Fox Execs want Glee’s Chris Colfer closeted

by Trey C. on November 18, 2009

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Fox wants Glee’s Chris Colfer closeted

America’s favorite Wednesday evening queer Chris Colfer may have made a slip-up regarding his sexual orientation in a recent interview with Advocate magazine causing Fox executives to scramble to their closets, pulling Colfer by his Prada bag in the closet with them.

Chris Colfer plays Kurt Hummel on the hilarious Fox dramedy “GLEE”.

You know it, I know it, there is not a doubt in our mind that Colfer is gay in real-life. In fact, he’s so gay that he has decided to open up to the press about it, accidentally of course.

Step 1, talk to America’s gayest magazine, the Advocate.

Fox executives freaked out and decided to blow the whistle after the magazine asked Colfer if he was “out” during his high school years, in which Colfer responded “Oh, no. People are killed in my hometown for that!”

From The National Enquirer:

“Glee” star Chris Colfer’s slip of the lip during a recent interview sent show execs into a panic.

The 19-year-old actor… seemed to accidentally reveal his own sexual orientation while talking about the show in an interview.

When Chris was asked if he was “out” during his own high school years, he replied: “Oh, no. People are killed in my hometown for that!”

And while the disclosure – to “The Advocate,” a gay magazine – was no big deal for Chris, who was raised in Clovis, Calif., it was HUGE for studio execs.

“Fox wasn’t pleased,” an insider told The Enquirer. “They’re very protective of their young stars. And while the studio is pro-gay, they didn’t want Chris stamped with a ‘gay actor’ label so early in his career.

“They want him to be known simply as an ‘actor.’”

A rep from the studio asked the magazine to remove that part of the interview from the Advocate.com web site.

“The gay thing is not an issue for Chris at all,” the insider maintained.

“He hopes his character is an inspiration for gay kids everywhere. But both he and the studio want his personal life to stay under wraps.”

The National Enquirer reports that Fox officials were so freaked out that they asked The Advocate to remove from their website any reference to Colfer being gay during the interview.

The Advocate still has some reference to Colfer being gay on their website that wasn’t removed.

So the question now is, why does Fox think Colfer coming out in real-life will ruin his career?

We know Colfer is gay, who is Fox kidding by forcing the boy back into the closet? In a interview that followed by USA Today, the interviewer asked a similar question about his sexuality and Colfer’s comment almost cemented that Fox had a little pep talked with Colfer about only being gay-for-pay.

“I try to keep up a mystery. As much as I give away of my personal life, the less people will believe me as other characters. I try to be private about it. It is what it is” Colfer said.

UPDATE: Popwired sent an email to The Advocate requesting a statement on the post and Editor-in-Chief Jon Barrett of The Advocate had this to tell us:

I can tell you that the stories on the blogs and in the tabloids aren’t correct. Fox reps never insisted that we remove anything from the story. They did contact me when the piece went up–but there was never any insisting or demanding on their part, and I left the conversation thinking they understood why we left the story on the site as it is.

So Jon, what did FOX contact you guys about then?

Now, to make my life much brighter:

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Sean Marks
November 18, 2009

Honestly…
Fox has good reason to protect him. It’s not the greatest thing to be labeled by the public… I did music for a long time, and through my experience I know that radio stations and sponsoring companies and stuff like that will likely rethink giving me airtime or even drop me completely if I was came out as a musician. I think Fox is doing the best they can for their actors.

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Josh
November 18, 2009

LMAO–you do realize that the source they used for this article is from The National Enquirer?! lol If they are going to say such things, they need to use an actual reliable news source! Geez!

Trey C.
November 18, 2009

LOL, I realize that the NI is that last source I should have used — but it does make a little sense. Why else would Colfer be keeping his mouth shut now regarding him being gay in real-life?

Michael A
November 18, 2009

Fags should just keep their place in television. Don’t bring that shit to the real world. It’s disgusting.

Marco M
November 18, 2009

excuse me SIR but if ur disgusted then DONT LOOK AT IT! plain and simple, thankyou :D

G
November 18, 2009

Michael A ha ok I wish you would call me a FAG in Person, I would embarrass your probably from Kentucky Ass.. Its 2009 get use to it Bitch! im surprised you havent gotten your ass whooped yet..

@G: FAG!

@Marco M: How am I suppose to not look at it? You girls all over the place. I’m just saying that the gays should stay on television where it can be controlled, not out frolicking around.

@ Michael A White Trash Redneck homophobic, get back to your closeted life i figured you out already.. your a scared closeted fagot whos scared to come out in fear of everyone finding out, why else would you be in a gay blog? Keep living in misery and get back to your sorry little pathetic life..

@G: HAHA

@Michael A: Yes, why would you be on a gay blog anyhow?

@G: First off bitch I’m black! I don’t have anything to hide you damn queer. I found this dumb ass site on http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/41231885.html

R.R.
November 18, 2009

@ G: you’re not helping your cause.
@ Michael A: I really don’t see what is so wrong about being gay. Please do enlighten me. Why should they be ‘controlled’? What do they need controlling for? In my humble opinion, your hatred comments should be controlled or preferably, eradicated.

Clovis Resident
November 19, 2009

Chris Colfer is a liar! I am from Clovis and know a lot of openly gay males and not one of them was killed for being homosexual. He’s blowing things out of proportion and making his/my hometown look bad!

Topanga
November 19, 2009

Chris may be right in his own community. Here in LA I have some friends from Clovis, who say it’s pretty much a small town mentality out there. It’s straight up King of the Hill.

Trey C.
November 19, 2009

@Topanga: I’m wondering why there is so many conflicting stories about his hometown. Some say it’s a gay-friendly place, others like yourself says it’s real hick.

Bill Daigle
November 20, 2009

The lines for his character in “Glee” are well written and it should be no surprise to anyone that he’s gay. He’s still a very good actor and I enjoy watching the show every week. His “character” on the show just seems to be a re-enactment of his actual life experiences, which is fine with me because he is “likeable”. And no, I’m not gay. (Not that there is anything wrong with that) Lea Michelle’s character seems (also) to be a re-enactment of her personal life. And the show’s writers make her “likeable” too. The song and dance productions on the show are absolutely super. I downloaded some of the songs and enjoy them a lot. Let’s stop bickering at each other and try to look forward to a better understanding of how we can help each other during these difficult times. I just hope that I’m worthy to be salvaged.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
November 21, 2009

I wish I was gay… you guys make me so jealous… maybe in my next life

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teamedward
December 8, 2009

listen michael A im not gay and im black. i dont see why some black people just wanna make people be offended by seeing hey im black. look nobody gives a damn and u need to stop bein such a homophobe. i mean what di they do to hurt you?? nothing stupid bitch

Amanda
January 27, 2010

Wow I LOVE Chris Colfer he’s adorable and whethre he’s gay or not he’s still my favorite Gleek lol

Susan
April 14, 2010

I don’t care what people rumor about Chris. Deep inside, we all admit that he’s a talented singer who can reach amazingly high tone. And look at his childhood, he did experience some bad thing too. I totally support his decision no matter what it is. I just hope that his talent will shine more brightly in the future.