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Colton Haynes opened up about how suffocating it was to hide his identity in front of everyone. In his memoir, “Miss Memory Lane”, Haynes writes that his team advised him not to come out publicly.

They were desperately trying to stop all the images from the photoshoot. The one he had done for the gay magazine during his teenage years.

“I really got to a point where it was making me so sick that I was acting 24/7 as straight.” the model reported in an exclusive interview. “It was really destroying me. It really did a great toll on my mental health, and I think it still does, but now I have a way of coping with it and also a way of understanding all of that.”

Haynes finally adds up the courage to come out publicly in 2016. He lost all of his signed endorsement deals which were his main source of income. He was only offered one project, that is to work with Grindr.

Colton says writing the book was the most difficult thing he has probably done in life.

“I kind of decided that once I was going to do this, I was just going to completely dive in. I wasn’t going to be censored and that I was going to actually tell my story that was so meaningful to me.”

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He further explains that it is simply not what people are going to expect. He knows that fans who are expecting a light-hearted are in for a shock after getting this news.

The former “Arrow” star also reveals a piece of very disturbing news. He dives into his dysfunctional childhood. He revealed that he was molested at age 6 by his uncle.

Also, an intense relationship with a cop boyfriend who was 42-years-old started when he was just 14 years.

He confessed that,

“It’s been a struggle for me still to this day”. “I wanted to be very transparent that I still struggle with it because I clearly know now, as an adult, I know it was wrong. But I was just, I was so in love with this person. But at the same time, finally coming to terms that this was not OK. I was a child, even though I had been taking care of myself for so many years. But that still doesn’t make it OK.”

 

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The star was also addicted to Adderall and alcohol,

He got depressed and attempted suicide which landed him in a psych ward. Haynes also writes that at a very young age he was aware of his beauty and also realized that that was the only thing that is defining in his life and the good thing that he had.

“I just kind of grew to understand that that’s really all people wanted from me” . “And that was the only part of me that I could really bring to the table because that’s really all anyone wanted.”

 

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Colton was married to celebrity Jeff Leatham. Currently, he is single and not interested in dating anyone. When asked about dating,

“That sounds like a nightmare” “I realized that I could get a cat to feel the love that I think I need and deserve … I’m almost four years sober. I’m kind of new at this kind of life, so I want to figure myself out. And, I don’t want to dim my light if I’m with someone.”

 

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He explained on Instagram and read more about his journey in his new Memoir.

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Colton Haynes, the star almost wasn’t cast in the show ‘Teen Wolf’ over a photoshoot for a gay men’s magazine. The MTV television series which began in 2011 was based on a 1985 film which was also named ‘Teen Wolf’. The show ran for six long seasons.

Colton played the role of Jackson Whittemore, which is the main character in Teen Wolf of seasons 1 and 2.

Then unfortunately he departed from the show. However, the actor later relives this role in several guest appearances during the final season 6 of the show.

 

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In May 2016, Haynes came out as gay publicly. This was the time when actors had already left the show, Teen Wolf. This was the role that launched him into stardom. He also starred as Roy Harper, also known as Arsenal, in the series Arrow.

After coming out as gay, Haynes has been vocal about the struggles of being a gay actor in this entertainment industry.

The Teen Wolf star even admitted that he was openly identified as gay while growing up. However, he began to hide his sexuality.

It was the beginning of his career and he was fearing that he would lose the job opportunities because of the same reason.

In his newly released ‘Miss Memory Lane‘, he was told to conceal the truth about being gay as it would hinder the opportunities of getting a job in the industry.

He says: “It didn’t matter who was on my team, the message I got was always the same: ‘You will not work if you are yourself’ ”

In his memoir, Miss Memory Lane, Haynes reveals that he almost lost his role.

Before becoming an actor, Colton was a model in his teenage years. Then he participated in the XY magazine shoot in 2006. He later then transitioned from modeling into acting.

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Both Colton and his team were worried about the photoshoot which might have affected his career. The team would send cease-and-desist letters to everyone who was posting pictures from the photoshoot.

Haynes also says that showrunner, Jeff Davis from the ‘Teen Wolves’ fought very hard for him to be cast in the show. Colton gives all credit to Davis for landing him the role. In his memoir, Haynes reveals that his manager told him:

“Look what almost happened, Colton. The head of MTV almost didn’t hire you because of that XY photo shoot we’ve been working our asses off to extinguish. Thank God Jeff fought for you to get that role.”

With the freedom nowadays, there are more queer actors in the industry than ever. In the entertainment industry, it is still like unacceptable, homophobia is still a very serious and real concern.

Haynes bravely and openly discusses how actively he changed the way he was: the way he spoke and dressed. He opens on in his memoir to give auditions he changed himself into the impression of butch masculinity and heterosexuality.

 

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For this long, it is very sad to hear that Colton had to mask his true self to the world burying his photoshoot for such a long time.

He also speaks about the progress that he requires to still increase his representation and support LGBTQ actors in the industry.

However, one thing is certain, audiences around the world are very thankful to Haynes that he was a cast in Teen Wolf. He brought a very memorable and beloved Jackson Whittemore to life onscreen!

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