Origal Blue Power Ranger reveals that he was harassed on set for beg gay |

Contents:

• BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE
• ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
• DAVID YOST, BLUE POWER RANGER, SAYS HE QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS
• ORIGAL POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST TEAS ‘AWOME’ GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL
• BRYAN CRANSTON APOLOGIZ FOR 'FEY' COMMENT ABOUT GAY ACTOR DAVID YOST'S 'POWER RANGERS' CHARACTER
• ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
• BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR
• BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY
• “PUT MYSELF THROUGH NVERSN THERAPY”: MIGHTY MORPH POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST WAS BULLIED BY CO-STARS FOR BEG GAY
• MIGHTY MORPH POWER RANGERS STAR SAYS GAY REPRENTATN WAS LONG OVERDUE

BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE

Now Yost — speakg to EW as part of an extensive oral history Entertament Weekly’s recent issue celebratg the 25th anniversary of the h Fox Kids seri’ first season — is openg up about g to terms wh his sexual orientatn, why he entered gay nversn therapy, and how his fans have reacted sce he me out publicly. “It’s hard when you have a certa amount of fame and you’re gog through the personal stggle that I was gog through as a gay person, ” says Yost, 49, who has said he was harassed on the Power Rangers set by some crew members bee he is gay.

“I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn’t wanna be gay.

ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL

“In the begng, I certaly didn’t want people to know that I was gay. “And now that I’ve e out as a gay person, every day I get msag om gay people around the world that tell me, ‘Thank you for g out and sharg your story bee your story helped me e out.

DAVID YOST, BLUE POWER RANGER, SAYS HE QU SHOW OVER GAY INSULTS

Origal Blue Power Ranger David Yost on gay reprentatn Netflix's Power Rangers rnn special "It's taken a long time to get there, " says the actor, who me out as gay after leavg Mighty Morph Power Rangers 1996. In the begng, I certaly didn't want people to know that I was gay, " he said. ""I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn't wanna be gay.

Yost add that was a difficult journey for him to embrace the person he was durg his early years of stardom bee of all the negative msag he had received for beg a gay man. David Yost, who played the origal Blue Power Ranger, says he left Mighty Morph Power Rangers bee he was harassed for beg gay, which nearly drove him to a lengthy vio terview wh No Pk Spanx, Yost, 41, said he was wrten off the show 1996 after he walked off the set one day, fed up wh discrimatory remarks. When I first moved to Hollywood the ‘90s to be an actor, was still nsired taboo to be gay, pecially if you wanted to be a leadg actor TV seri or film.

If you were gay, you certaly were not allowed to make public.

ORIGAL POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST TEAS ‘AWOME’ GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL

I was stgglg so much wh who I was and not wantg to be gay bee of what society was tellg me — that ’s not a good thg, that ’s agast God, that you are somehow different. There were ments at work that were ma about me terms of beg gay or “beg a faggot, ” and as time went on jt got old and I was tired of listeng to . I was dog any and everythg I uld to get rid of beg gay.

BRYAN CRANSTON APOLOGIZ FOR 'FEY' COMMENT ABOUT GAY ACTOR DAVID YOST'S 'POWER RANGERS' CHARACTER

I n remember lyg bed my first night the hospal, and sayg, “God, if you give me my md back, I will be gay. I remember listeng to my peers talkg about him and sayg really horrible thgs about gay people.

People always ask me, “Wouldn’t be great if there’s a gay character on one of the Power Rangers TV seri? The more Hollywood puts lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, qutng, tersex characters a film or TV show, helps people unrstand and see that people are jt people. Yost, 54, starred the origal kids’ seri om 1993 to 1996 and the 1995 film, but left the show due to homophobic harassment and abe he received om productn crew.

The actor revealed 2010 that he was lled a “f****t one too many tim”, addg: “I jt felt like I was ntually beg told I was not worthy of beg where I am bee I’m a gay person. In one scene, viewers are troduced to a gay uple. In 2018, while celebratg the seri’ 25th anniversary anniversary, Yost talked openly about the spair he felt after experiencg homophobia on set – to the pot where he felt he had to unrgo so-lled nversn therapy.

ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY

Bryan Cranston Apologiz for 'Fey' Comment About Gay Actor David Yost's 'Power Rangers' Character. Bryan Cranston has apologized for ments he allegedly ma about gay actor David Yost’s role as the origal blue ranger Mighty Morph Power Rangers.

Warng: The article ntas referenc to homophobia and suici. David Yost, who played Billy, the Blue Ranger, knew he was gay while workg on the show and had to take preutns to make sure no one would fd out. “I said I’m not gonna be gay, I’m gonna foc on my reer.

BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR

Yost rells overhearg producers and -stars watchg footage of him and throwg out homophobic slurs. The emotnal toll Yost alt wh exemplifi what was like for many gay people Hollywood at the time. “Everybody thks everybody Hollywood is accepted and s great to be gay.

That homophobia me to a head durg productn of the show’s fourth season, Power Rangers Zeo.

BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY

It was a major step down for the character and Yost feels was part bee many the productn staff believed that bee he was gay he uldn’t be a superhero. ” However, durg a panel at Power Morphin 2012, Pagter played d clips om behd the scen on the show cludg one that featured a homophobic slur.

“PUT MYSELF THROUGH NVERSN THERAPY”: MIGHTY MORPH POWER RANGERS STAR DAVID YOST WAS BULLIED BY CO-STARS FOR BEG GAY

The harassment Yost faced sent him to a eper darkns and he spent many years tryg to “get rid of” his sexualy, cludg many versns of the horrific “Pray the Gay Away. While gay character and relatnships, nor a gay actor like Yost, weren’t acceptable on the seri, straight characters and relatnships were. Marchand, who was an out lbian at the time, and the other wrers knew a gay Ranger was never a possibily at the time but 2004’s Power Rangers Do Thunr they troduced Hayley, the team’s rint tech expert.

We were startg to thk, uld we, any pacy, troduce a gay character on this show? In an terview wh Den of Geek, Marchand crg at the memory, parg to the famo Hays Co of early Hollywood that effectively banned direct reference or posive portrayal of gay characters films outsi of ep subtext. The memory also provok great tratn om Marchand who knew that many executiv at Disney durg that time were gay but, “ jt wouldn’t have flown.

MIGHTY MORPH POWER RANGERS STAR SAYS GAY REPRENTATN WAS LONG OVERDUE

Acrdg to Bend there ially wasn’t any reactn to him playg Monty as gay sce was “obv” to anyone who’d read the script. Bend is key to strs that Monty beg gay was only his terpretatn for the character, he never would have openly nfsed his love for Victor. Director (and now current executive producer) Simon Bent nfirmed to Den of Geek that the gay relatnship was never implied the script.

While all of the directiv were tryg to be put place to curtail Bend’s performance he learned that this wasn’t the first time the topic of a gay character had e up recent years.

He’d been told by people workg on the show for years that durg velopment people behd the scen had wanted and been phg for a gay character.