, SFIELD MEETS A FELLOW PRISONER WHO'S STED FOR ATH AT THE HANDS OF FELLOW MAT BEE HE IS GAY. BUT LUCKY FOR HIM, THE MAN HAS A STICK OF GUM — AND THAT'S ALL HE NEEDS TO BREAK THEM BOTH OUT OF PRISON (AGA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT A PANEL DISCSG THE SHOW'S RETURN, SERI -STAR DOMIC PURCELL SAID THE FIRST TIME HE'D MET MILLER, HE THOUGHT HE WAS "PRIVATE," "GENTLE," AND "THE MOST BETIFUL LOOKG MAN I HAD EVER SEEN MY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAID: "I WAS LIKE, 'HANG ON, I THOUGHT I WAS THE STUD ON THE SHOW?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE NEW CLIP AND A NEW EXTEND TRAILER BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

WENTWORTH MILLER ADDRS FANS WANTG HIS PRISON BREAK CHARACTER TO BE GAY AFTER HE STEPS DOWN

Wentworth Miller is speakg out about why he is not support of havg his Prison Break character e out as gay.

On Saturday, Miller, 48, rpond to fans wantg his character Michael to be gay followg his announcement. In and around the 'reveal' I'm gay IRL, don't wish to play straight parts etc., I saw dozens of ments suggtg Michael leave Sara for T-bag. "Is possible, to some folks, T-Bag = 'gay' rep on PB?

THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

Fet the homophob + zealots (bec f--- them) - for the queer kids, the queer adults who will never e out bec g out = ath their part of the world...

"we are here to support you always, love you, " @alejanndraarc wrote, and others threw many heart, who me out as gay 2013, said he had been receivg ments and DMs om fellow Instagram ers that were evintly homophobic, promptg him to speak out. In an Instagram post about homophobic ments he has received, the 48-year-old actor also wrote, "On a related note... Among the gay rol he has played sce then was Leo Snart / Capta Cold, the superhero character he played The Flash and Legends of those rpondg to Miller's new msage was Domic Purcell, who plays his brother Lln Burrows the Fox drama.

She wrote: "yterday @wentworthler announced he's done playg michael sfield bee as a gay man he wants to foc on playg gay characters.

‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light.

‘PRISON BREAK’ FANS WON’T LET GO: COULD MICHAEL SFIELD BE GAY?

Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol.

DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED

He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

MICHAEL SFIELD BEIENDS A GAY PRISONER IN NEW "PRISON BREAK" TRAILER"THE ERNMENT GAVE ME 20 YEARS BUT THE MONSTERS THERE WON'T LET ME LIVE 20 MUT."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 25, 2016/1:25 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 25, 2016 / 1:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MICHAEL SFIELD BEIENDS A GAY PRISONER IN NEW \"PRISON BREAK\" TRAILER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-25T17:25:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-25T17:25:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NEW TRAILER AND CLIP OM THE UPG PRISON BREAK REBOOT PREMIERED AT COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND, AND THE FACT THAT MICHAEL SFIELD (WENTWORTH MILLER) IS STILL ALIVE IS WHAT HAD PEOPLE TALKG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS BELIEVED THAT MILLER'S CHARACTER WAS AD AT THE END OF THE SIX-YEAR SERI, WHICH RAN ON FOX OM 2005-2009, BUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT LAST JUNE REVEALED HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ALIVE AND TRAPPED A MOROCN PRISON FOR THE LAST SEVEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A NEW CLIP OM THE UPG NE-EPISO REVIVAL, SFIELD MEETS A FELLOW PRISONER WHO'S STED FOR ATH AT THE HANDS OF FELLOW MAT BEE HE IS GAY. BUT LUCKY FOR HIM, THE MAN HAS A STICK OF GUM — AND THAT'S ALL HE NEEDS TO BREAK THEM BOTH OUT OF PRISON (AGA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT A PANEL DISCSG THE SHOW'S RETURN, SERI -STAR DOMIC PURCELL SAID THE FIRST TIME HE'D MET MILLER, HE THOUGHT HE WAS "PRIVATE," "GENTLE," AND "THE MOST BETIFUL LOOKG MAN I HAD EVER SEEN MY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAID: "I WAS LIKE, 'HANG ON, I THOUGHT I WAS THE STUD ON THE SHOW?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE NEW CLIP AND A NEW EXTEND TRAILER BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe. “‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy.

The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay.

’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn. ” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them. Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope.