'Big Bang Theory' actor announces he is GAY!

[BlitznoSpark]

Actor Jim Parsons, who is known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS series The Big Bang Theory, announced Wednesday that he is gay.



Parsons, 39, also revealed, in an interview with the New York Times, that he has been in a committed relationship for 10 years.

The name of his partner has not been revealed. But some have speculated that it is art director Todd Spiewak, whom Parsons thanked at the Golden Globes and with whom the actor has been seen at various functions.

However, the interview focuses more on the actor's lauded stage work in The Normal Heart last year, as well as his upcoming Broadway work in Harvey.

'"The Normal Heart' resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said,” wrote the Times' Patrick Healy.

Heart focuses on the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s.

Parsons has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe Award for his work on Theory.

He will reprise his Heart role in an upcoming movie version of the play to be directed by Ryan Murphy.

Harvey is set to open June 14 at the Studio 54 theater in New York.

[Big-Will]

Would have been news 10 years ago, not at all now.

[AtheistOtter]

Wow, he's thirty-nine? He does not look thirty-nine.



(Yeah, his age is genuinely more surprising to me than finding out he prefers men. I've always kind of assumed that part.)

[BRMBug]

Wow, he's thirty-nine? He does not look thirty-nine.



(Yeah, his age is genuinely more surprising to me than finding out he prefers men. I've always kind of assumed that part.)

^this. Well, i assumed gay or asexual actually.

[Mamont]

He came out now, but everybody knew it years ago.

[Niels0827]

Hey everyone! I'm straight! Like OMG!

Who gives a flying fuck if someone's gay?

[mo303564]

don't care.

Him coming out of the closet is as suprising as Ricky Martin.....

So this isn't news, and I could care less. Wake me up when California has that major earthquake....

[NeuroHeart]

Jim Parsons is gay?? ...Yeah, here's my shocked face


And... why is this a deal, exactly?

[(ugly)Bob]

Hes gay. That's okay.

[NeuroHeart]

Hes gay. That's okay.

♪ I mean, 'cause hey
I like him any-way ♫

[zzyzx 1]

Wake me up when California has that major earthquake....

A major earthquake in California would wake me up - I'm in California

The best place to be in California when an earthquake strikes is the second floor as the second floor will become the first floor

Actually it's best to be in Cincinnati while an earthquake is occurring in California

/on topic As for Jim Parsons, I never watched the show, don't know anything about Jim Parsons, and I don't care what he does in his private or public life

[NeuroHeart]

I never watched the show

For what it's worth, I recommend it. Top-notch geeky humor. (And Jim is a fine actor; he's very different in the show compared to interviews and such. Actually, that's true of a few people on the show.)

[(ugly)Bob]

Hes gay. That's okay.

♪ I mean, 'cause hey
I like him any-way ♫

♪♪♪Because you see, if he were me, i would feel free to say that i was gay. ♪♪... but i'm not gay♪

[Unassumption]

He had to announce it?
What next, is the guy who played Niels in Frasier is going to come out?
I know it's wrong to set your gaydar by stereotypes, especially not ones a character someone plays exhibits, but... I'm surprised it took him this long!
Glad he said it publicly though.

[mo303564]

The guy who played Niles in Frasier hasn't come out yet?? I thought he did a while back....

Whatever. As I said...there are many people who are gay. It's not a big deal.