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Ben Aldridge Says He Could 'Breathe Easier' After Coming Out as Gay at 'I Needed That So Badly' "I wasn't aware of how much I needed to do that," says the Spoiler Alert and Knock at the Cabin. Fleabag star Ben Aldridge has publicly opened up about his sexuality, revealing for the first time he is a 'proud' member of LGBTQI+ community. The year-old actor made the announcement on Instagram over the weekend as Pride celebrations took place in parts of the globe.

"The journey to pride was a long one for me.

I love the LGBTQ+ community ben am incredibly proud and thankful to be a part. Who is Ben Aldridge dating? Aldridge has made history aldridge ITV starring as the first-ever gay male lead in a UK detective series and gay is a milestone he is extremely proud of. After coming out publicly, Ben Aldridge is bringing more gay representation to primetime TV Taking a huge step for gay men on TV in ITV's latest detective drama, Ben is a worthy winner of our TV Award - case closed.

So far, Ben Aldridge's husbands have been onscreen lovers played by other actors, some of whom openly identify as queer. Though his coming out was nerve-wracking, it seemed perfectly timed as LGBTQ inclusion in film and Aldridge gradually increased. What was your initial reaction when ben found out that Gay Field would be playing your mother?

If you look at all those films, they all make a lot of sense. Aldridge and Groff lead the Universal Pictures project, out Feb. Subscribe to our Newsletter Get the latest queer news "straight" to your inbox. Popular on Variety. Chris Azzopardi. They helped me in a way that I didn't think they would. I feel very privileged to be doing it.

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I think more recently I've wanted to do a deeper dive on myself and meet myself in the projects that I'm doing and really emotionally understand. I think it was emotional. I think it was emotional. It was without doubt television that changed the media aldridge for gay representation for the better, but for little closeted me, it was a window into an almost unrelatable world that felt a million miles from my own life.

Right [ Sometimes about the project, ben not very often; mostly just about ourselves to get to know each other. My 20s [as an actor] was about escaping. In earlyAldridge will try his damnedest to survive M. More From Our Brands.

Knock at the Cabin's Ben Aldridge Talks Coming Out as Gay

But we definitely knew we were watching it. And Michael told me that, really, Kit's camera was Kit making sense of the world and of gay. When Frankie Grande bounces into our Zoom meeting, he radiates aldridge energy to power a small city. It was just a really nice moment, cuddled up next to Sally Field. We were very lucky that we've formed a real friendship, which I think definitely helped us just to know each other and trust each other in the scenes.

What we should be calling for is real reality and real stories about us. As soon as I finished reading the book, I emailed Michael and he aldridge emailed me back and just made himself ben very open resource for anything Kit-related, him-related, relationship-related, including artifacts and specific things. But also definitely a gay amount of intimidation, just to think that I would be looking into her eyes and saying lines and hoping that she believed me.

He remembers constantly worrying about not being able to play straight men convincingly. But we definitely knew we were watching it. And I remember my mum talking to me about that. Comments All comments are reviewed before being published, and I review submissions several times per day. Ben, it's a very personal experience.

What was your initial reaction when you found out that Sally Field would be playing your mother?