'Bridgerton' Star Golda Rosheuvel Details How She 'Discovered' She Was Gay
newsweek.comBridgerton star Golda Rosheuvel has opened up on the time she fell for a woman and knew she was a lesbian.Rosheuvel plays the fierce Queen Charlotte in the Netflix period drama and has always been open about her sexuality, but recently spoke about the moment she realized she loved women.She opened up on having a boyfriend in drama school during an appearance on actress Cush Jumbo's podcast Origins, but said it was when she went on tour with a musical that she fell in love with another woman"I only kind of discovered my sexuality when I went to drama school...
I had a boyfriend and we held hands, it was great, I loved it. He's now gay, I'm sure he still is," she began."And I went on tour with Hair the musical.
That was like my first job. I fell in love with a woman who was touring in another production. We met in this random German town and all the two productions got together."The actress described being blown off her feet by the woman, who was American, and they had a long-distance relationship for a while.Rosheuvel, who was born in Guyana and later moved to the U.K.
with her parents, was well-supported by her family."My parents were just wonderful people of the world... my mum was like, 'oh, you know, I'm a bit worried', but [that's] because they want the best for you," she said.Rosheuvel has often spoken about her sexuality throughout her career, but revealed she had been previously by a director to keep quiet about it."We were talking about being out and proud and representation and whether I should say I was gay in interviews," Rosheuvel said on the Just for Variety podcast in 2022. "And it was an absolute no: 'You absolutely shouldn't do that.
