Flash Actor Rick Cosnett Comes Out As Gay

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‘The Flash’ actor Rick Cosnett announced that he is gay on his Instagram account

“Hi, everyone… Dramatic pause… I’m gay,” Rick shared a video message on the social media app.

He continued, “I just wanted everyone to know, because I’ve made a promise to myself to live my truth every day, and sometimes that is a really hard thing to do, when you have all these subconscious things you don’t even know about from childhood, and from society, and from just life.”

“I’m sure most of you probably knew anyway. And yeah, that’s actually all I wanted to say. I also have a stye on my eye, which really adds to the drama of the whole thing.”

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Rick’s co-stars from ‘The Flash’ posted supporting comments on the video. Candice Patton, who plays Iris, wrote “you’re one of the good ones. Love u.” Danielle Panabaker, who plays Killer Frost, commented with a heart emoji.

Rick was born in Zimbabwe and is actually Hugh Grant’s cousin. In adition to playing Eddie Thawne in ‘The Flash,’ he’s best known for playing Wes Maxfield in ‘The Vampire Diaries.’ Rick has also had roles on ‘Quantico,’ ‘NCIS,’ and ‘Castle.’

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#repost from @softer_film “We’re proud to present Rick Cosnett who plays Mr. Charlie in SOFTER, a queer Civil War short film debuting at @outshinefilm. Mr. Charlie is a young white slave owner who fashions himself a writer. He maintains a relationship, queer and complicated, that is challenged by his slave’s impending emancipation. . Originally from Zimbabwe and Australia, Rick is known for his characters in the hit TV series The Flash, Quantico, The Vampire Diaries and Castle, among others. His films include Tu Me Manques (Bolivia’s official Oscar entry), The Wrong Husband, both soon to be released, as well as Skybound and Happily Never After. On stage he recently appeared in Edinburgh in the hit play Sleeping Giant and in the US in 12 Angry Men, The Lion in Winter, What's Wrong with Angry and Take Me Out. He has directed the award winning short The Letter Carrier and has the feature Blood In The Soil in development. . SOFTER screens as part of the Men’s Shorts category on October 19 at 5PM. . See Ticket 🎟 Link 🔗 in Bio… #softerfilm #outshinefilm “

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