“Why should I have to be at craft service and hear a bunch of homophobic sh–?”
asks the actor, who came out publicly in 2020.
“I wasnt out at work until I think 2015.
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I just didnt want to deal with it.
Then I was like, hey I don’t want to hear that.
But I don’t want to hear it.”
I’m hired because I do that job well, and I deserve respect because I give it."
“Yep, Im gay,” Qualls wrote.
“Been gay this whole time.
Tired of worrying about what people would think of me.
Tired of worrying about what it would do to my career.”
That was a really hard thing I had been dragging around,Qualls toldVarietyin 2020.
Now were in a place where its a different world and newly so."
“When I was on set, I really did make that parallel,” added Qualls.
Watch Qualls' podcast interview above.
