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Darryl Stephens is Out

In a rather curious "soft outing", Noah's Arc star Darryl Stephens has come out in Out Magazine via his inclusion in the Out 100. (That's a lot of "out" for someone who doesn't discuss his sexuality!) Says the blurb on their blog:

"In a year of revolving closet doors for TV actors, we can also offer one long-anticipated quiet confirmation: Noah's Arc star Darryl Stephens, who has declined to discuss his sexuality while playing a series of nuanced gay roles. He doesn't exactly talk about it, but he proudly joins the other queer honorees in our pages."

I've confirmed with the folks at Out that being gay is and has always been a criterion for the list, so it's safe to say that his appearance here is his coming out party. It's nice to see Hot 100 vet Stephens embracing his out status in the same way that his gay fans have embraced him, and I'm personally looking forward to being able to cover him and his projects without having to talk around the issue. The guy's gorgeous, charismatic, and a lot of fun to watch, and I think that's what we'd all rather focus on.

Evan's picture

Claps

Good for Darryl.  Don't forget he has huge guns and can dance too.
Liz's picture

:-)

good for him. :-D
Indochine's picture

Ummm

I wasn't aware he was ever in.  Who exactly did he think he was fooling? 

And what is it with all these closeted actors playing gay roles these days?  Why would they try to legitimize a homophobic system that says that who we are is shameful and something to be shoved in the back of a closet?  

 I guess it's ok to play gay and get all the publicity and praise and support of the gay community that comes along with it, but being gay, well, that's just out of the question.

Glad that Darryl is coming around, so to speak.

James Stephen's picture

Shocker!!!!!!!

I'm glad he came out, but who DIDN'T know that?

 

http://jamesstephen.blogspot.com

Timothy's picture

Oh My Gosh

So THAT's why he hangs out at Here Bar in West Hollywood
Andros's picture

Let's just hope his career

Let's just hope his career will be more than his role on Ugly Betty as a waiter with 1 line. I liked him on Noah's Arc(when the movie coming out again?)
mikemgmve's picture

Not to sound like a bitchy queen...

A) I figured it was a given, but B) my ex slept with him before the series ever aired. I think he actually told him about how he had just gotten the role too, if memory serves right. I remember seeing his Myspace page too back then.
marcbots's picture

go darryl

shut the hell up you bitches! darryl did himself good by coming out, aint that supposed to be what us the out gay people are preaching. we always say a person should come out and accept who they are in order for them to be comfortable in their own skin.

so what the hell

shup up haters! and let the brother roll!

you go darryl

marcbots