Jonathan Bailey has a man ā officially!
If you were fantasizing about dating Bailey while watching his stellar performances on Fellow Travelers and/or Bridgertonā¦ well, he does have a partner already.
Bailey called his partner a ālovely manā in an interview with the Eastern Standard. āItās not secret, but itās private,ā he explained of the relationship.ā
The actor added, āHaving a private life is, for me, completely critical. I donāt know if I would be able to be as confident to speak out on other things if I felt that my whole life was up for grabs.ā
Elsewhere in the interview, 35-year-old Bailey talked about growing up with a lot of internalized shame for being gay. It also didnāt help that LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media wasnāt always the most positive thing.
Bailey explained:
āThe majority of gay people were either the butt of jokes, or being caught in sexual acts and considered deviants, or they were committing suicide, or they were dying of AIDS.ā
The actor continued, āEvery five years is a different gay generation. It was nowhere near as tough as if Iād have been born 15 years earlier. Me and my friends, two in four, if not three in four, would not be here.ā
With Fellow Travelers reaching its grand finale soon, fans are looking forward to seeing Bailey playing the character of Fiyero in the two-part, live-action adaptation of Wicked for the big screen.
Fellow Travelers is now streaming on Showtime.
