WATCH: Eastenrs' Dnken Gay Kiss

Contents:

• IS SAM STRIKE (JOHNNY CARTER) GAY REAL LIFE? (EASTENRS)
• ‘EASTENRS’ SAM STRIKE: ‘GAY STORYLE HAS HELPED PEOPLE’
• ACTOR SAM STRIKE NFIRMS EX FOR GAY EASTENRS CHARACTER
• VIO: EASTENRS’ SAM STRIKE ‘HELPED PEOPLE TO E OUT’ THROUGH CHARACTER REVEALG HE IS GAY
• JOHNNY AND DANNY'S GAY KISS
• IS SAM STONE GAY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

IS SAM STRIKE (JOHNNY CARTER) GAY REAL LIFE? (EASTENRS)

Memorable LGBTQ moments EastEnrs historyEastEnrs has been on our screens for more than 35 years – that time, the Walford-based soap has bee one of Bra’s most inic TV s but 1985, EastEnrs has never shied away om hard-htg storyl and has been at the foreont of LGBTQ reprentatn on Bize tak a look at some of the most memorable LGBTQ moments om the BBC One show’s gay kiss on a Brish soapCol Rsell was the first gay character on EastEnrs, appearg Albert Square jt over a year after the show’s first by Michael Cashman, there was ntroversy at the time when Col kissed boyiend Barry Clark (Gary Hail) 1987 – even though was jt a peck on the (Michael Cashman) and Barry (Gary Hall) were EastEnrs' first gay years later, Col and new character Guido Smh (Nicholas Donovan) shared the first mouth-to-mouth kiss on a Brish soap – an timated 17 ln people tuned to watch the uple’s beme one of the most ground-breakg scen soap history – but was emed so ntroversial that some MPs lled for the soap to be pulled om the air. Syed tells Christian he is gay and love wh him – but unr prsure om his fay, gets married to feelgs for Christian prove too strong – so Syed out.

Mick held his teenage son his arms to liver a tear-jerkg speech, tellg Johnny that he loved him and there was nothg bad about beg gay, supportg him to e out through both of their stifled Carter (played by Sam Strike, send om left) and dad Mick (Danny Dyer, centre) both ma their first appearanc the soap December ’s mother Lda (Kellie Bright) ially stggled wh his sexualy – but the pair eventually make up as she tak him to his first Pri event where he meets new boyiend Gianlu Cavallo (Gabriele Lombardo) transgenr character played by transgenr actorKyle Slater’s arrival Albert Square was a landmark moment for marked the first time Brish soap history that a transgenr character had been played by a transgenr actor, wh Riley Carter Millgton takg on the historic ’s first appearanc showed him followg Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) before he later reveals he is her long-lost half-brother and the pair ultimately sharg his story wh Stacey, Kyle reveals that his mother Alison (Denise Welch) has never seen him as a man. Walford’s first Gay PriIn July 2019, Walford threw s first-ever Gay Pri event, wh an episo tacklg a number of LGBTQ ahead of London’s Gay Pri event, the episo was seen as celebratory, diverse and tnal, but also clud moments that remd the dience of the prejudice and discrimatn still faced by the LGBTQ muny to this the inic episo, Bernatte Taylor (Clair Norris) embrac her sexualy while celebratg her first Pri, havg e out as a lbian to her mother six months earlier, while Callum Highway (Tony Clay) stggl to e to terms wh his new, also known as Halfway, was engaged to Whney Dean (Shona McGarty) at the time of Pri and was helpg to get everythg anised for the big event.

But he was mortified when brother Stuart (Ricky Champ) turned up and told him he saw him kissg Ben Mchell (Max Bown) the night 's been que the journey for Ben Mchell (Max Bown, pictured) and Callum Highway (Tony Clay), who recently got engaged the the urse of te love didn’t always n smoothly for Callum and Ben – Stuart beat up Ben later the Pri episo - the fan favoure duo went on to bee a uple, wh the pair eventually proposg to each other on the balny of lol gay bar The Prce Albert.

‘EASTENRS’ SAM STRIKE: ‘GAY STORYLE HAS HELPED PEOPLE’

He is playg a gay character Eastenrs but wonred if he is gay real life? It'd be tertg for a young gay actor to take on a role as a gay character relatable terms.

Why do people only wonr if real life reflects a soap role when the character is gay?! Only if they are playg a gay character. Wow, what borg liv people lead if they spend their time lookg to see if an actor is gay real life.

ACTOR SAM STRIKE NFIRMS EX FOR GAY EASTENRS CHARACTER

Is Lee Carter gay? If they're playg a gay character then surely they're bound to expect qutns like that.

The reason people probably want to know is that s always nice when a gay actor gets a chance to reprent the gay people the dience. No, is likely that the actors would be unfortable wh people talkg about them and gusg their sexualy even if they are not "gay". What mak worse is that if he's gay, then that's his personal bs but people feel the need to start potls threads about him or others a bid to get attentn.

VIO: EASTENRS’ SAM STRIKE ‘HELPED PEOPLE TO E OUT’ THROUGH CHARACTER REVEALG HE IS GAY

No, is likely that the actors would be unfortable wh people talkg about them and gusg their sexualy even if they are not "gay" mak worse is that if he's gay, then that's his personal bs but people feel the need to start potls threads about him or others a bid to get attentn. If he is gay I'll be well happy, if not, ah well. They're also ntuoly asked terviews how they feel about people wonrg if they're gay, and they almost always say they don't re and fd funny.

The only time I'd say is wrong is if you're assumg someone's gay bee of a tra the actors have. But if you're wonrg bee the character they play on TV is gay, then that's perfectly reasonable.

JOHNNY AND DANNY'S GAY KISS

It would be bad if people were spreadg mors about them beg gay, but there is nothg wrong wh qutng if the actor is playg a gay character. In the scene, Johnny (Strike) broke down ont of his father, Mick (Danny Dyer), and told him that he is gay. In the scene, which aired Febary, Johnny (Strike) broke down ont of his father, Mick (Danny Dyer), and told him that he is gay.

Asked if viewers of the show ask if he is gay real life, Strike replied: “Not so much now, but there were lots of people askg me on Twter.

I’m not gay, jt to set the rerd straight. Eastenrs actor Sam Strike, who plays gay character Johnny Carter on the soap, has nfirmed his ex om the show.

IS SAM STONE GAY

The show received a torrent of homophobic abe on Twter  January this year, when Strike’s character locked lips wh Danny Pennant (Gary Lucy).

Eastenrs actor Sam Strike, who plays new gay character Johnny Carter Eastenrs has said he has had letters sayg his on-screen g out “helped people to e out” as gay, and that was “worth . He also said that he was “really nervo”, when the episo featurg his g-out aired, and on his character Johnny’s relatnship wh his mother Lda, Strike said he thought she “partly blamed herself” when he me out as gay.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

The prev episo end wh the character’s sister Nancy blurtg out that Johnny is gay, and an earlier episo featured him beg ught kissg character Danny Pennant. ‘EastEnrs’ Sam Strike: ‘Gay storyle has helped people’.

Sam played the role of Johnny Carter, a gay character who was well-received by dienc. Sam Strike is openly gay and has been a relatnship wh his boyiend, Roland, for several years. Although the BBC says has received very few plats through official channels to the kiss between Eastenrs characters Johnny Carter and Gary Pennant (Sam Strike and Gary Lucy), Twter reactns have taken a disappotgly homophobic tone to the romantic terlu on a recent episo of the Brish soap opera.