‘Coronation Street’ actor Rob Mallard comes out as gay

From outter space.

And white?

He meas "and red haired" which as you all know means he smells funny "down there."

I don't believe he is really gay. He is obviously faking it.

Good for him for coming out with, but with such extreme gayface, he didn't have much choice

Lol.

Not gayface.

Is coming out the new attention whore?

He can play me in the biopic.

After I clicked on the link I knew the replies would be about the fact that he has gayface from space.

The hat alone wasn't a tip off?

Does he present hole?

lol.

Just another bottom.

Stank sleeve with a duck's name.

When will an actor who isn't obviously gay come out. I mean is it really coming out if everyone knows already.

When will some of you queens stop obsessing over 'gay' actors and the closet? It's SO tired.

Look elsewhere for your wank material.

Fuck you R16

He's cute and I'm glad he came out and honestly anyone who's gay and has seen the show isn't surprised.

Was the son of Phil Mitchell on EastEnders gay too? or am I thinking of someone else?

Are we suppose to pay closer attention to this boy because he's "cute" (to some)? And "white"? Are you really going to go there OP?

Troublemaker.

Does he say AFFLACK!

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R20 Phil Mitchell's son Ben is a gay character, the actor playing Ben is straight as far as anyone knows.

And how's this for three degrees of separation - the gay Corrie actor above (and now-bf of Rob Mallard) Daniel Brocklebank who starred in a gay independent film as the secret lover of another gay soap actor named Jonny Labey...who played the boyfriend of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders last year.

R9 I immediately thought of Owen when I first saw Rob. They're both cute imo and I love their fine delicate features (like Celtic princes or something), but it seems redhead gays are an acquired taste.

He reminds me of a young James Spader, with that quiet crazy intensity. He could go far.

Wish they wouldn't keep casting real gays as villainous straights, though.

He has no chemistry with Sinead. I liked him as Connor on Emmerdale though, I wish he would play a shady character like that again. His character on Corrie is too boring. Also: Zzzzzzzz to yet another gay celeb couple with a huge age difference. He couldn't find a guy who was closer to his own age? Why the need for a 15 year older daddy? Ugh.

Did he push Ken down the stairs?

I think that was Chloe R28.

Sure, I could tell he was white by his picture, but for the blind readers of DL, you're doing the Lord's work!

One of the young son characters in Enders was played by a gay boy. But there was some brouhaha offset. I think there was a trial. The role was recast. I don't watch the show but it was Phil or Ian's son.

R32 I'm an avid & longtime EE gay fan (don't enjoy it half the time but watch out of a sense of tradition) and I have no idea which actor you're referring to. No Out gay lad has played the roles you mention.

Phil has one biological son, Ben. That part has indeed been recast (there have been five different actors!) but all actors for Ben are straight and there has never been 'brouhaha' concerning any of the recasts.

Ian has three sons: Steven, Peter & Bobby. Steven & Peter have both had recasts (2 & 3 respectively, not counting baby actors) amd none of those actors are Out either, although the last actor to play Peter is rumoured to be closeted and the current actor for Steven has hinted via Twitter that he is Bi. Bobby is still a child character so his sexuality is null. None of the actors for Ian's sons ever had controversy.

The gay boy was not out. And the legal stuff had nothing to do with the show. I can't remember the details but there was a sex angle. It may have been something like he was accused of grooming someone younger. It was serious stuff and the role was quietly recast, I believe with someone older and hunky.

I don't frequent TV forums (well, digitalspy very infrequently). I may have read it on the famousmales forum, probably on a page dedicated to the new, hunky actor.

I remember that R33. His identity was kept quiet but some online soap snoops figured out it was him.

Shit R33, that's dark. Anyone got names for this case?

They're at war but Daniel seems like he wants to fuck Adam. Crazy chemistry.

I noticed that too, R36. They have crazy good chemistry, the sexual tension is unreal. They seriously look like they're about to start making out. It's weird to think they're supposed to be related. Daniel has zero chemistry with Sinead, they should just make him gay tbh. Well.. maybe bisexual would fit better with his personality.

[quote]Cute and white.

Well, you got "white" right.

It was Daniel, R28. He didn't mean to push Ken, but in the heat of an argument...

Adam is hot. Love to get him alone. Nice to see Rob back, even for a short visit. Another hot one that got away. Now it's just pasty guys for the most part.

I went to acting school five years ago with a young actor/comic who looks like Mallard's IVF-twin.

When I fell into Corrie a year ago and saw the Daniel character for the first time, I thought for a whole episode that it was my former classmate. Very freaky experience. I had to look closely to make sure.

And both Mallard and this guy I know look a lot like 'Mock The Week' regular comedian James Acaster.

Cute

This is a little OT but I need to get clarification on this. Corrie fans, weigh in...

What is with the pacing on Corrie? I'm a longtime EastEnders viewer (I know, boo) and also love Home & Away and Hollyoaks, so don't usually have a problem adjusting to different soap styles. Recently though I've started up with Corrie and I cannot get used to the way it's shot, put-together and broadcast. The constant adverts do my head in, and the storyline progression over an episode seems so, so slow. There's an eerie feel to how the scenes drag on and the camera stays so still and lingers. What's going on?

Can someone explain to me why British soaps are so obsessed with that "grooming" thing these days? What does that activity entail anyway? And why don't we hear more about it in American media, TV... Just in general, it seems to be a British thing. Is there a grooming epidemic in the UK?

Please enlighten me, DL.

came out or finally admits?

Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards

R44, he has never hid being gay. He was always obvious. Then again, maybe it's just because I'm gay so I can read the signs. He has pinged my gaydar ever since I first saw him on Emmerdale a few years ago. This is funny though (see the tweet from his co-star), apprently it's not as obvious to everyone! But again, to my knowledge he never pretended to be straight, he never had a girlfriend, he just never spoke out about being gay until a few months ago (he never hid it either though).

R43 I'm not british but I think this grooming episodes allude to all these horrific sex abuse cases in Rochdale, Rotherham etc.. Very young teenage girls from broken homes forced into prostitution by "Asian" (meaning Pakistani) gangs. "Grooming" describes the process that leads from seduction to rape to prostitution.

I have to agree with R46, when Daniel first appeared on Corrie I assumed he was going to be gay.

So I guess he's dating his costar Daniel Brocklebank

We know, R49. See R23.

BDF for sure

R47 Thanks for answering. Seems like they understand the complexity of the problem while the rest of us are treating these issues separately. I've definitely heard of women like that where I live and it's pretty terrible what happens to them.

They seemed like a total mismatch to me from the start. The young one has all the cock in Britain waiting for him now that he's a rising star; doesn't really make sense to be attached to another soaps actor.

I was just gonna post this, R53. Yeah, I'm not that surprised about the split either.

Is yet another bottom being added to the pile of competition really something to be celebrated?

If it walks like a duck...

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In the U.K. he's the equivalent of Zac Efron.

Rob's reply:

[Quote]Before any other papers write about this "news" let me disabuse you: I have an essential tremor.Phew! Feels so good to come out.#notawkward

Imagine getting head from him.

[quote] ...let me disabuse you: I have an essential tremor.

I’m obsessed with this quote, it’s pure DL. Tempted to use it myself as an excuse to duck out of functions.

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Corrie...never has been interesting, has it?

He's one of the few gay actors that's not a T-pet/TRA/SJW/Woke, Love him.