Colton Haynes Claps Back At 'F**ked Up' Hollywood Execs Who Refuse to Cast Gay Actors

Out actor Colton Haynes is furious at Hollywood executives who refuse to cast gay actors to play heterosexual roles. In a series of tweets yesterday afternoon, the Teen Wolf actor shared a piece of his mind on Twitter with his nearly 2 million followers. 

This isn't the first time Haynes has spoken out about Hollywood's homophobia. He didn't come out as gay for years because people in the industry warned him it might hurt his career. "I’ve been told by so many people that you cannot be out and have a career," he explained to HuffPost. "People would set me up with girls for press. There was this whole story that ran with Lauren Conrad, who I love — she’s the best. Basically, my old manager at the time was like, 'Oh, take a picture with her.' He just basically ran this story trying to say that I was dating Lauren Conrad. It was there for about six months. I was like, 'Oh great, I have to do this.' That’s how it is in Hollywood. But not anymore. You have all these amazing showrunners who actually embrace people’s personal lives and embrace people’s truth."

Murphy, Berlanti, and Davis, the names Haynes referenced in his tweets, are the producers who cast him in American Horror Story: Cult, Arrow, and Teen Wolf respectively. While Haynes is appearing on the last season of Teen Wolf and American Horror Story: Cult later this year, it seems he believes he's not being given the chance he deserves for other roles because of his sexuality.

The number of LGBTQ roles in Hollywood is much smaller than you might think. Earlier this year, GLAAD released its annual report on queer representation in film and revealed only 18.4% of the industry’s top 125 films included an LGBTQ character and only 4% of television characters.