The Flash star Rick Cosnett comes out as gay and says hes living his truth

Publish date: 2024-03-21

THE Flash actor Rick Cosnett has come out as gay.

The 36-year-old - who played Detective Eddie Thawne on the CW action series revealed his sexuality to his followers in an Instagram video captioned, “Just me Hello.”

Speaking directly to the camera, the blonde Zimbabwean-Australian began his message: "Hi everyone. Hmm, dramatic pause," he said.

“Um, I’m gay and 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 being, you know, just life.”

“So there you go. I’m sure most of you probably knew anyway,” he continued, with a laugh.

“That’s actually what I wanted to say.”

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Cosnett, then pointed out the sty on his eye, which appeared to be red and slightly swollen in the footage.

“I also have a sty on my eye, which really adds to the whole drama of the whole thing,” he concluded.

The actor has appeared in numerous projects in addition to The Flash, including Quantico and The Vampire Diaries.

He hasn’t reprised his Flash character since 2017, however, according to IMDb, the series, which premiered in 2014, is continuing to produce new seasons.

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