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Behind the Aegis

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Fri Oct 26, 2018, 05:56 AM Oct 2018

Disney star Garrett Clayton discusses homophobia in Hollywood as he covers Gay Times: 'I got into a

He came out via Instagram just two months ago.

But Garrett Clayton has revealed he was under huge pressure to hide his sexuality for years.

The 27-year-old former Disney star, who graces the cover of November's Gay Times, opened up to the magazine about the homophobia he has faced in Hollywood.

'One of the first things somebody who was instrumental in starting my career did, they sat me down and they said, "Are you gay?" he recalled.

'And I could feel the pressure of the question, so I was like, "Yeah, I'm gay, or bi, or whatever", because suddenly I could feel that there was something wrong with that in this person's eyes.

'They looked at me and said, 'No one wants to f*ck the gay guy, they want to go shopping with him, so we're going to have to figure this out.'

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