Colton Haynes says he almost didn’t get ‘Teen Wolf’ role over gay mag
nypost.comparticipated in a photoshoot for gay magazine, XY.Haynes — who is openly gay — wrote in his newly released memoir, “Miss Memory Lane,” that he was told to conceal his sexuality as it would hinder his ability to get acting jobs. “It didn’t matter who was on my team, the message I got was always the same: ‘You will not work if you are yourself,'” wrote Haynes.
Haynes recalled one instance after auditioning for the show — which ran from 2011 to 2017 — of his manager telling him that showrunner Jeff Davis had to fight for him to be on the show. “The head of MTV almost didn’t hire you because of that XY photo shoot we’ve been working our asses off to extinguish.
Thank God Jeff fought for you to get that role,” Haynes said his manager told him.MTV did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.According to the actor, he had done the photoshoot with his then-boyfriend Jay and spent “years sending cease-and-desist letters to everyone who posted my XY shoot.”“Jeff was the creator of ‘Teen Wolf,’ and he had indeed fought for me; I was grateful to him, and eager not to f–k up the opportunity,” Haynes wrote in his memoir, which was released Tuesday.Last year, Haynes posted the XY with a heartfelt message about staying true to oneself.“I’ve never posted this picture before,” he wrote. “In fact, I spent a big part of my career trying to erase it from the internet while I was still in the closet.
