PREVIEW

The actor, who is gay, believes the phrase could be seen as derogatory. "I'm going to make a pitch for getting rid of the expression 'openly gay'. Hear me out. It's an expression that we actually only ever hear in the media. You're never at a party and you say 'this is my openly gay friend'. Why do we put 'openly' in front of that adjective? We don't say 'you're openly Irish'. You don't say 'you're openly left-handed.' There's something in it that's a little near shamelessly. I'd nearly prefer the word 'shamelessly'. I just think it's time…”