Lukas Gage ‘felt for’ Kit Connor when people ‘demanded receipts’ over Heartstopper role – as they were ‘coming for’ him at same time

Lukas Gage and Kit Connor (Images: Attitude/Kosmos Pavlos/Netflix)

Actor Lukas Gage has spoken out about experiencing backlash from viewers who thought he was a straight actor taking a gay role after his breakout performance in The White Lotus in 2021.

In an exclusive interview in the new issue of Attitude in which Gage appears on the cover, he explained that after his starmaking performance as hotel worker Dillon (who famously has his ass eaten by Murray Bartlett‘s character Armond) he came under fire from viewers who assumed he was straight.

“When I did [come out], my friends and family knew I wanted to keep [it] sacred for myself. I felt like I didn’t need to prove anything to anyone,” he told us. “But I was also dealing with people coming

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