Jonathan Bailey refused to live in the closet for the sake of his career.
When the Wicked star was first starting out as an actor, he feared being openly gay "would be a hindrance" to his career, but he was willing to "take that risk."
"I was well aware [of] the possibilities and the limits of queer actors and what that means to an audience and whether that bleeds into commerce and how that affects it," Bailey said, reports The New Zealand Herald.
The 38-year-old actor opened up during a discussion with Sir Elton John as part of the inaugural Elton John Impact Awards, which is being broadcast by iHeartMedia as a podcast series.
Laverne ******* , Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King, Orville Peck, and pop star Chappell Roan will also be honored as trailblazing members of the LGBTQ+ community, and Billy Porter and Elvis Duran will be acting as hosts.
When the Wicked star was first starting out as an actor, he feared being openly gay "would be a hindrance" to his career, but he was willing to "take that risk."
"I was well aware [of] the possibilities and the limits of queer actors and what that means to an audience and whether that bleeds into commerce and how that affects it," Bailey said, reports The New Zealand Herald.
The 38-year-old actor opened up during a discussion with Sir Elton John as part of the inaugural Elton John Impact Awards, which is being broadcast by iHeartMedia as a podcast series.
Laverne ******* , Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King, Orville Peck, and pop star Chappell Roan will also be honored as trailblazing members of the LGBTQ+ community, and Billy Porter and Elvis Duran will be acting as hosts.
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