I hope that I am the type of person who would fall in love with another person, as opposed to a sex. Most of my life to date has been as a straight man, but who knows what will happen next?… A lot of people will hear that and think it means, ‘Well, he’s gay and just excusing it’, or ‘He’s been with his girlfriend for a really long time and just wants to change things’… Appreciation of both sexes is actually not new; it’s incredibly old it’s Roman, it’s Greek, and it is something people can do throughout an entire lifetime, having hugely meaningful relationships, no matter what sex they are.”
— Freddie Fox, star of Russell T. Davies’ new queer drama Cucumber, in an interview with The Guardian
jwtraveler
Who is he? Who cares?
crowebobby
@jwtraveler: I thinks he’s — Freddie Fox, star of Russell T. Davies’ new queer drama Cucumber.
demented
He’s right, you know!
Zodinsbrother
@jwtraveler: He’s also Freddie Fox, son of famous actor Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal) and nephew of James Fox (Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines). He has appeared in a number of films, TV and stage productions. He is also one of the leads in “Cucumber” the new LGBT themed TV series from Russell T Davies – the creator of “Queer as Folk”.
jason smeds
I applaud what Freddie Fox is saying. It’s great when straight-identifying men admit to the potential for same-sex attraction (SSA). It proves they aren’t homophobic and it also proves that they aren’t beholden to the “gay or straight” tyranny imposed by the gay male community.
jwtraveler
@crowebobby: @demented: @Zodinsbrother: @jason smeds: I repeat: Who cares? I don’t get it. Is it news every time a straight person says something about gay people?
brief12H
There was that one time he did the ice bucket challenge in his tighty whites. http://youtu.be/kq8_iJnIeqE
Cagnazzo82
This is a very similar response that Josh Hutcherson gave a while back.
Keep in mind that in spite of these responses there is no such thing as an openly bisexual male actor in Hollywood.
Or… so they would like us to believe 😉
Zodinsbrother
@jwtraveler: It’s relevant because he is an actor in a major new LGBT themed TV series, which is exactly what Queerty should be covering. Just because your personal world view is exceptionally narrow doesn’t mean you should be clamouring for the rest of us to be reduced to the same level.
jwtraveler
@Zodinsbrother: What’s with all the anger? Do you have a hard-on for this guy. He is a handsome young man for sure. But the fact that I don’t care about the sexual interests of a little-known actor in a little-known TV drama does not make my world view “narrow”. Believe it or not there is a big, wide world outside your TV screen and Queerty: wars and terrorism and injustice and stuff. You should take a look sometime. It might surprise you.
Pistolo
Oh please.
It’s always people who started out straight, haven been straight, and are straight presently that say “Oh, *maybe* I could be gay, *maybe* I’m so ‘open-minded’ that tomorrow I’ll be gay” which I actually think is INSULTING. Just another aspect of heterosexual privilege, this idea that you’ve been afforded such comfort and support in your sexuality by the rest of society that you just might find it tiresome and go the other way. Then eeeevvverrrryone praises you for being so “open-minded”, so accepting when all you’ve said is that you could theoretically be gay tomorrow if you magically start finding men attractive. But how many of them actually make good on that grab for attention? Jake Gyllenhaal? Nope. Zoe Saldana? Nope. Josh Hutcherson? Nope. Shailene Woodley? Nope.
It’s the typical bored, pseudo-intellectual heterosexual who’s likely bored being apart of the majority and wants to go to homosexuality to be alternative. Not because they actually are gay or bi.
tsmithknox
@Cagnazzo82: It is a pre-Christian view and is interesting to hear coming from anyone (famous or not). Too many minds have been narrowed by superstitious nonsense.
jwtraveler
Coincidentally I saw Fox in the film “Pride”, which I watched last night. He had a very small role as a gay activist loved by some little girls for his beautiful hair. By the way, I absolutely LOVED this film. It’s a great (true) story and a wonderful film with a lot of hope and some sadness. It shows what can be accomplished in the world when people who are not natural allies, or are even adversaries, come together to fight the system that is oppressing them all. It’s a serious story with a great message, but also a lot of fun, with some humor and great 80s music. I got it on DVD from Netflix.
tricky ricky
good lord I’m so sick of these brit twits saying stuff like this so as to increase their fan base for their new project.
Clark35
So why doesn’t he just come out as bisexual then?