Colton Haynes gets candid about his love life, 50,000 hobbies & what coming out cost him in Hollywood
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I haven’t had a brand deal since 2016.”“And going to get like six auditions a year for Gay Best Friend Number One, when I was [previously] booking for straight roles,” he adds.Then there are the publicity tours.“If I’m in a group interview with a cast or something, they’ll go down the line and be like, oh, what’s your character like, blah, blah, blah … they’ll get to me and they’ll be like, ‘So what’s it like to be gay in Hollywood?’ And I’m just like, ‘Wow’.”The two men also covered romance.
Sibilly asked, “What’s it like to go on a date with Colton Haynes?”Thinking for a moment, Haynes replied “Just take a nap. It’s more beneficial for your health, I think.”“You think you’re boring?” asked Sibilly, surprised.“I think my interests are not what a lot of other people… I have 50,000 hobbies on any given day.
I can’t not pick up couches off the side of the road. I have a hoarding garage where I redo furniture. I do pottery. I paint.
