‘We were bros’: Lukas Gage realised he was gay after sleeping with his neighbour
Lukas Gage has reminisced on when he came to terms with his sexuality. The American actor, best known for roles on Euphoria, The White Lotus and You, recently appeared on the podcast Seek Treatment, hosted by writer and comedian Pat Regan and actress Catherine Cohen.
Gage told the hosts that his friend Cole teased him about his first appearance on the podcast because, when asked to describe who he was at the time, he said he was a “little surfer stoner boy from San Diego”. “I think I was kind of like closeted still at the time that we interviewed,” said Gage, who was married to celebrity hair stylist Chris Appleton between April and November in 2023.
After being asked by Regan to open up about his coming out journey, Gage reminisced on when he auditioned for the role of Prince Eric in Sofia Coppola’s cancelled live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid.
In the audition, Gage was asked to be “vulnerable” or share “a secret”, to which he immediately started “bawling, talking about how I’m sleeping with my neighbour and hiding it from everybody, my whole family”.
