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Chris Colfer performed a personality on the hit sequence “Glee” who was homosexual, however he had not but publicly recognized himself as a homosexual man when he first began taking part in the function.
Colfer performed Kurt Hummel, one of many first brazenly homosexual teen characters on prime time tv, for six seasons on “Glee.” He was requested about his personal popping out expertise throughout an look this week on “The View.”
He stated he grew up in a “very conservative city” the place being brazenly homosexual was “harmful.”
“I bear in mind once I obtained on the present the function was written for me and I didn’t know what the function was going to be,” he defined. “After I learn the script for the primary time I noticed it was an brazenly homosexual character and I used to be terrified. And once I began doing the present I had lots of people inform me ‘Don’t come out no matter you do as a result of it’ll smash your profession.’”
Consequently, Colfer stated, he “hid” his sexuality for a while.
“However I additionally instructed them, ‘I can’t disguise it with my voice. I’m extra effeminate than most individuals. I can’t disguise it,’” he defined. “They usually stated, ‘Don’t fear. So long as you by no means handle it, you’ll be rewarded for it ultimately.’”
What satisfied him to go public, he stated, was an encounter with a younger viewer who secretly slipped him a notice that included a rainbow coloured chain of paper clips and the phrases, “thanks.”
“In that second I knew, I’ve to return out,” he stated.
Colfer stated that though being out may restrict his alternatives for roles, he believes that “being a beacon of positivity and offering that consolation for folks is far more essential than consideration.”