Chris Colfer, who plays the out gay Kurt Hummel on Glee, is apparently not so out in real life.
In an October interview with the Advocate, Colfer acknowledged he is gay:
Your character, Kurt, is the show’s fashionista and a key member of New Beginnings. How similar was your high school experience in Clovis, Calif.?
It was similar in the sense that I was definitely teased a lot in high school and I was definitely at the bottom of the food chain: total underdog, complete “Gleek.” I was never like Kurt at all; I wish I was now that I watch the show, but I was never fashionable. I wish I was like Kurt in high school! [Laughs]
Were you out in high school?
Oh, no. People are killed in my hometown for that.
But in a new interview with USA Today, Colfer says he won't discuss his sexuality:
"Playing an openly gay kid means fielding questions about his own sexuality, which Colfer doesn't address. 'I try to keep up a mystery. As much as I give away of my personal life, the less people will believe me as other characters. I try to be private about it. It is what it is,' Colfer says with a shrug."
Source: Towleroad.com
Why is this such a big deal? I took one look at the actor portraying Kurt on the show, and like Mark Indelicato on Ugly Betty, he's about as gay as Chris Cocker working the ho stroll to the latest Britney track!
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