To Russia,without love-the prison break star revealed his sexuality to the public for the first time in an emotional letter to the director of a Russian film festival.
While many stars come out on twitter ,actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller decided to tell the world that he is gay in a rejection letter to the director of the St.Petersburg International film festival. Wentworth, 41, turned down the director's offer to travel to Russia for the event,saying he objects to the Russian government's treatment of gay men and women.
It is so great that Wentworth took the invitation to the film festival as an opportunity to stand up for his fellow gays in Russia! He wrote in his letter;
"Thank you for your kind invitation.
As someone who has enjoyed
Visiting Russia in the past and can
also claim a degree of Russian
ancestry,it would make me happy to say yes.
However,as a gay man,i must decline.
I am deeply troubled by the current attitude
toward and treatment of gay men and
women by the Russian government."
Wentworth,who is best known for his role as Michael Scoffed in Fox's Prison break,went on to say, "the situation is no way acceptable,and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".
"If circumstances improve, i'll be free to make a different choice," he added.
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