Ted Lasso Actor Billy Harris on Explorg Col's Gayns

Contents:

• “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
• 'TED LASSO' PRAISED FOR "REHG" GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE
• THE GAYT THGS THAT HAPPENED “TED LASSO”
• “SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE
• TED LASSO SEASON 3'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE HAS ARRIVED AT JT THE RIGHT TIME
• ‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’
• EXCLIVE: TED LASSO CREATORS HANDLED THEIR GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE A 'REHG' AND 'SIGNIFINT' WAY, SAY LEADG LGBTQ MENTATORS AS H TV SHOW IS PRAISED FOR SHOWG 'HUMANY'
• TED LASSO'S BRENDAN HUNT EXPLAS POWER OF GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE
• ‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’

“TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED

Ted Lasso watchers have speculated that AFC Richmond player Col Hugh (Billy Harris) is gay sce early season two, and those spicns were nfirmed season three’s third episo. Trent then shar wh Col that he’s gay as well, openg the door for Col to — perhaps — tell his teammat and ach. It seems like sports, particularly men’s sports, is among the fields that has been slowt to adapt and accept gay people.

There’s a le episo three where Isaac [Kola Bokni] says “That’s a b gay” a risive way. It’s kd of a two-way street, bee wh the world of the show, no one knows about Trent beg gay eher. Acrdg to Hunt, the shownners have known for “a while” that Welsh wg Col Hugh is gay.

Some reful viewers may have noticed that the third episo of Season 2, Hugh mentns that Keeley’s datg app Bantr is spelled like the gay datg app Grdr.

'TED LASSO' PRAISED FOR "REHG" GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE

This episo troduc a strong new plot pot: Welsh-born AFC Richmond wg Col Hugh is gay. "Ted Lasso, an Apple TV+ show centerg around the tular character (Jason Suikis), an Amerin llege football ach who is hired to ach an English Premier League soccer team, AFC Richmond, even though he has no experience, has jt troduced s first gay until now, this progrsive seri has yet to feature an out character. Their openns has also been met wh overwhelmg support and celebratn, for the most UK not that there are around 550 active players the Premier League, which mak statistilly likely that at least one player is gay.

Although England as a whole has changed support of gay rights, the Ted Lasso storyle uld be settg up an openly gay footballer the fictnal Premier League to hopefully fluence the real episos of Ted Lasso stream on Apple TV+ every Lasso — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV+All roads have led to this. Three episos to s third — and possibly fal — season, the sports edy TV seri Ted Lasso jt revealed that one of s regular characters is gay and closeted. “We’ve known for a while that Col was gay, ” Hunt told the U.

THE GAYT THGS THAT HAPPENED “TED LASSO”

Hunt said that he and the show’s wrers always tend to troduce a gay character on the show’s fictnal team, but opted to have an existg character e out rather than stg someone new. They even toyed wh the ia of revealg that Col was gay and closeted Season 2, but stead merely seed the ia wh a le which the character mentns Grdr. The other shoe seemed about to drop last week's Amsterdam-set episo when Trent followed Col to a gay bar, promptg the athlete to swiftly ex wh the wrer on his heels.

After two and half seasons, 11 Emmy Awards, and a recent vis to the Whe Hoe, Ted Lasso has fally acknowledged s LGBTQ+ characters: Col Hugh (Billy Harris) and Trent Crimm (Jam Lance) are gay, and Keeley Jon (Juno Temple) is officially a bisexual took Ted Lasso a few seasons for s characters to bee explicly gay, was worth the wa. ” In episo six, Col ventur to a gay club Amsterdam by himself and ns to sports journalist Trent Crimm, who adms he recently me out to his wife and dghter. "We've known for a while that Col was gay, " -creator Brendan Hunt said recently.

When nsirg whether or not to st someone new to portray a gay football player, Hunt shared that the wrers thought: “It'll be better if that person's already on the team and we're not acknowledgg and they're hidg so well.

“SO PROUD OF THIS SHOW”: TED LASSO FANS REACT TO PROGRS OF GAY STORYLE

Ted Lasso has received yet more praise, this time for the sensive and touchg nature of the storyle volvg a closeted gay player and the story of his g out to his teammat.

TED LASSO SEASON 3'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE HAS ARRIVED AT JT THE RIGHT TIME

"And then of urse we fd out why is bee he's also gay. The reprentatn of gay football players is a plex topic wh var factors ntributg to the lack of visibily. Moreover, societal attus and stereotyp about masculy and homosexualy have played a role perpetuatg stigma and discrimatn agast gay athlet.

The attus n create addnal barriers for gay dividuals nsirg a reer profsnal football, makg more difficult for them to be open about their sexual orientatn. But, like all sports, football really is for everyone, and that’s beg more and more apparent as the lik of Josh Cavallo and Jake Daniels start to speak up as profsnal players who jt happen to be gay.

At bt, this was a major oversight, and at worse, this absence rerced the notn that gays and sports jt don’t mix. Whether you like how their stori were handled is another thg entirely, but what’s important here is that Ted Lasso is fally gay, like super gay all of a sudn, jt like all sports and anythg sports-related should be.

‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’

While we’re still wag to see Jamie Tartt one, plenty of other gay thgs have happened Ted Lasso, so grab a towel and jo the locker room as we unt down some of the bt.

EXCLIVE: TED LASSO CREATORS HANDLED THEIR GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE A 'REHG' AND 'SIGNIFINT' WAY, SAY LEADG LGBTQ MENTATORS AS H TV SHOW IS PRAISED FOR SHOWG 'HUMANY'

Gay Bantr. Even if you’re one of the few gays who didn’t bee bt iends wh their English teacher at school, this was still a ad giveaway for Col’s secret. Hannah Waddgham is an unbearably hot gay in who beme actual mother when she -hosted Eurovisn the UK this year.

If we’re rankg the gayt thgs that have ever happened Ted Lasso, It don’t get much gayer than two men kissg, right? What happens Amsterdam stays Amsterdam, unls ’s a betiful g-out scene between baby gay Col and elr gay Trent. But is affirmg, pecially given the homophobia that still persists real life football today.

“Your numbers are gay”. In the orr of ultimate gay stuff, g out is pretty high on the list, right above Kylie Mogue and beg bad at math, but the gayt thg about Col’s g out scene has nothg to do wh Col at all. It’s the moment when Jan says that 10% of the team should be gay, statistilly speakg, to which everyone turns round and star at Jamie.

TED LASSO'S BRENDAN HUNT EXPLAS POWER OF GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE

Jamie’s flattered, as he should be, and wh this nfirmatn that Gay Twter isn’t the only place where Tartt’s d queerns is accepted as non.

This season, queerns was fally troduced to the seri when they nfirmed that Billy Harris’ fan-favoure Richmond FC player is gay and the closet; reflectg the harsh realy of homosexualy profsnal football and s lack of openly out athlet the procs.

‘TED LASSO’ ACTOR BILLY HARRIS ON WHAT IT TOOK TO UNRSTAND GAY SOCCER PLAYER COL: ‘HE WASN’T LIVG HIS TE SELF’

On this week’s episo, Isaac – who is hurt that Col didn’t nfi him sooner – nonts a vlent ‘fan’ the stands after he hurls homophobic abe at the team. After the rt of the team mistake Isaac for beg gay, as a rult of his unexpected reactn to the ‘f’ word, Col out to overwhelmg support – and another classic bizarre analogy om Jason Suikis’ tle character that exprs their love for him.

The scene was mend by fans, who celebrated the show’s approach to the ongog issue of homosexualy football.

“Ted takg the perfect approach by lettg Col know DOES matter that he’s gay, bee ’s a part of who he is, ” said one viewer.