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Kit Connor broke his silence on feeling pressured to publicly come out as bisexual.
The Heartstopper star, 19, recalled how being accused of queerbaiting by fans pushed him to address his sexuality. “I just felt like it wasn’t something I was ready to talk about. I wasn’t angry. I was just slightly disappointed by this reaction,” Connor, who plays Nick Nelson in the hit Netflix series, told British Vogue on Tuesday, July 4.
Connor noted that he previously didn’t have plans to address his personal life, adding, “I think there’s almost a feeling that because I’d been in the industry for a little while, there was almost this understanding that it’s like, ‘Oh, well, he can take it. I think ‘forced’ isn’t the right word I would use, but I would say that I would have preferred to do it another way. I also don’t know if I would have ever done it. But at the end of the day, I don’t regret it. In many ways, it was really empowering.”
Heartstopper focuses on high school student Charlie (Joe Locke) who finds himself crushing on his new friend Nick (Connor) after being outed. The popular rugby player starts to question his sexuality after growing closer to Charlie.
Connor’s personal life became a major topic of conversation online in the wake of the show’s success — and after he was spotted spending time with his costar from A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow Maia Reficco. After fans claimed the Rocketman star was capitalizing on speculation that he isn’t straight, Connor made a rare statement about his dating life.
“Back for a minute. i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye,” he tweeted in October 2022.
In response, Connor received an outpouring of love from
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kit Connor came out as bisexual in an October 2022 Twitter post in which the “Heartstopper” breakout wrote, “Back for a minute. I’m bi. Congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show. Bye.” Prior to the social media post, Connor had been facing mounting accusations of queerbaiting due to his role as Nick in the popular Netflix coming-of-age series. Connor stars on “Heartstopper” as a high school jock coming to terms with his own bisexuality. The public perception of Connor was that he was a straight actor taking on a queer role (and participating in queer events like pride marches in order to promote the show), so Connor’s own coming out as bisexual was in part to course-correct that false narrative among “Heartstopper” fans.
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Last year, speculation about the sexuality of “Heartstopper” star Kit Connor hit such a fevered pitch that the young actor — then just 18 — was forced to come out as bisexual, following the same trajectory as his character on the show .
Heartstopper actor came out publicly back in October, sharing at the time that he felt “forced” to do so.“Back for a minute. I’m bi.
Heartstopper actor sits down for an interview with British Vogue, where he discusses the pressure he felt to come out as bisexual and what that experience means to him now. In November 2022, Connor first disclosed his sexual identity after fans claimed he was «queerbaiting» by playing Nick Nelson, a bisexual teen on his Netflix show, as well as attending Pride events. «I’m bi. Congrats for forcing an 18-year-old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show.
interview published Tuesday with British Vogue. “But I would say that I would have preferred to do it another way. I also don’t know if I would have ever done it.
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