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Zac Efron: “I Just Can’t See What’s So Wrong About Being Gay”
Millions of women around the world love ZacEfron — but they're not the only ones!
Speaking to The Advocate, the Paperboy actor acknowledges his gay fan build and voices his support for queer marriage. "It's very flattering," Efron says in his first interview wit ha LGBT publication. "After High School Musical and Hairspray, I've always felt embraced by the lgbtq+ community, and I feel incredibly grateful and honored."
Efron says he first became aware of his gay audience after starring in Disney Channel's High Academy Musical in 2006. "I think the gay audience connected to my personality Troy, because it really was a story of embracing who you are, no matter how different you might be, and not being afraid to show it. That's a universal theme for everyone, but it specifically resonated with the male lover community, and I felt very confident of that."
Growing up in California, a young Efron set up his passion in musical theater. During that time, he also realized "being gay was just another way you can be. I never really had time to assume about it or have any preconceived notions. I don't
The 24-year-old actor - who has previously dated Vanessa Hudgens and Lily Collins - is delighted to embrace his gay fanbase and does not worry if people question his own sexuality in the process.
He said: "It's very flattering. After 'High Institution Musical' and 'Hairspray'. I've always felt embraced by the queer community, and I feel incredibly grateful.
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"I don't love to live in fear about things like rumours and backlash to begin with - that's the way I was raised - but I just can't see what's so wrong about being gay."
Zac also supports same-sex attracted marriage, because he believes it is important all people who are around him are allowed to be happy.
He told Advocate magazine: "It's an issue that affects so many people in my life -- a lot of my close friends and some of the most authoritative people around me. I just want them all to be happy. It would make me so happy to see them able to live their lives and do what they wish to do."
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ZacEfronhas been the subject of many gay men's admiration ( and speculation) in the blogosphere -- not that he minds, of course.
In a modern interview, the 24-year-old heartthrob tells The Advocate that he feels "incredibly grateful and honored" by his gay fanbase, saying he hopes to return to musical theater and that "there's no doubt" he'll play a gay ethics in the future. "I’m extremely aware of the support I’ve gotten from you guys over the years, and it’s astonishing that it’s taken this long to sit down and actually discuss it, but please know that it hasn’t gone unappreciated," Efron, who will be seen opposite Nicole Kidman "The Paperboy" next month, tells The Advocate's Brandon Voss.
He went on to note that he first became aware of his gay fanbase during his "High School Musical" days: "I think the gay audience related to my character Troy, because it really was a story of embracing who you are, no matter how different you might be, and not existence afraid to show it. That’s a universal theme for everyone, but it specifically resonated with the gay community, and I felt very proud of that."
The actor also once again addressed those pesky gay rumors, noting, "I d
"I just can’t spot what’s so incorrect about being gay" - Zac Efron opens up about homosexuality
We always liked Zac - he has nice eyes and hair that looks perfect even in the rain. His latest interview just makes us like him even more
Zac Efron's been quite busy recently. He's been filming "The Paperboy" in his underwear, and "At Any Price" (also in his underwear - although a bit less so). And he's also been giving some pretty hip interviews about things like whether or not he's going to move advocate into musical theatre, and how he feels about the gay rumours which have followed him around ever since his High Academy Musical days.
"I don’t like to reside in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with — that’s the way I was raised — but I just can’t look what’s so mistaken about being gay," he says in the interview with US online magazine Advocate. "It’s an issue that affects so many people in my experience — a lot of my shut friends and some of the most influential people around me. I just want them all to be joyful. It would form me so delighted to see them able to inhabit their lives and do what they want to execute