’Teen Wolf’ star Charlie Carver shared some big news via his instagram account in a series of posts by announcing he is gay.
“Be who you needed when you were younger.” He begins his revelation.
“It was around that age [as a young boy] that I also knew, however abstractly, that I was different from some of the other boys in my grade,” Carver wrote on the first post in the series.
“Over time, this abstract “knowing” grew and articulated itself through a painful gestation marked by feelings of despair and alienation, ending in a climax of saying three words out loud: “I am gay,” he added.
Carver has played a handful of gay characters on television, including appearing opposite his twin straight brother Max on the hit MTV series where he played an openly gay character on the show and had a longtime crush on fellow BHHS student Danny.
Charlie hopes his confession will set a good example to other young people who fear their sexuality may someday hold them back.
“Honesty is probably a great step in the right direction,” he wrote. “I now believe that by omitting this part of myself from the record, I am complicit in perpetuating the suffering, fear and shame cast upon so many in the world. So now, let the record show this: I self-identify as gay. As a young man, I needed a young man in Hollywood to say that.”
’Teen Wolf' star Charlie Carver shared some big news via his instagram account in a series of posts by announcing he is gay.
'Be who you needed when you were younger.' He begins his revelation.
'It was around that age that I also knew, however abstractly, that I...
Could be awkward for his straight twin brother, who might get hit on a lot more now! 🙂
I’m sure his brother knows how exciting it is to be so admired by his Young Girl and Gay Guy fans…plus, Max obviously is extremely happy for Charlie…
Great words !
Very well written.
I don’t even know the man, but I love him for this !