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• NATHAN LANE RELLS TENSE MOMENT DECLG TO COME OUT TO OPRAHTHE GAY ACTOR SCRIB A MID-90S MEMORY ON A PODST.BY JORDAN HOFFMANFEBARY 8, 2020BY BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETO SOME THE 1990S FEEL LIKE YTERDAY, BUT STORI ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE OFTEN SUCCCTLY MARK THE PASSAGE OF TIME. NATHAN LANE APPEARED ON THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’S PODST IT HAPPENED HOLLYWOOD TO DISCS THE STGGL OF G OUT AS A GAY ENTERTAER, AND SHARED A PARTICULARLY EMOTNAL EXPERIENCE PROMOTG HIS BREAKOUT ROLE THE BIRDGE ON THE OPRAH WEY SHOW 1996.DURG THE BROADST, OPRAH WEY ASKED LEADG QUTNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, BUT LANE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT. “I'M NOT READY TO DISCS WHETHER I'M GAY OR NOT WH OPRAH. I N BARELY AL WH MEETG OPRAH, LET ALONE TELLG HER I'M GAY,” LANE RELLS DISCSG WH PUBLICISTS PRR TO THE SHOW.THE EPISO LED WH LANE’S -STAR ROB WILLIAMS, WHO PLAYED WILLIAMS’S PARTNER MIKE NICHOLS’ BLOCKBTER EDY BASED ON THE FRENCH FILM LA CAGE X FOLL. LANE, PREVLY MOSTLY KNOWN TO BROADWAY DIENC, JOED THEM ABOUT 15 MUT . ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, OPRAH ASKS IF LANE HAS WORRI ABOUT “BEG TYPEST” WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO QUTNS OF “IS HE? ISN’T HE?”AT THE TIME, LANE WAS OUT TO EVERYONE HIS PRIVATE AND PROFSNAL LIFE, BUT WILLIAMS, MOST LIKELY SENSG THAT HIS IEND NEED SAVG, JUMPED TO PROTECT HIM WH HIS TYPILLY MANIC CHAT SHOW MEANOR. WH HDSIGHT AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF LANE’S HATNS, ’S RATHER TOUCHG TO WATCH. (THE BELOW VIO IS CUED TO THE MOMENT.)ON THR’S PODST, LANE ALSO DISCS BEG THE ONLY GAY PERSON ON THE SET OF THE BIRDGE AND HOW HE DISAGREED WH DIRECTOR NICHOLS AND WRER ELAE MAY’S E OF THE WORD “FAG.”LANE ME OUT PUBLICLY 1999 WH A STORY THE ADVOTE THE SAME YEAR HE APPEARED WH ROSIE O’DONNELL AT THE TONY AWARDS WEARG SOME FACIAL HAIR TO DO A LTLE SCHTICK ABOUT BEARDS.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISJORDAN HOFFMAN
• COMEDIAN MATTEO LANE TALKS PASTA, DATG AND 'GAY VOICE' 
• NATHAN LANE WAS DATG HIS HBAND BEFORE HE PUBLICLY CAME OUT AS GAY
• DOUG AND GAY LANE
• EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: NETFLIX IS A JOKE STAND-UP STAR MATTEO LANE “I’M JT TALKG ABOUT WHAT I LIKE & IF HAPPENS TO BE SUPER GAY, GOOD!”
• GAY LANE
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

NATHAN LANE RELLS TENSE MOMENT DECLG TO COME OUT TO OPRAHTHE GAY ACTOR SCRIB A MID-90S MEMORY ON A PODST.BY JORDAN HOFFMANFEBARY 8, 2020BY BCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETO SOME THE 1990S FEEL LIKE YTERDAY, BUT STORI ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE OFTEN SUCCCTLY MARK THE PASSAGE OF TIME. NATHAN LANE APPEARED ON THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’S PODST IT HAPPENED HOLLYWOOD TO DISCS THE STGGL OF G OUT AS A GAY ENTERTAER, AND SHARED A PARTICULARLY EMOTNAL EXPERIENCE PROMOTG HIS BREAKOUT ROLE THE BIRDGE ON THE OPRAH WEY SHOW 1996.DURG THE BROADST, OPRAH WEY ASKED LEADG QUTNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, BUT LANE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT. “I'M NOT READY TO DISCS WHETHER I'M GAY OR NOT WH OPRAH. I N BARELY AL WH MEETG OPRAH, LET ALONE TELLG HER I'M GAY,” LANE RELLS DISCSG WH PUBLICISTS PRR TO THE SHOW.THE EPISO LED WH LANE’S -STAR ROB WILLIAMS, WHO PLAYED WILLIAMS’S PARTNER MIKE NICHOLS’ BLOCKBTER EDY BASED ON THE FRENCH FILM LA CAGE X FOLL. LANE, PREVLY MOSTLY KNOWN TO BROADWAY DIENC, JOED THEM ABOUT 15 MUT . ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, OPRAH ASKS IF LANE HAS WORRI ABOUT “BEG TYPEST” WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO QUTNS OF “IS HE? ISN’T HE?”AT THE TIME, LANE WAS OUT TO EVERYONE HIS PRIVATE AND PROFSNAL LIFE, BUT WILLIAMS, MOST LIKELY SENSG THAT HIS IEND NEED SAVG, JUMPED TO PROTECT HIM WH HIS TYPILLY MANIC CHAT SHOW MEANOR. WH HDSIGHT AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF LANE’S HATNS, ’S RATHER TOUCHG TO WATCH. (THE BELOW VIO IS CUED TO THE MOMENT.)ON THR’S PODST, LANE ALSO DISCS BEG THE ONLY GAY PERSON ON THE SET OF THE BIRDGE AND HOW HE DISAGREED WH DIRECTOR NICHOLS AND WRER ELAE MAY’S E OF THE WORD “FAG.”LANE ME OUT PUBLICLY 1999 WH A STORY THE ADVOTE THE SAME YEAR HE APPEARED WH ROSIE O’DONNELL AT THE TONY AWARDS WEARG SOME FACIAL HAIR TO DO A LTLE SCHTICK ABOUT BEARDS.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISJORDAN HOFFMAN

Nathan Lane appeared on The Hollywood Reporter’s podst It Happened Hollywood to discs the stggl of g out as a gay entertaer, and shared a particularly emotnal experience promotg his breakout role The Birdge on The Oprah Wey Show the broadst, Oprah Wey asked leadg qutns about his sexualy, but Lane did not want to make a public statement.

COMEDIAN MATTEO LANE TALKS PASTA, DATG AND 'GAY VOICE' 

“I'm not ready to discs whether I'm gay or not wh Oprah. I n barely al wh meetg Oprah, let alone tellg her I'm gay, ” Lane rells discsg wh publicists prr to the episo led wh Lane’s -star Rob Williams, who played Williams’s partner Mike Nichols’ blockbter edy based on the French film La Cage x Foll. )On THR’s podst, Lane also discs beg the only gay person on the set of The Birdge and how he disagreed wh director Nichols and wrer Elae May’s e of the word “fag.

A traed opera sger, the mtached, New York Cy-based edian ually follows up by makg crystal clear to his dienc that he's gay, should they have any lgerg doubt. 's streamg talk show "BUILD, " Lane and Willmann lled the seri a refuge of sorts where they uld be their te, gay selv whout any outsi dtry prsure.

ML: Yeah, I ed to be on a gay volleyball team Chigo wh my iends.

NATHAN LANE WAS DATG HIS HBAND BEFORE HE PUBLICLY CAME OUT AS GAY

SD: You have some jok about "gay voice. " At any pot your life, did you feel the need to -gay your voice? SD: Gay as the day is long.

DOUG AND GAY LANE

We jt have "gay voice. And, of urse, I have lots of ternalized homophobia and was ashamed of femy, bee that's what I was told.

And I don't re how gay I sound at all.

I n look out my wdow and see 1, 000 gays. Queer actor Keiynan Lonsdale had a breakout role playg gay high schooler Bram Greenfeld 2018's "Love, Simon. Lonsdale played gay teenager Bram the 2018 film "Love, Simon, " which ma history when beme the first mastream teen rom- to feature a gay protagonist.

EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: NETFLIX IS A JOKE STAND-UP STAR MATTEO LANE “I’M JT TALKG ABOUT WHAT I LIKE & IF HAPPENS TO BE SUPER GAY, GOOD!”

Jim Parsons portrayed gay activist Tommy Boatwright the 2014 HBO film "The Normal Heart. Although he's bt known for playg Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory, " Parsons also got touch wh LGBTQ history by playg a gay activist fightg to addrs the risg 1980s HIV-AIDs crisis the 2014 drama "The Normal Heart" (which is based on Larry Kramer's 1985 play of the same name). "I started nscly makg the nnectn of what level of importance dog this part has to me as a gay man.

"The story really h home for me, g om a hoehold where my brother's gay and I'm gay, " Lane is quoted as sayg the movie's prs not. Andrew Stt, a gay actor, portrayed gay bookshop owner Geth the 2014 Brish historil dramedy "Pri. " He plays gay bookshop owner Geth, who jos several other queer activists to help strikg mers nservative 1984 England.

"I thk the thg that I feel very strongly about is that everybody that I've spoken to is really moved by ['Pri'], and for that reason I say 's not jt a gay film, " Stt told Entertament Weekly 2018. "I thk 's been embraced by the gay muny bee I thk people are very celebratory about the fact that gay people are not jt seen story l that are related to sex or sexualy, that their attribut of kdns and bravery and passn are the thgs that are celebrated the movie. " The actrs herself later me out as gay.

GAY LANE

Actrs and wrer-director DuVall has long played openly gay characters (recently on "The Handmaid's Tale" and her 2016 film "The Interventn") she me out, one of her most proment rol was playg rebell teenager Graham the 2000 satiril edy "But I'm a Cheerlear. Rupert Everett stars the 1997 edy "My Bt Friend's Weddg" as Gee Down, an openly gay man. When Everett played openly gay man Gee Down the 1997 edy "My Bt Friend's Weddg, " gay actors playg queer characters was still a very rare thg Hollywood.

His character, Gee, is close iends wh Julia Roberts' character, Julianne, who sets out to w over another old iend on the eve of his 2019, Everett told Entertament Weekly that, at the time, he thought his role the film was "gog to be the end, bee I was gay, and was a ty ltle gay role, and 'What was the pot? In the 1998 bgraphil drama "Gods and Monsters, " actor Ian McKellen portrayed gay director Jam Whale.

Acclaimed veteran actor McKellen has been open about his sexualy sce 1988, and got the chance to play another celebrated gay film figure when he portrayed real-life director Jam Whale the 1998 bgraphil drama "Gods and Monsters.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Gay men don't exist, " McKellen told Time Out 2018. "'Gods and Monsters', I thk, was the begng of Hollywood admtg that there were gay people knockg around, even though half of Hollywood is gay.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Jonathan Groff reprised his role as a gay man named Patrick Murray the 2016 film "Lookg.