Thomas Dekker recalls being outed…and how it proved a “weird f*cked up blessing”
Heroes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, sat down for an interview with Variety this week and spoke about getting outed by a friend.
The writer/producer in question is Bryan Fuller, the mind behind such TV series as Dead Like Me, American Gods, and Star Trek: Discovery.The fateful moment came in 2017 when Fuller spoke at Outfest.
Though he didn’t mention Dekker by name, Fuller did allude to a closeted cast member on Heroes whose character was originally written as gay.
The actor’s managerial team insisted Fuller rewrite the character as straight to help keep Dekker’s sexuality hidden. Fans immediately connected the dots; Dekker confirmed as much in an open letter posted to Twitter not long after the incident.Dekker now recounts the awkwardness and terror at having his private life thrust into the open.“Everyone has their journey and I hated that mine was taken away from me in a way,” he said. “But it was also this kind of a weird f*cked up blessing because it opened the door for me to just be fully who I am.”“Bryan and I had not had any contact of any kind since doing Heroes 11 years before,” Dekker further explained. “I was 29 at the time and I had just gotten married in secret — not secret from my circle and my friends and who I was close with, but secret from the public.
