Richard Armitage is opening up about coming out. The 51-year-old Obsession actor revealed details of his sexuality in an interview with Radio Times. “[It] happened when I was 19 – to anybody who mattered – and I was always waiting for that question to punch me in the face, and it never did.
I thought, ‘Are people being polite, or is it that they don’t want to know?’” he said of coming out in his early years. Keep reading to find out more… “I don’t know that I ever wanted to put myself in front of the work I was doing, anything about my family or personal life.
I just thought, ‘Let the work speak for itself,’” he continued. “I love the conversation with the younger generation. I love the idea that whatever gender, sexuality, the fluidity of who you love, how you identify, is not fixed.
That was always a thing: if I declare who I am and my sexuality, then I’m saying it’s fixed and I don’t know that, or if I might feel something for somebody further down the line.
Read more on justjared.com