Luke Evans recalls his childhood crush on his rugby coach: “I just felt something I’d never felt before”
Boy From The Valleys, last year. Evans has been talking about the book during recent podcast appearances.This week he appeared on the Great Company podcast with Jamie Laing.
He reflected on his school days, and talked amusingly about having a crush on one of his teachers when he was a child. Evans, 45, grew up in Wales, where rugby is a very popular sport.
This particular player was a professional rugby player but also a teacher. Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Evans says “he was a giant” of a man.“I remember thinking ‘Holy….’ Obviously, I didn’t think those words because I was 9 or 10 or whatever.
But I was like ‘What isthis?’”Laing asks Evans if that was the first time he questioned whether he was gay.“Not even gay,” says Evans, suggesting that was not even a concept in his mind at the time. “I just felt something I’d never felt before.”“A lot of gay kids, working themselves out, they’re not surrounded by stories of gay love.
