"When you talk about 'the gay muny,' you're talkg about my muny," he says
Contents:
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
- HOW "GAME OF THRON" ED LORAS TYRELL: HBO'S “GAY RTOON” IS SO MUCH MORE THE BOOKS
- OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
- GAME OF THRON AUTHOR EXPLAS WHY THERE'S NO GAY SEX HIS BOOKS
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
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HOW "GAME OF THRON" ED LORAS TYRELL: HBO'S “GAY RTOON” IS SO MUCH MORE THE BOOKS
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OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
* gay in game of throns *
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GAME OF THRON AUTHOR EXPLAS WHY THERE'S NO GAY SEX HIS BOOKS
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Actor Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor on Game of Thron, me out as gay a recent terview wh, a fan se for the show. “When you talk about ‘the gay muny, ’ you are talkg about my muny, ” he said, later addg, “I’ve never hidn my sexualy om anyone, my whole life fact, and I’ve been wag for someone to ask about an terview, ’e ’s not somethg you jt blurt out. After the story began circulatg onle, Nairn mented on Twter that he thought people already knew that he was gay and that he had always assumed was no big al.