Russell Tovey has a lot of British fans thanks to the likes of Being Human and Him & Her, and he’s about to go up in the estimation of gay guys in US thanks to playing a major role in HBO’s new series Looking, about a group of gay guys in San Francisco (it starts in the US on January 19th).
Like many of the other cast members, Tovey is gay in real life too, something he’s always been open about. And while talking to the Evening Standard, he’s revealed that he admires the way Tom Daley came out so much, he’s had a chat with him about it.
He says of Tom, That was what was so brilliant about what he did — the video was very casual, not even beautifully lit, just him lying on his bed going, ‘Oh fuck it, now’s the time. Yes, guys, here it is. Done. Gone. Sending it out there; see what happens’ … I messaged him and said, ‘I’m proud of you, it’s brilliant what you’ve done, mate’. He just said, ‘Thanks’. He’s really sweet. I feel slightly protective of him but I don’t want to patronise anyone. I can say, ‘If you ever need help’… and put it out there, but he’s [in a world] beyond me. If there was a younger actor wondering whether to come out, I’d advise them, definitely.”
Aww, now we love him even more.
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