Colton Haynes says coming out harmed his career, but he still has hope: “I’ve done the right thing”
A post shared by Colton Haynes (@coltonlhaynes)I think that I’ve done the right thing by being so honest about my life. Do I think my career would be a completely different career if I just would’ve not come out of the closet and just would’ve played the game and just like not given any actual factual information out and just lied to everybody?
Yeah, because you see it all the time if a lot of people who are successful aren’t genuine…… It is extremely hard navigating the industry as an out person, an out LGBTQ+ actor, no matter how hard the media loves to try to tell you that, you know, things are different now.
They’re not. I mean, you have incredible movies at the box office that aren’t doing or getting the respect that they deserve.
You have actors who aren’t being paid the same as everybody else, even though they’ve been a part of projects for 10 years.… I played straight characters my whole career.
