Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Bobby Steggert Comes Out
#2Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/6/13 at 5:19pm
Bravo! Anytime someone feels comfortable enough to be themselves in public, as far as their orientation goes, I'm happy.
I don't care if "we all knew it" or "duh!" or "old news."
He did it. And I'm GLAAD.
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#2Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/6/13 at 5:29pm
I guess I sort of just made the assumption he was out without researching it. Happy for him though.
Updated On: 9/6/13 at 05:29 PM
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#3Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/6/13 at 6:25pm
Won't it be nice if we ever get to the point that NO ONE has to stake claim to their sexual orientation? You know, because it's none of your damn business anyway?
(Don't get me wrong, I understand positive need for this to be currently happening.)
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#4Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/6/13 at 6:41pm
Totally agree with dramamama on this one...I just hope he does a good job in Big Fish! (when I see it tomorrow) 
Updated On: 9/6/13 at 06:41 PM
#5Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/6/13 at 11:58pmWhen it comes to theatre actors, "Comes Out" headlines usually just mean "Became famous enough for a published interview."
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#6Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/6/13 at 11:59pmIs it really "coming out"? Anyone who knows his work or him personally knows he has been openly gay for whole career. The point of the article wasnt that he was announcing his sexuality at all. It was akin to a female artist saying "As a woman, I feel it important..."
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#7Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:21amGood for him! Boy's got a show to promote.
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#8Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:38am
It was akin to a female artist saying "As a woman, I feel it important..."
Acknowledging is the new coming out.
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#9Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 8:23am
This would explain why he can't play straight in BIG FISH.
Kidding. Sort of.
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#10Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 10:21amI look forward to the time when everybody is just presumed to be gay and it's news when they're not.
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#12Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 11:56am
It was akin to a female artist saying "As a woman, I feel it important..."
Isn't that how Zachary Quinto came out, too? In an interview where he included "As a gay man" in an answer?
#13Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:01pmIf I recall. But HuffPo took the decidedly tabloid route in sharing Steggert's article. It's about him making an announcement about his sexuality at all.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#14Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 1:07pm
I wish some of these guys would announce their homosexuality like normal straight girls announce their heterosexuality nowadays - with a sex tape.
Updated On: 9/7/13 at 01:07 PM
#15Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 2:57pmAt the pace some these guys date at, they don't need to.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#18Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 8:20pmNamo, the fact of the matter is, since only (give or take) 5% of the population is homosexual or bisexual, it is natural to assume someone is straight unless they tell you otherwise. Unless of course, they're a male musical theater actor.
#19Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 8:45pm^ 10%, last I heard.
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#20Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/7/13 at 9:58pmI've heard that number too, but that would mean one out of every ten people is gay or bi, and even as someone who knows tons of gay and bi people, that seems a bit high. I've also heard 2%, so 5% seems like a happy medium...
#21Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/8/13 at 12:18pmI've always laughed at the 10% guesstimate. I'd say 5% is probably closer... (not that it really matters)
#22Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/8/13 at 12:21pmI'd say its at least 40%. 50% maybe on the weekends.
#23Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/8/13 at 12:48pm
Yeah, the 10% figure is about as scientifically proven as the existence of the Loch Ness monster, but so many people believe it that it's become something of a "fact". Maybe because 10% sounds like a good, solid number.
On the subject of this thread, good for Steggert. Never thought of him as "in" since his sexuality was never a secret, but as others have mentioned, public acknowledgment on a grand level is perhaps a different thing. He was very compelling as a young gay father in MOTHERS AND SONS, and I'm looking forward to seeing him in BIG FISH.
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#24Bobby Steggert Comes Out
Posted: 9/8/13 at 12:51pm
I always thought it was actually much higher that 10%.
....but the world goes 'round
