Meet Steve Howey, the Straight Actor Who Came Out as Gay

Contents:

• THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
• BIG BROTHER'S GABE CRISTE OUT AS GAY AND REVEALS THE REAL REASON WHY HE CHOSE TO LEAVE

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! 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.

BIG BROTHER'S GABE CRISTE OUT AS GAY AND REVEALS THE REAL REASON WHY HE CHOSE TO LEAVE

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. No Love For Gay Couple?!?

Big Brother nttant Gabe Criste has e out as a gay 27-year-old shared his news an emotnal Instagram post on Wednday, and revealed why he had cid to leave the realy show after jt one shared a photo of himself beamg ont of a rabow neon light and began: 'Comg out more ways than one. ' Pri: Big Brother nttant Gabe Criste has e out as gay and reveals the real reason he chose to leave the show after admtg he was 'stgglg' wh 'big personali' the hoe'In the days leadg up to leavg, I wasn't as bubbly as I really am and was stgglg, losg sleep and my foc beg the game was admted that playg the game agast such 'big personali' proved to be 'too much' for him and 'ultimately had to choose to put myself first' realy TV star, who hails om Brisbane, said that while his time the hoe was short, he enjoyed and embraced every moment of, a vout Christian who was born The Philipp, revealed to his hoemat he was gay his first few days as an tr the hoe, but had not yet told his fay.

' 'I told the hoemat I was gay and that my fay back home didn't know.