Kit Connor and Joe Locke are opening up about their lives.
18.07.2023 - 19:49 / usmagazine.com
Kit Connor changed his workout routine before returning to play Nick in season 2 of Netflix’s Heartstopper — a decision influenced by the show’s fans.
Connor, 19, recalled having his body get compared to the graphic novel version of Nick Nelson, a teen rugby player. “I wouldn’t say I was forced into it by fans, but it was me as a young adult coming to terms with the body that I had and feeling I wasn’t completely equipped to play the role,” he told Vulture in an interview published on Tuesday, July 17. “That wasn’t a good way of thinking, but I was a teenager. I still am.”
The actor rose to stardom after joining the TV adaptation of Alice Oseman‘s Heartstopper book series. Connor plays a high school athlete who starts to question his sexuality after developing a friendship with fellow student Charlie (Joe Locke).
After Heartstopper blew up on social media, Connor found himself — and his dating life — at the center of fan attention. He addressed accusations of queer baiting in October 2022 after being spotted spending time with Maia Reficco, his costar from A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow.
“Back for a minute. i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye,” Connor tweeted at the time.
Earlier this month, Connor reflected on feeling pressure to publicly come out.
“I just felt like it wasn’t something I was ready to talk about. I wasn’t angry. I was just slightly disappointed by this reaction,” he told British Vogue on July 4. “I think there’s almost a feeling that because I’d been in the industry for a little while, there was almost this understanding that it’s like, ‘Oh, well, he can take it.’ I think ‘forced’ isn’t the right word I would use, but I
Kit Connor and Joe Locke are opening up about their lives.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kit Connor came out as bisexual in an October 2022 Twitter post in which the “Heartstopper” breakout wrote, “Back for a minute. I’m bi. Congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show. Bye.” Prior to the social media post, Connor had been facing mounting accusations of queerbaiting due to his role as Nick in the popular Netflix coming-of-age series. Connor stars on “Heartstopper” as a high school jock coming to terms with his own bisexuality. The public perception of Connor was that he was a straight actor taking on a queer role (and participating in queer events like pride marches in order to promote the show), so Connor’s own coming out as bisexual was in part to course-correct that false narrative among “Heartstopper” fans.
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Last year, speculation about the sexuality of “Heartstopper” star Kit Connor hit such a fevered pitch that the young actor — then just 18 — was forced to come out as bisexual, following the same trajectory as his character on the show .