Two months later at London’s Delight parade, Connor and his Heartstopper castmates wore rainbow attire as they danced in entrance of anti-LGBTQ protesters.
Connor had beforehand spoken in regards to the strain he and costar Joe Locke had been beneath to publicly talk about their sexuality. As a substitute, Connor mentioned he most popular to not use any labels.
“We’re nonetheless all so younger. To start out form of speculating about our sexualities and possibly pressuring us to return out when possibly we’re not prepared,” Connor informed the Reign With Josh Smith podcast in Could. “For me, I simply really feel completely assured and cozy with my sexuality. However I don’t really feel the necessity to actually, you recognize — I’m not too large on labels and issues like that. I’m not huge about that. I don’t really feel like I must label myself, particularly not publicly.”
“It feels a bit unusual to make assumptions about an individual’s sexuality simply primarily based on listening to their voice or seeing their look,” Connor added on the time. “I really feel like that’s a really fascinating, barely problematic form of assumption to make.”
In Heartstopper, Connor performs Nick reverse Locke’s character of Charlie as the 2 highschool boys start a friendship that turns romantic.
Followers of Connor’s raced to his protection on Monday, welcoming him to the LGBTQ neighborhood whereas admonishing those that had pressured him.
