‘Better Nate Than Ever’ Is Disney’s Gayt Movie Yet, Released at the Crazit Time

Contents:

• IS JAB ELORDI’S NATE JABS GAY EUPHORIA?
• 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
• EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY
• 'BETTER NATE THAN EVER' GIV GAY KIDS WHO LOVE BROADWAY A CHANCE TO FEEL SEEN
• 'MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT' RNN: JT CLAIMS NATE IS GAY, ALEXIS AND JT REVEAL SHOCKG SEX SECRET, EVERYONE GIV RELATNSHIP UPDAT
• DISNEY RELEAS ITS GAYT KIDS’ MOVIE YET—AT THE CRAZIT TIMETHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSEDDISNEYDAYS AFTER FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL OFFICIALLY BEME LAW, THE GLORLY QUEER-POSIVE “BETTER NATE THAN EVER” HS DISNEY+. HOW DO WE SQUARE THOSE TWO THGS?KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDPUBLISHED APR. 01, 2022 5:00AM EDT I DON’T WANT TO SHOCK ANYONE, BUT I WAS REALLY TO MIL THEATER AS A KID. I’LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO PROCS THIS EARTH-SHATTERG RMATN.BEG A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WOULD STAGE ONE-MAN PRODUCTNS OF GREASE HIS BEDROOM, BELT “ALAI’S LAMENT” OM GUYS AND DOLLS THE SHOWER, AND WAS OFF-BOOK FOR YEARS SHOULD HE BE ASKED A PCH TO STEP AND PERFORM THE ROLE OF ANNA LEONOWENS A PRODUCTN OF THE KG AND I, WAS A JOYO THG. NEWSLETTERSTHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSEDEVERYTHG WE N’T STOP LOVG, HATG, AND THKG ABOUT THIS WEEK POP CULTURE.SUBSCRIBEBY CLICKG "SUBSCRIBE" YOU AGREE TO HAVE READ THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY HOW ULD NOT BE? HAVE YOU SEEN A MIL? PEOPLE MAKE FUNNY JOK, DO A LTLE DANCE, FALL LOVE, AND NSTANTLY BURST TO SONG THE MIDDLE OF ALL. WHAT A GLOR PE!ESPE IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS, TOO, BEE BEG A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY OBSSED WH MILS WAS ALSO A VERY ISOLATG THG—SOMETHG REPRSED AND KEPT SECRET. TO NOT WOULD MEAN SNICKERG. AND WHISPERG. AND THE WORST THG OF ALL: NOT BEG “NORMAL” LIKE THE OTHER GUYS. LISTEN, I’M NOT BREAKG ANY NEWS HERE ABOUT WHAT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP NOT EVEN CLOSETED, BUT QUTNG OR UNSURE OF YOUR SEXUALY [YEAR REDACTED]. THIS ISN’T THE UNIQUE, HEARTBREAKG SAGA OF ONE YOUNG MAN NAMED KEV. MILLNS OF KIDS WENT THROUGH THIS, AND MANY OF WORKED THROUGH AND HAVE SCE THRIVED. WE ALL REMEMBER THAT WHOLE “IT GETS BETTER,” I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SCRIBE … MPAIGN? MOVEMENT? DELN?THAT LATTER SCRIPTN HAS BEEN ON MY MD LATELY.ALL THE FEELGS AND MEMORI WERE DUG UP THIS WEEK BEE I HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE NEW DISNEY+ FILM BETTER NATE THAN EVER, WHICH JT MAY BE THE MOST GAY-POSIVE AND ENURAGG YOUTH PROGRAMMG THAT DISNEY HAS EVER RELEASED. AND IS G OUT AT THE MOST BIZARRE TIME. CONSIRG EVERYTHG THAT’S BEEN THE NEWS ABOUT DISNEY, FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL, AND THE DISTURBG LATN OF UNAPOLOGETILLY ANTI-LGBTQ+ RHETORIC DISSEMATED BY GOP POLICIANS, ULD BE ARGUED THAT ’S THE BT TIME FOR A MOVIE LIKE THIS TO E OUT. IT’S CERTALY THE STRANGT.THE FILM, THE MOST BETIFUL SIGN OF PROGRS AND THE GREATT PLIMENT I N GIVE, IS SOMETHG I SPERATELY WISH I HAD WHEN I WAS GROWG UP. IT’S A LOVE LETTER TO KIDS—TO THEATER KIDS, AND MOST SPECIFILLY THEATER KIDS WHO WERE MA TO FEEL SHY OR ASHAMED ABOUT WHO THEY WERE AND HOW THEY ACTED, AND WHO PROBABLY, ALMOST 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME, GREW UP TO BE GAY. ADVERTISEMENT TIM FERLE, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED BETTER NATE THAN EVER BASED ON HIS NATE BOOK SERI, IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN MAKG A PSTOP AS A BROADWAY PERFORMER ON HIS WAY TO MAKG TV AND MOVI. (HE’S ALSO BEHD THE POPULAR—AND SIARLY QUEER-ACCEPTG—HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI.)NATE (RUEBY WOOD) IS A 13-YEAR-OLD SUBURBAN KID WHO LIV AND BREATH MILS; ’S BARELY MUT TO THE FILM THAT THE 2004 TONY AWARDS BATTLE BETWEEN AVENUE Q AND WICKED IS REFERENCED, WHILE HE SCRIB HIS MOM’S RELATNSHIP TO HIS NT AS HAVG “ANTAGONISTIC GLDA VS. ELPHABA ACT ONE ENERGY.” “THE FILM, THE MOST BETIFUL SIGN OF PROGRS AND THE GREATT PLIMENT I N GIVE, IS SOMETHG I SPERATELY WISH I HAD WHEN I WAS GROWG UP.” HE IS VASTATED WHEN HE DON’T LAND THE LEAD ROLE HIS SCHOOL’S PRODUCTN OF LLN: THE UNTHORIZED ROCK MIL. TO CHEER HIM UP, HIS BT IEND, ARIA BROOKS’ LIBBY, PLANS A NAWAY B TRIP FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO NEW YORK CY, WHERE AN OPEN LL DN IS HAPPENG FOR A NEW LILO & STCH PRODUCTN.HIJKS ENSUE, AS THEY DO WHEN 13-YEAR-OLDS WH NO CHAPERON N LOOSE THROUGH NEW YORK. IN THIS SE, MANY OF THEM ARE DAYDREAM SEQUENC VOLVG LARGE-SLE MIL PRODUCTN NUMBERS. THEY N TO NATE’S NT, A STGGLG ACTRS PLAYED BY LISA KUDROW WHO HAS BEEN OSTRACIZED BY HER FAY BEE OF HER PURSU OF A REER ON STAGE. IN SPE OF THE ODDS, NATE’S DNS ACTUALLY GO WELL, AND FOR ONE CLEAR REASON: HE FALLY FEELS EE TO BE HIMSELF AND EMBRACE ALL THE PARTS OF HIM THAT MAKE HIM SPECIAL. IT TURNS OUT, THOSE THGS HE ED TO QUIET ARE EXACTLY WHAT MAKE HIM GREAT.HE DNS WH A MONOLOGUE THAT DIXIE CARTER LIVERS AN EPISO OF DIGNG WOMEN. I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE REPRENTED ON SCREEN. ADVERTISEMENT THERE ARE HTS THAT NATE IS LIKELY GOG TO REALIZE HE IS GAY ONE DAY, WHICH IS OBV TO EVERYONE, THOUGH THAT LABEL IS NEVER ARTICULATED. NOT EVERYONE AT AGE 13 IS PABLE OF PROCSG OR UNRSTANDG THAT ABOUT THEMSELV; I CERTALY WAS NOT. BUT IS A FILM ABOUT HOW OL THAT ULD BE FOR HIM. IT IS A FILM ABOUT FOLLOWG YOUR DREAMS, FDG YOUR TRIBE, AND LEARNG THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WILL BE ECSTATIC TO LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, AS YOU ARE. IT IS A FILM ABOUT THE GEO, UNBREAKABLE BOND BETWEEN A GAY BOY AND HIS SGLE NT. JOSHUA BASSETT AS ANTHONY AND LISA KUDROW AS HEIDI BETTER NATE THAN EVERDISNEY THAT BETTER NATE THAN EVER IS TARGETED AT A YOUTH MOGRAPHIC SHOULD MAKE THIS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR DISNEY. AFTER ALL, ’S NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT WAS MORED THE PANY SHUFFLED LOVE, VICTOR TO HULU OM DISNEY+ OVER NCERNS THAT S THEM WEREN’T GOG TO FLY WH ALL DISNEY-LOVG FAI. SO HOW THEN TO SQUARE THIS WH EVERYTHG ELSE GOG ON?THE DISAPPOTG REVELATN THAT DISNEY HAD BACKED THE FLORIDA REPRENTATIV WHO VOTED FOR THE “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL—READ MORE ABOUT S VICNS HERE—AND IALLY CHOSE NOT TO NMN SURFACED A SLEW OF UPSETTG NEWS AND FACTS ABOUT THE PANY. PIXAR EMPLOYE CLAIMED THAT DISPLAYS OF QUEER AFFECTN WERE CUT BY RPORATE EXECUTIV. REMRS ABOUND THAT THERE STILL HASN’T BEEN A LEAD LGBTQ+ CHARACTER A STUD THEATRIL RELEASE. ITS AWKWARD EMBRACE OF PRI WAS BROUGHT UP AGA.THIS WEEK, AS THE NTROVERSIAL BILL WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED TO LAW, THE PANY RELEASED A STATEMENT NTRADICTG S IAL REMARKS, WHICH SAID THAT THE PANY SHOULDN’T WEIGH ON POLICS AND, LGHABLY, SPEAK WH S NTENT STEAD. THE NEW STATEMENT SAID THE LAW “SHOULD NEVER HAVE PASSED” AND THAT S GOAL AS A PANY IS “FOR THIS LAW TO BE REPEALED.”THAT’S… NICE? THE SENTIMENT, THOUGH ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS AND HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF DOLLARS DONATNS TOO LATE, IS APPRECIATED. BUT YOU N’T SAVE A CHILD WHO IS GOG TO BE SUBJECTED TO IRREPARABLE HARM BEE OF THIS LEGISLATN WH SOME SENTIMENT. AT THE MOMENT, IS ABOUT AS VALUABLE AS ME SENDG OUT A TWEET SAYG I VOW THAT THE NFLICT UKRAE MT END. ADVERTISEMENT FERLE WAS ASKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IT’S A NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE POSN TO BE : A CREATOR BEHD SOMETHG THAT REPRENTS SUCH PROGRS ON A PLATFORM WHERE THAT PROGRS IS LEGIMATELY MEANGFUL, BUT FOR A PANY WHOSE ACTNS HR THAT PROGRS AND MEANG.“IN MY SEVERAL YEARS WH THE PANY NOW, I WAS HEARTENED TO SEE WE WON THE GLAAD AWARD, WE HAD THE FIRST-EVER SAME GENR KISS. AND WHAT I WANTED TO BRG TO THIS WAS A SLIGHTLY YOUNGER POV OF A MIDDLE-SCHOOLER DISVERG. FOR ME, WHO DIDN’T GROW UP WH A MOVIE LIKE THIS, I KNOW THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE MA ME FEEL SEEN AND A LOT LS ALONE,” HE TOLD VARIETY.“ULTIMATELY, GOOD REPRENTATN DO NOT NCEL OUT BAD LEGISLATN. AND WHAT I’M HOPEFUL FOR IS THAT THE FIRST STEPS DISNEY’S TAKG NOW ARE ONLY THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS MAKG THE WORLD A TLY SAFER AND MORE CLIVE SPACE.”I CERTALY DON’T HAVE ANSWERS TO ANY OF THIS, OTHER THAN TO BE SO GLEEFULLY HEARTENED AND MOVED THAT BETTER NATE THAN EVER EXISTS, AND STILL SO HORRIFIED AND ANGRY OVER DISNEY’S VOLVEMENT THIS LEGISLATN PASSG.WE’RE ALL NEVER GOG TO STOP NSUMG DISNEY PROJECTS OR WATCHG DISNEY+. CYNIL AS THAT MAY BE, AT LEAST THERE’S BETTER NATE THAN EVER TO MAKE FEEL HOPEFUL AGA. KEV FALLON
• "KGDOM" FALE CONFIRMS NICK JONAS' NATE IS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JIM HALTERMANDECEMBER 11, 2014/8:26 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}INSTAGRAM BY JIM HALTERMANDECEMBER 11, 2014 / 8:26 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"KGDOM\" FALE CONFIRMS NICK JONAS' NATE IS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-11T13:26:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-11T13:26:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICK JONAS AS NATE KULA  KGDOM. (DIRECTV){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADM 'S EASY TO GET SKEPTIL ABOUT A TELEVISN SERI' TENTNS WHEN THEY TEASE THE DIENCE ABOUT REVEALG SOMETHG ABOUT THE SEXUALY OF ONE OF S LEAD CHARACTERS AND THEN DRAW OUT WHOUT EVER REALLY MAKG GOOD ON ANY OF THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, LAST NIGHT'S FIRST SEASON FALE OF THE DIRECTV SERI KGDOM, THE SHOW DID, FACT, GIVE THE DIENCE A REASON TO FALLY BELIEVE THAT NICK JONAS'S CHARACTER, NATE KULA, IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SE YOU MISSED THE EPISO, WAS PRIMARILY BUILT AROUND THE MMA FIGHTS BY WAYWARD SON JAY (JONATHAN TUCKER) AND THEN THE BIGGER FIGHT MARKG THE RETURN OF RYAN (MATT LRIA) TO THE RG. BOTH GUYS WON THEIR FIGHTS AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICG AFTERWARDS, BUT I KNOW MY EARS PRICKED UP WHEN MAMA KULA (THE AMAZG JOANNA GOG) SAT DOWN WH NATE AT THE AFTER PARTY AND EXPRSED HER NCERN OVER HIM NOT APPEARG TO HAVE FUN. NATE SAYS TO HER, "I'M HAPPY, MOM." MOM, WRTLG WH SOME OF HER OWN MONS, REPLIED, "YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE HAPPY, JT BE YOURSELF. OR ELSE ’S GOG TO FEEL LIKE THERE’S A STRANGER LIVG SI YOU AND THEN YOU’LL NEVER BE HAPPY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAMA CHRISTA HAS SOME WORDS OF WISDOM FOR NATE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOBODY GETS THROUGH TO YOU LIKE AN ALL-KNOWG MOTHER AND OM A FEW EPISOS BACK, WHEN NATE RAN TO WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FORMER TRICK (OR MAYBE MORE), WE KNOW THAT HIS MOTHER WAS WNS TO THE AWKWARD EXCHANGE AND PROBABLY ADD THAT TO HER 'MY SON IS GAY' MENTAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LATER, HAVG HAD MORE THAN A B TO DRK, NATE SETS OUT SOLO AND ENTERS A GAY BAR ONLY BE TOLD BY THE BOUNCER THAT HE'S HAD ENOUGH TO DRK. WHEN NATE STARTS TO CHALLENGE HIM, THE BOUNCER SAYS THAT THERE ARE TWO PS SI IF HE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SOMETHG OF . NATE DON'T, LEAV QUIETLY BUT IS FOLLOWED BY AN EAGER YOUNG MAN WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOD! IT'S A JONAS BROTHER! I NEED HIS TOGRAPH!'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE END OF THE EPISO, AS WE'RE ENJOYG A MONTAGE OF JT HOW LOST AND MSED UP EVERYONE IS, WE SEE NATE ENTERG AN ALLEYWAY WH THE GUY AND THEY'RE NOT HERE TO TALK. NATE LEANS UP AGAST A WALL AND STAR OFF AS THE OTHER GUY KNEELS DOWN AND TAK RE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU ULD AT LEAST CRACK A SE, NATE! {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE END OF THE EPISO AND WE HAVE AWHILE BEFORE NEW EPISOS E OUR WAY BUT, AN EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH BUZZFEED PUBLISHED AFTER THE EPISO AIRED LAST NIGHT, JONAS SAID HE WAS WELL AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOG ON WH NATE OM THE START OF THE SEASON AND REMARKED, "AND MY PREP WORK, I WANTED TO BE AWARE SO I ULD PROPERLY TELL THIS STORY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KGDOM CREATOR BYRON BALAS ALSO TOLD BUZZFEED, “I WANTED TO TELL THIS STORY AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD BE, PERHAPS, EXTRA CHALLENGG FOR A GAY SHOW SOMEBODY WHO IS STGGLG WH THIS PART OF HIS LIFE AND RENCILG WH THE BATN OF WHAT TAK TO BE AN ELE LEVEL ATHLETE AND HOW THAT NCENTRATN MAK YOU TO BLOCK OUT AND IGNORE REAL QUTNS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT YOURSELF AND ABOUT THE LIFE YOU’RE LIVG.” THE CREATOR ALSO ADD MAY BE AWHILE BEFORE OTHERS FD OUT ABOUT NATE. "JT BEE WE’VE SEEN A TTH ABOUT NATE DON’T MEAN ANYONE ELSE HAS,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONAS SAID HE'S READY TO DO WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO DO EVEN THOUGH HE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S G THE NEXT CROP OF EPISOS. “I THK WOULD BE IAL IF NATE ULD JT LIVE HIS TTH AND BE EXACTLY WHO HE NEEDS TO BE AND BE OK WH , BUT THE REALY IS THAT, FOR HIM SPECIFILLY, ’S TOUGH,” JONAS SAID THE STORY. “THERE’S A JOURNEY HE HAS TO GO ON, AND I HOLD THAT WH A LOT OF RPONSIBILY AND I’M THRILLED TO GET TO TELL THIS STORY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KGDOM WILL RETURN FOR A SEND SEASON 2015 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

IS JAB ELORDI’S NATE JABS GAY EUPHORIA?

Pl, is actor Jab Elordi gay? Many are eager to unrstand: Is Nate Jabs gay or queer, and is this where his reprsn stems om?

21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT

Article ntu below advertisementOf urse, Nate don't want to be gay, and his disgt toward the appearanc his father has put on to mata a happy suburban life manifts self throughout the season as straight-up homophobia.

At the very least, we hope allows him to explore his sir more Jab Elordi gay? Do people actually thk Nate is gay bee I don’t thk so. (At least I thk he told Maddy that he’s gay idk for sure).

If you are wonrg whether Nate ‘Euphoria’ is gay, here’s everythg you need to know!

EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY

The dance number featur some provotive steps that ht Nate is gay.

'BETTER NATE THAN EVER' GIV GAY KIDS WHO LOVE BROADWAY A CHANCE TO FEEL SEEN

The performance eply hurts Nate as he storms out of the dorium, leadg fans to believe that Nate’s reactns stem om his closeted homosexualy. Any nversatn that hts at his potential homosexualy is triggerg for Nate and often him to lash out.

'MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT' RNN: JT CLAIMS NATE IS GAY, ALEXIS AND JT REVEAL SHOCKG SEX SECRET, EVERYONE GIV RELATNSHIP UPDAT

Therefore, although signs are prent, Nate himself hasn’t explored his sexualy to the extent that we n say he is gay.

On the other hand, Nate has never dulged any sexual teractns wh men, which hts that he is perhaps not gay.

Therefore, is safe to say that if Nate cis to explore his sexualy, he will e out as bisexual and not homosexual. When asked about the stggle Jabs has wh his sexualy, Elordi rpond that 's not as simple as his character beg gay or straight. "So I thk 's ls about this kd of poppy social thg where everyone wants to be like, 'Is Nate gay?

DISNEY RELEAS ITS GAYT KIDS’ MOVIE YET—AT THE CRAZIT TIMETHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSEDDISNEYDAYS AFTER FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL OFFICIALLY BEME LAW, THE GLORLY QUEER-POSIVE “BETTER NATE THAN EVER” HS DISNEY+. HOW DO WE SQUARE THOSE TWO THGS?KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDPUBLISHED APR. 01, 2022 5:00AM EDT I DON’T WANT TO SHOCK ANYONE, BUT I WAS REALLY TO MIL THEATER AS A KID. I’LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO PROCS THIS EARTH-SHATTERG RMATN.BEG A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WOULD STAGE ONE-MAN PRODUCTNS OF GREASE HIS BEDROOM, BELT “ALAI’S LAMENT” OM GUYS AND DOLLS THE SHOWER, AND WAS OFF-BOOK FOR YEARS SHOULD HE BE ASKED A PCH TO STEP AND PERFORM THE ROLE OF ANNA LEONOWENS A PRODUCTN OF THE KG AND I, WAS A JOYO THG. NEWSLETTERSTHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSEDEVERYTHG WE N’T STOP LOVG, HATG, AND THKG ABOUT THIS WEEK POP CULTURE.SUBSCRIBEBY CLICKG "SUBSCRIBE" YOU AGREE TO HAVE READ THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY HOW ULD NOT BE? HAVE YOU SEEN A MIL? PEOPLE MAKE FUNNY JOK, DO A LTLE DANCE, FALL LOVE, AND NSTANTLY BURST TO SONG THE MIDDLE OF ALL. WHAT A GLOR PE!ESPE IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS, TOO, BEE BEG A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY OBSSED WH MILS WAS ALSO A VERY ISOLATG THG—SOMETHG REPRSED AND KEPT SECRET. TO NOT WOULD MEAN SNICKERG. AND WHISPERG. AND THE WORST THG OF ALL: NOT BEG “NORMAL” LIKE THE OTHER GUYS. LISTEN, I’M NOT BREAKG ANY NEWS HERE ABOUT WHAT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP NOT EVEN CLOSETED, BUT QUTNG OR UNSURE OF YOUR SEXUALY [YEAR REDACTED]. THIS ISN’T THE UNIQUE, HEARTBREAKG SAGA OF ONE YOUNG MAN NAMED KEV. MILLNS OF KIDS WENT THROUGH THIS, AND MANY OF WORKED THROUGH AND HAVE SCE THRIVED. WE ALL REMEMBER THAT WHOLE “IT GETS BETTER,” I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SCRIBE … MPAIGN? MOVEMENT? DELN?THAT LATTER SCRIPTN HAS BEEN ON MY MD LATELY.ALL THE FEELGS AND MEMORI WERE DUG UP THIS WEEK BEE I HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE NEW DISNEY+ FILM BETTER NATE THAN EVER, WHICH JT MAY BE THE MOST GAY-POSIVE AND ENURAGG YOUTH PROGRAMMG THAT DISNEY HAS EVER RELEASED. AND IS G OUT AT THE MOST BIZARRE TIME. CONSIRG EVERYTHG THAT’S BEEN THE NEWS ABOUT DISNEY, FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL, AND THE DISTURBG LATN OF UNAPOLOGETILLY ANTI-LGBTQ+ RHETORIC DISSEMATED BY GOP POLICIANS, ULD BE ARGUED THAT ’S THE BT TIME FOR A MOVIE LIKE THIS TO E OUT. IT’S CERTALY THE STRANGT.THE FILM, THE MOST BETIFUL SIGN OF PROGRS AND THE GREATT PLIMENT I N GIVE, IS SOMETHG I SPERATELY WISH I HAD WHEN I WAS GROWG UP. IT’S A LOVE LETTER TO KIDS—TO THEATER KIDS, AND MOST SPECIFILLY THEATER KIDS WHO WERE MA TO FEEL SHY OR ASHAMED ABOUT WHO THEY WERE AND HOW THEY ACTED, AND WHO PROBABLY, ALMOST 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME, GREW UP TO BE GAY. ADVERTISEMENT TIM FERLE, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED BETTER NATE THAN EVER BASED ON HIS NATE BOOK SERI, IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN MAKG A PSTOP AS A BROADWAY PERFORMER ON HIS WAY TO MAKG TV AND MOVI. (HE’S ALSO BEHD THE POPULAR—AND SIARLY QUEER-ACCEPTG—HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI.)NATE (RUEBY WOOD) IS A 13-YEAR-OLD SUBURBAN KID WHO LIV AND BREATH MILS; ’S BARELY MUT TO THE FILM THAT THE 2004 TONY AWARDS BATTLE BETWEEN AVENUE Q AND WICKED IS REFERENCED, WHILE HE SCRIB HIS MOM’S RELATNSHIP TO HIS NT AS HAVG “ANTAGONISTIC GLDA VS. ELPHABA ACT ONE ENERGY.” “THE FILM, THE MOST BETIFUL SIGN OF PROGRS AND THE GREATT PLIMENT I N GIVE, IS SOMETHG I SPERATELY WISH I HAD WHEN I WAS GROWG UP.” HE IS VASTATED WHEN HE DON’T LAND THE LEAD ROLE HIS SCHOOL’S PRODUCTN OF LLN: THE UNTHORIZED ROCK MIL. TO CHEER HIM UP, HIS BT IEND, ARIA BROOKS’ LIBBY, PLANS A NAWAY B TRIP FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO NEW YORK CY, WHERE AN OPEN LL DN IS HAPPENG FOR A NEW LILO & STCH PRODUCTN.HIJKS ENSUE, AS THEY DO WHEN 13-YEAR-OLDS WH NO CHAPERON N LOOSE THROUGH NEW YORK. IN THIS SE, MANY OF THEM ARE DAYDREAM SEQUENC VOLVG LARGE-SLE MIL PRODUCTN NUMBERS. THEY N TO NATE’S NT, A STGGLG ACTRS PLAYED BY LISA KUDROW WHO HAS BEEN OSTRACIZED BY HER FAY BEE OF HER PURSU OF A REER ON STAGE. IN SPE OF THE ODDS, NATE’S DNS ACTUALLY GO WELL, AND FOR ONE CLEAR REASON: HE FALLY FEELS EE TO BE HIMSELF AND EMBRACE ALL THE PARTS OF HIM THAT MAKE HIM SPECIAL. IT TURNS OUT, THOSE THGS HE ED TO QUIET ARE EXACTLY WHAT MAKE HIM GREAT.HE DNS WH A MONOLOGUE THAT DIXIE CARTER LIVERS AN EPISO OF DIGNG WOMEN. I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE REPRENTED ON SCREEN. ADVERTISEMENT THERE ARE HTS THAT NATE IS LIKELY GOG TO REALIZE HE IS GAY ONE DAY, WHICH IS OBV TO EVERYONE, THOUGH THAT LABEL IS NEVER ARTICULATED. NOT EVERYONE AT AGE 13 IS PABLE OF PROCSG OR UNRSTANDG THAT ABOUT THEMSELV; I CERTALY WAS NOT. BUT IS A FILM ABOUT HOW OL THAT ULD BE FOR HIM. IT IS A FILM ABOUT FOLLOWG YOUR DREAMS, FDG YOUR TRIBE, AND LEARNG THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WILL BE ECSTATIC TO LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, AS YOU ARE. IT IS A FILM ABOUT THE GEO, UNBREAKABLE BOND BETWEEN A GAY BOY AND HIS SGLE NT. JOSHUA BASSETT AS ANTHONY AND LISA KUDROW AS HEIDI BETTER NATE THAN EVERDISNEY THAT BETTER NATE THAN EVER IS TARGETED AT A YOUTH MOGRAPHIC SHOULD MAKE THIS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR DISNEY. AFTER ALL, ’S NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT WAS MORED THE PANY SHUFFLED LOVE, VICTOR TO HULU OM DISNEY+ OVER NCERNS THAT S THEM WEREN’T GOG TO FLY WH ALL DISNEY-LOVG FAI. SO HOW THEN TO SQUARE THIS WH EVERYTHG ELSE GOG ON?THE DISAPPOTG REVELATN THAT DISNEY HAD BACKED THE FLORIDA REPRENTATIV WHO VOTED FOR THE “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL—READ MORE ABOUT S VICNS HERE—AND IALLY CHOSE NOT TO NMN SURFACED A SLEW OF UPSETTG NEWS AND FACTS ABOUT THE PANY. PIXAR EMPLOYE CLAIMED THAT DISPLAYS OF QUEER AFFECTN WERE CUT BY RPORATE EXECUTIV. REMRS ABOUND THAT THERE STILL HASN’T BEEN A LEAD LGBTQ+ CHARACTER A STUD THEATRIL RELEASE. ITS AWKWARD EMBRACE OF PRI WAS BROUGHT UP AGA.THIS WEEK, AS THE NTROVERSIAL BILL WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED TO LAW, THE PANY RELEASED A STATEMENT NTRADICTG S IAL REMARKS, WHICH SAID THAT THE PANY SHOULDN’T WEIGH ON POLICS AND, LGHABLY, SPEAK WH S NTENT STEAD. THE NEW STATEMENT SAID THE LAW “SHOULD NEVER HAVE PASSED” AND THAT S GOAL AS A PANY IS “FOR THIS LAW TO BE REPEALED.”THAT’S… NICE? THE SENTIMENT, THOUGH ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS AND HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF DOLLARS DONATNS TOO LATE, IS APPRECIATED. BUT YOU N’T SAVE A CHILD WHO IS GOG TO BE SUBJECTED TO IRREPARABLE HARM BEE OF THIS LEGISLATN WH SOME SENTIMENT. AT THE MOMENT, IS ABOUT AS VALUABLE AS ME SENDG OUT A TWEET SAYG I VOW THAT THE NFLICT UKRAE MT END. ADVERTISEMENT FERLE WAS ASKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IT’S A NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE POSN TO BE : A CREATOR BEHD SOMETHG THAT REPRENTS SUCH PROGRS ON A PLATFORM WHERE THAT PROGRS IS LEGIMATELY MEANGFUL, BUT FOR A PANY WHOSE ACTNS HR THAT PROGRS AND MEANG.“IN MY SEVERAL YEARS WH THE PANY NOW, I WAS HEARTENED TO SEE WE WON THE GLAAD AWARD, WE HAD THE FIRST-EVER SAME GENR KISS. AND WHAT I WANTED TO BRG TO THIS WAS A SLIGHTLY YOUNGER POV OF A MIDDLE-SCHOOLER DISVERG. FOR ME, WHO DIDN’T GROW UP WH A MOVIE LIKE THIS, I KNOW THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE MA ME FEEL SEEN AND A LOT LS ALONE,” HE TOLD VARIETY.“ULTIMATELY, GOOD REPRENTATN DO NOT NCEL OUT BAD LEGISLATN. AND WHAT I’M HOPEFUL FOR IS THAT THE FIRST STEPS DISNEY’S TAKG NOW ARE ONLY THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS MAKG THE WORLD A TLY SAFER AND MORE CLIVE SPACE.”I CERTALY DON’T HAVE ANSWERS TO ANY OF THIS, OTHER THAN TO BE SO GLEEFULLY HEARTENED AND MOVED THAT BETTER NATE THAN EVER EXISTS, AND STILL SO HORRIFIED AND ANGRY OVER DISNEY’S VOLVEMENT THIS LEGISLATN PASSG.WE’RE ALL NEVER GOG TO STOP NSUMG DISNEY PROJECTS OR WATCHG DISNEY+. CYNIL AS THAT MAY BE, AT LEAST THERE’S BETTER NATE THAN EVER TO MAKE FEEL HOPEFUL AGA. KEV FALLON

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"KGDOM" FALE CONFIRMS NICK JONAS' NATE IS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JIM HALTERMANDECEMBER 11, 2014/8:26 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}INSTAGRAM BY JIM HALTERMANDECEMBER 11, 2014 / 8:26 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"KGDOM\" FALE CONFIRMS NICK JONAS' NATE IS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-11T13:26:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-11T13:26:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICK JONAS AS NATE KULA  KGDOM. (DIRECTV){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADM 'S EASY TO GET SKEPTIL ABOUT A TELEVISN SERI' TENTNS WHEN THEY TEASE THE DIENCE ABOUT REVEALG SOMETHG ABOUT THE SEXUALY OF ONE OF S LEAD CHARACTERS AND THEN DRAW OUT WHOUT EVER REALLY MAKG GOOD ON ANY OF THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, LAST NIGHT'S FIRST SEASON FALE OF THE DIRECTV SERI KGDOM, THE SHOW DID, FACT, GIVE THE DIENCE A REASON TO FALLY BELIEVE THAT NICK JONAS'S CHARACTER, NATE KULA, IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SE YOU MISSED THE EPISO, WAS PRIMARILY BUILT AROUND THE MMA FIGHTS BY WAYWARD SON JAY (JONATHAN TUCKER) AND THEN THE BIGGER FIGHT MARKG THE RETURN OF RYAN (MATT LRIA) TO THE RG. BOTH GUYS WON THEIR FIGHTS AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICG AFTERWARDS, BUT I KNOW MY EARS PRICKED UP WHEN MAMA KULA (THE AMAZG JOANNA GOG) SAT DOWN WH NATE AT THE AFTER PARTY AND EXPRSED HER NCERN OVER HIM NOT APPEARG TO HAVE FUN. NATE SAYS TO HER, "I'M HAPPY, MOM." MOM, WRTLG WH SOME OF HER OWN MONS, REPLIED, "YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE HAPPY, JT BE YOURSELF. 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"JT BEE WE’VE SEEN A TTH ABOUT NATE DON’T MEAN ANYONE ELSE HAS,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONAS SAID HE'S READY TO DO WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO DO EVEN THOUGH HE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S G THE NEXT CROP OF EPISOS. “I THK WOULD BE IAL IF NATE ULD JT LIVE HIS TTH AND BE EXACTLY WHO HE NEEDS TO BE AND BE OK WH , BUT THE REALY IS THAT, FOR HIM SPECIFILLY, ’S TOUGH,” JONAS SAID THE STORY. “THERE’S A JOURNEY HE HAS TO GO ON, AND I HOLD THAT WH A LOT OF RPONSIBILY AND I’M THRILLED TO GET TO TELL THIS STORY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KGDOM WILL RETURN FOR A SEND SEASON 2015 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Had he been raised a ls opprsive environment wh a healthier role mol, maybe he uld have been different, but thanks to his father, Nate clearly suffers om ternalized homophobia. We see this manift early on when he tlls Jul and driv her off the road, then unleash his fury on her at Chris' party Euphoria's pilot of the issu unrlyg Nate's homophobia is that beg queer don't stop him om beg rampantly misogynistic (a sensive issue that has real-life tth to ).

“I also wasn’t sure if a fay film wh a gay protagonist would get ma, hontly. ’ And that was such a no-no, bee for me, a central aspect of growg up was the realizatn of my future as a gay person, which was so tied to my inty as a young theater kid. (The character nfintly intifi as gay 2018’s “Nate Expectatns, ” the third book the seri.

David Lee/DisneyStill, as several outlets have poted out, the movie arriv as Disney is facg a wave of backlash for s checkered rponse to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn ― or “Don’t Say Gay” ― law.