Heartstopper star Kit Connor came out as bisexual amid accusations of queerbaiting

Kit Connor called out social media users who accused him of queerbaiting.
Queerbaiting is the practise of raising suspicions about someone’s sexual orientation in order to gain attention.
Connor played a teen coming to terms with his sexuality on the TV show Heartstopper.

Even so, Kit Connor did not come out as bisexual on his own.

The Heartstopper actor called out social media users who had been accusing him of queerbaiting on October 31. Queerbaiting is the practise of raising suspicions about someone’s sexual orientation in order to gain attention and notoriety. Connor responded to the accusations with the tweet, “i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself.” in which he attacked them.

The British actor—who plays Nick Nelson, a teen coming to terms with his sexuality, on Heartstopper—also noted, “i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye.”

Connor’s tweet comes five months after he confronted the allegations online. “twitter is so funny man,” he tweeted on May 2. “apparently some people on here know my sexuality better than I do.”

Later that month, the His Dark Materials alum called the queerbaiting accusations “mean” and defended his choice to keep his sexuality private.

“I’m perfectly confident and comfortable in my sexuality, but…I’m not too big on labels and things like that,” he shared on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast. “I don’t feel like I need to label myself, especially not publicly.”

Additionally, Connor called it “weird” that rumours were being spread about him and his Heartstopper co-star Joe Locke, who also portrays an LGBT character.

“To start speculating about our sexualities and pressuring us to come out when maybe we’re not ready,” he continued, “I feel like that’s a very interesting, slightly problematic assumption to make.”

Amid the accusations, Connor announced in September that he was stepping away from Twitter.

“this is a silly silly app,” he tweeted on Sept. 12. “bit bored of it now, deleting twitter.”

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