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Colton Haynes makes it official: He is gay

I’m thrilled for this handsome young actor and I hope you are too. Let’s try and refrain from ‘it’s about time,’ ‘I already knew,’ ‘Didn’t he already come out?’ comments because I’m in the mood to celebrate. Colton Haynes officially came out as a gay man today.

‘I felt like I was letting people down by not coming forward,’ the former Teen Wolf and Arrow star tells Entertainment Weekly.

Haynes, 27, had seemed to coyly come out in January when asked on Tumblr about a ‘secret gay past.’ He replied: ‘Was it a secret? Let’s all just enjoy life & have no regrets :)

He tells EW the onslaught of media coverage took him by surprise and he offered no follow-up at that time although he remained active on Instagram - particularly during New York Fashion Week.

‘It was a complete shock. I wasn’t ready to be back in the headlines,’ he said of the Tumblr incident.

‘I should have made a comment or a statement, but I just wasn’t ready. I didn’t feel like I owed anyone anything. I think in due time, everyone has to make those decisions when they’re ready, and I wasn’t yet.’

Haynes spoke of the stress of the life of a gay closeted actor. ‘People want you to be that GQ image that you put out, but people don’t realize what it’s like to act 24 hours a day,’ he says. ‘I’d go home and I was still acting…People who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don’t realize that acting 24 hours a day is the most exhausting thing in the world.’

While Haynes had remained private about his own personal life, he has been publicly supportive and often posts photos of his brother and his husband, and their daughter.

In 2011, legal representatives for the former Abercrombie & Fitch model sent cease and desist letters to bloggers who posted photos from the now defunct gay teenage magazine XY that featuring Haynes kissing another male model in a March 2006 issue.

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9 Remarks

  1. Good for him!

  2. That’s wonderful. I’m happy for him.

  3. Whoa…nice chest!

  4. May 5th, 2016 at 9:53 pm
    K. Martinez says:

    That’s awesome! He came out when he was ready. I’m happy for him.

  5. May 6th, 2016 at 12:07 am
    Bruce Wayne says:

    Welcome to the Club! Need any help with the Initiation?!

    :)

    ^^X^^

  6. Lord have mercy! First Rosie, now Colton?! I’m shocked!! Where are my smelling salts?!

  7. I’m actually saddened by his anxiety and ulcer problems. I hope he gets well and finds the right treatments for those, I get that sincerity may lend a hand too, less stress. Yes, the gay tag was already floating around since quite a while.

  8. Very proud of him. He’s a sweetheart.

  9. I’m glad to hear the news. He’s a role model for many and always a gentleman.

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