Lukas Gage feels affinity with Heartstopper’s Kit Connor after sexuality ‘witch hunt’

White Lotus star Lukas Gage has expressed empathy with Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor after ‘witch hunts’ that forced the pair to come out publicly.

Gage, who is arguably best-known for simulating a rarely-televised gay sex act with Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus, receiving a ‘golden shower’ in Netflix’s You, and marrying (and swiftly divorcing) celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton, only publicly addressed his sexuality after his LGBTQ+ roles become a talking point in the press.

It was a coming out similar to that of Kit Connor, who wrote that he was ‘forced‘ to come out amid ‘queer-baiting’ accusations from fans.

Speaking to Attitude magazine, Gage weighed in on the ‘witch hunt’ that ensued from Gage playing gay roles before he publicly came out, and compared his experience to that of Heartstopper star Connor, who is

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