Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#1Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:39pm
Sean Hayes is finally telling the truth and setting the record 'straight' (so to speak).
Nice, how, for all those years, he never said a thing. I guess not working four four years will make you want to be noticed again.
Too little, too late.
Sean Hayes: I Am Who I Am
siny
Broadway Star Joined: 2/8/07
#2Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:41pmWOW. He kept is so quiet. I mean, this is a shock.Huh, and to think he fooled people for so many years.Glad he eventually came around. Good for him.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#3Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:47pmI didn't ever know he wasn't out?
#4Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:50pmWhy is this in "The Advocate"? It should be the cover story in "Duh" magazine.
#6Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:51pmHe wasn't really in nor was he really out. He was just silent on the subject.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#7Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:53pm
Why is this in "The Advocate"? It should be the cover story in "Duh" magazine.
LOL, Reg!!!!
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#8Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 12:57pm
"He was just silent on the subject."
No, it was more like he avoided the question and led people to think that maybe he wasn't.
He just wasn't honest about it, back when it could have done some good.
Now, I couldn't care less.
#9Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 1:02pmI guess when all those "Leading Men" romantic comedy roles didn't come flying in, he realized he had nothing to lose.
#10Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 1:05pmOMG what a shocker!!! The next thing you'll tell me is that Jesus was born to a Virgin!
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#11Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 1:09pmWell, that's just not possible.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#12Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 1:31pmThe Steven Stella Sydney Stanley Award for Hero of the Year goes to Mister Sean Hayes.
#13Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 1:33pmGLAAD will be glad.
#14Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 1:36pmYou could knock me over with a feather right now!
#15Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:09pm
Wait...Sean Hayes is GAY???
wow.
#16Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:15pm
"Too little, too late."
I honestly don't get this reaction. I mean...yes. I've made a decision to be out in my career as an actor. And yes, I wish many, many more would do so. But...it's their decision. And there are real, tangible consequences to making that decision. I've stood in an audition room having a dumbass casting director 'explain' to the director and writer of the show I was auditioning for how I was 'too gay' for the role. The writer and director clearly didn't agree, but the casting director put her foot down. In front of me. And another actor I was reading with. It was the most appalling experience of my career. And I've had a lot of horrible experiences.
It would have been great if he was out earlier. But others have chosen to blaze that trail...sometimes in surprising ways. I mean...do you really believe you'd have gay marriage throughout the country now if Sean Hayes came out in the late 90's?
#17Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:18pmI thought playing Jack was his way of coming out.
-JG2
#18Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:20pmI'm not surprised...Mazel tov!
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#19Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:23pmI'm with Son on this. And I think there's always value, even if it's only to highlight how the issues and difficulties still exist.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#20Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:38pm
"Finally, Hayes gets to his true point: “I feel like I’ve contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if anyone wants to argue that, I’m open to it. You’re welcome, Advocate.”
See this is what bothers me.
I'd like to know what his 'monumental' contributions were, considering he couldn't be honest. He could have been a role model, but instead, he chose silence.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#21Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:39pmI think he's simply referring to his participation in W&G - which seems to be considered 'groundbreaking'.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#22Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:40pmNope. Doesn't work. It was a job.
#23Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 2:50pm
Yes, this is exactly how we make progress. By slamming each other. We aren't all going to agree on what and how and when, but the least we could do is support each other better.
Thank you, robbiej, for your post.
#24Sean Hayes FINALLY comes out.
Posted: 3/8/10 at 3:19pm
“You do need that time to find who you are again. Who am I without this? With fame you can’t help but lose yourself. You want to be the one who says I’ll always remain the same, but it is humanly impossible to disallow fame to change you.”
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