Nathan Graham Keegan Hirst James Bailey Britain stars pride country Gay Nathan Graham Keegan Hirst James Bailey Britain

Coronation Street star Nathan Graham hopes James Bailey’s gay storyline will help footballers come out

Reading now: 982
thesun.co.uk

CORONATION Street star Nathan Graham hopes James Bailey’s gay storyline will help footballers come out. Fans of the ITV soap will see the character decide whether to go public and face public scrutiny or to continue to live a lie.

Corrie newcomer Nathan got advice from professional rugby league player Keegan Hirst, who in 2015 became the second openly gay rugby league player in Britain, on how to approach the upcoming scenes.

He said he came away from the scenes hopeful that the storyline will bring the problem to light. Nathan said: "This storyline is important because it is clearly an issue as there is no one currently playing professional football who is openly gay. "After talking to Keegan Hirst, I can see that in football, homophobia.

Read more on thesun.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA