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Contents:

• IS JONATHAN BAILEY GAY?
• BRIDGERTON'S JONATHAN BAILEY TALKS BEG AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WORKG TODAY
• WHO DO BENEDICT BRIDGERTON MARRY AND IS HE GAY?
• BRIDGERTON: SO… BENEDICT’S NOT GAY?
• WHO IS BENEDICT BRIDGERTON? IS HE GAY?

IS JONATHAN BAILEY GAY?

Speakg wh GQ UK, Jonathan Bailey, who is openly gay, discsed the challeng of addrsg his sexualy publicly. “At the time he was told, ‘There’s two thgs we don’t want to know: if you’re an alholic or if you’re gay…’ All tak is for one of those people that posn of power to say that, and rippl through… so, yeah, of urse I thought that.

While he was publicly out before Bridgerton, beg a proment gay actor  a major streamg TV show n serve as a step towards improvg this reprentatn Hollywood. When asked about his experience as a gay actor, Jonathan revealed that a iend and fellow actor, who is also openly LGBTQIA+, was told durg pilot week; "There’s two thgs we don’t want to know: if you’re an alholic or if you’re gay. It’s jt there had never been a need to talk about , " he the same terview, he also discsed the stigma which still fac LGBTQIA+ men the entertament world, sayg; "There’s a sense of shame, I thk, that’s palpable throughout gay men wh the dtry.

Speakg to Attu, he relled that the procs volved; "[T]hkg about my experienc and those of my iends, how they are and how they see themselv gay culture, what we aspire to and where we want to be our relatnships. Speakg to GQ, he said that an 'actor iend' told him: "There's two thgs we don't want to know: if you're an alholic or if you're gay. He explaed: "The most nservative nversatns I’ve had about me beg hont about my sexualy this day and age have e om gay men the dtry, ‘Oh, no, you n’t e out.

BRIDGERTON'S JONATHAN BAILEY TALKS BEG AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WORKG TODAY

There’s a sense of shame, I thk, that’s palpable throughout gay men wh the dtry.

The 33-year-old Bridgerton star, who portrays Anthony Bridgerton on the Netflix h, opened up about his experience g out as gay a new profile wh GQ. Thkg back to the early days of his reer, Bailey relled how one of his actor iends was once told durg pilot season, "There's two thgs we don't want to know: if you're an alholic or if you're gay. Though Bailey's Bridgerton character intifi as straight, the actor has prevly argued that gay men should be able to play their own experienc on the screen.

"I thk shouldn't matter at all what character people play, but of urse, there is a narrative that's very clear, that openly gay men aren't playg straight leadg rol, " he told Digal Spy December 2020.

WHO DO BENEDICT BRIDGERTON MARRY AND IS HE GAY?

"And also, there's a reason why gay characters are so tertg. Bee much like the women Bridgerton, there are a lot of hurdl and there's a lot of self-growth, and there's a real strength to gay men.

Bailey ntued, "So the fact that a lot of straight men have gone on to play inic gay rol and to be ld for that is fantastic, that that story is beg told. But wouldn't be brilliant to see gay men play their own experience? It suggted that the send elst Bridgerton might actually be gay — or, at the very least, bisexual.

And their anger seems well placed light of shownner Chris Van Den recently givg an terview and sayg that the character's storyle Season 1 was not meant to suggt he was gay and that was a "nsc choice" not to have his sexualy be fluid Season 2. That uld even expla why Benedict's gay pal is nowhere to be seen this season; he's much easier to leave out than to ed out. Dpe the fact that the star equently plays straight characters, he’s openly gay, so their outg was purely a platonic one.

BRIDGERTON: SO… BENEDICT’S NOT GAY?

He's a gay man, playg a straight man wrten by a woman. But also, this has got [shownner] Chris Van Den as well, who's a gay man. The actor who hails om Wallgford Oxfordshire tends to keep his datg life on the down-low, and 's not known whether he is currently a relatnship or All there is to know about Bridgerton star Simone AshleyMORE: Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey reveals major on-set disaster: 'this is so embarrassg'However, he has been very open about his sexualy and ndidly opened up about his experience of beg gay a recent terview.

© Photo: Getty ImagJonathan Bailey has prevly opened up about his sexualyHe said: "I thk shouldn't matter at all what character people play, but of urse there is a narrative that's very clear, that openly gay men aren't playg straight leadg rol. ""A lot of straight men have gone on to play inic gay rol and to be ld for that is fantastic, " he add. "But wouldn't be brilliant to see gay men play their own experience?

"© Photo: NetflixJonathan's character Anthony tak centre stage Bridgerton season twoDpe the misguid advice, Jonathan has managed to land rol playg both straight and gay men over the last few years.

WHO IS BENEDICT BRIDGERTON? IS HE GAY?

In Bridgerton Season 1, we meet a closeted gay artist!

But Bridgerton Season 2, all we got were a few extras actg, well, extra, and the subtext that some of Benedict’s fellow art school stunts might be gay. Benedict, wh his gay art iends, and Eloise “I Want More Than to be a Wife” Bridgerton were givg off “closeted baby queer” vib. There were hop that maybe Benedict’s gallivantg wh Sir Henry Granville (Julian Ovenn) would precipate a gay dalliance for the bohemian Bridgerton or that Eloise would realize she loved, say, Penelope.

That said, there are a few other characters wag the wgs and Julia Qun’s future books who uld also gay thgs up future seasons of Bridgerton…. There is one nonil gay supportg character who shows up Julia Qun’s later books, but there’s also a key love tert who hontly giv off big pansexual energy.