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‘Heartstopper’ star Kit Connor says he has been forced to come out as bisexual
"Heartstopper" star Kit Connor came out as bi-curious Monday, saying he felt forced to share his sexual orientation after he was accused of queerbaiting by viewers of the popular Netflix show.
In a rare Twitter publish, the British actor 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 indicate of the show. Bye.”
While Connor did not express exactly why he felt forced to come out, he posted the communication weeks after he said he was "deleting Twitter" amid accusations of queerbaiting, or benefiting from appearing as queer without claiming the community explicitly. That followed the emergence of photos showing him holding hands with Maia Reficco, his co-star in “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow.”
“this is a silly silly app. bit bored of it now, deleting twitter :),” Connor said in the September post.
Alice Oseman, the creator of "Heartstopper," which she launched as a webcomic and later as a graphic novels series, shared her help Monday, writing in response to his tweet: “I truly don’t understand how people can watch ‘Heartstopper’
Are any of the Heartstopper cast LGBTQ in concrete life? Here's what we know about Joe Locke, Kit Connor and more
The highly anticipated third season of Heartstopper is position to debut soon. After the show's breakout achievement on Netflix in April 2022, Heartstopper quickly became a fan favorite, monitoring the romance between Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson, alongside their friends navigating their own LGBTQ+ journeys.
The show was created and written by Oseman, who also penned other works expanding the world, such as Solitaire, Nick and Charlie, and Radio Silence.
Heartstopper explores Charlie's struggles after being outed as gay and Nick's realization of his bisexuality. There has been curiosity around the real-life sexualities of the cast, who compete a range of Diverse characters.
Are any of the Heartstopper cast LGBTQ in real life?
Joe Locke, who plays Charlie, grew up on the Isle of Man and is openly gay. He recently connected the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has expressed hopes of playing a homosexual Disney prince or superhero. Kit Connor, who plays Nick, came out as bisexual on social media in October 2022 after facing online harassment and accusations of "queerbaiting
Heartstopper's Kit Connor says he was 'forced' to reach out as bisexual
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The English player posted: "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."
Connor plays Nick in the knock Netflix love story about two teenage boys.
He has previously spoken about social media users "pressuring us to come out when maybe we're not ready".
The star, who has also appeared in Elton John biopic Rocketman and the TV adaptation of His Dark Materials, tweeted in May: "Twitter is so funny man. Apparently some people on here recognize my sexuality better than I do..."
He then told the Reign with Josh Smith podcast there was "a danger" to speculating on social media.
He said: "In the cast, we're all 18 and we have a few people in their early 20s, and even with those older members of the cast, we're all so young, and to launch speculating about our sexualities and maybe pressuring us to come out when maybe we're not ready...
"I feel like I'm perfectly confident
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This article was updated for spelling errors on Dec. 25 at 9:10pm PT.
On Oct. 31, 2022, Kit Connor, one of the stars of Netflix’s “Heartstopper,” took to Twitter to announce his bisexuality. He 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 demonstrate. bye.” Fans of the show were quick to reply with messages of support. Many of the replies empathized with him, as viewers were upset that he was forced to relinquish parts of his private life after facing accusations of “queerbaiting” when he was spotted with a girl around his age.
For many bisexuals, such as myself, this is not a fresh phenomenon. While there include been strides in the queer community to be more accepting of bisexuality, there is still pressure to fall into the binary of straight or gay. Kit Connor is not an exception, and neither are multiple other celebrities that have been accused of “queerbaiting” because they are with someone of the opposite sex and haven’t been explicit about their queerness. Double attraction people, or anyone who isn’t monosexual, shoulder a burden of having to constantly prove
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