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<\/p>\nCharlie Carver Credits His Gay Father for His Own Coming Out Journey<\/b><\/p>\n
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Charlie Carver opens up in the new issue of Attitude<\/em><\/a>\u00a0about his relationship with his late father Robert Mortensen, who was also gay<\/a>, and its impact on the actor\u2019s process of coming out publicly last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Teen Wolf<\/em> and Desperate Housewives<\/em> star has taken on LGBT-themed roles of late, including in\u00a0the \u201cex-gay<\/a>\u201d critique and biopic I Am Michael<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0LGBT movement miniseries When We Rise<\/em><\/a>\u00a0earlier this year. Carver discussed the complicated but ultimately fruitful dynamic he shared with his father, whose sexuality he learned about at the age of 12<\/p>\n Admitting he was initially resentful of his father when he came out, Charlie explains: \u201cIn the way that sons and fathers can have beef regardless of [sexual] orientation, it was just something where I wanted to be able to define myself, set my own rules.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I felt like I had all of a sudden someone who I was gonna be forced to become, and I didn\u2019t wanna be like him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think he taught me, in the way that he lived his life, that your sexuality doesn\u2019t define you. It\u2019s an important part of who you are, but he had such a rich life \u00a0. . . I think because I was frustrated by what I would call<\/a> some of his own internalised shame, that it almost became this challenge to really get to the bottom of that quickly, for me.<\/p>\n \u201cIt kind of propelled me into being louder and brasher and more experimental. And I think that hurt his feelings sometimes, but I think he was also grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n Of his own decision to come out, Carver explains:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d said to myself if I can\u2019t do this when I\u2019m young, I\u2019m not sure I wanna stay in this business.\u201d<\/p>\n He adds: \u201cI think the world is changing, representation is changing, and I wanted to be a part of that. I wouldn\u2019t wanna be in this business if I couldn\u2019t be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n In the issue, Carver also talks about how is he never far from his straight twin brother Max, whom he stars with on the forthcoming\u00a0MTV drama\u00a0Blooms<\/em><\/a>\u00a0about twins who cope with their father\u2019s passing, patterned on their own life story.<\/p>\n The post Charlie Carver Credits His Gay Father for His Own Coming Out Journey<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n