If that helps you come out or say it with pride, that’s all my intention was.” I’m just here to hold the flag up and say I’m in support. I can say it and have no problem with it. Some fans thought Howey, who plays gay in Netflix’s Game Over, Man!, might have been texting in character, but he insists, “My whole point was to be a champion, a supporter, of the movement. Last December, the Texas-born actor came out on Twitter, he says, to fight the stigma behind saying the words “I’m gay.” His tweet, which read simply “I’m gay and proud,” sparked dialogue and a fair amount of confusion about the straight, married father of twins - but he isn’t bothered by that. For Shameless star Steve Howey, speaking out for what he knows is right has become an art form, one that is unpredictable but always strikes a nerve.
In many ways, the best kinds of allies are those we least expect.
