Mawaan Rizwan on kissing Russell Tovey, his music and coming out (exclusive)

Mawaan Rizwan won the Comedy Award at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar (Image: Attitude/Tom Johnson)

Mawaan Rizwan has opened up about his hit BBC sitcom Juice, his family, coming out and representation in an exclusive behind the scenes video to accompany his recent Attitude cover interview.

Rizwan, who was awarded the Comedy Award at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar, said that Juice, which won him a BAFTA earlier this year, opened up about the queer representation in the show.

“I definitely felt quite comfortable portraying an authentic queer relationship because it came from a place of wanting to see a relationship like this on screen,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve seen a lot of it and I was craving that, so it was very

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