The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons says it was a ‘great thing’ for him to come out as gay in 2012. Parsons, 47, played Sheldon Cooper in the multi-award winning TV series.
He was speaking with former Doctor Who David Tenant on the actor’s podcast. Tenant said: ‘It’s interesting when you have the success that you have had and you also happen to be gay, you become de facto an activist. ‘The very fact that you admit that in a world where still not everyone who’s in that position is willing to talk about it…’ And Parsons replied: ‘That’s right.
And that was my last hurdle coming out. The press. I knew that “you’ll be a gay actor from here on out”. ‘And now, looking back, not only has it not been a bad thing for me, it’s been the opposite and a