White Lotus Star Lukas Gage’s Viral Response To Twitter User Who Criticised Him Over Taking Gay Roles
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Actor Lukas Gage has responded to criticisms that he is a straight actor playing LGBTQIA+ characters.
Gage, 27, has played many queer roles in shows such as White Lotus, Euphoria, Love, Victor, and, most recently, .
Last week someone on Twitter called attention to this and wrote, 鈥淚f Hollywood can stop hiring non LGBTQIA+ actors like @lukasgage to play LGBTQIA+ characters, that would be great. He has played 4 so far. 1 was enough.鈥�
In a tweet that has since gone viral, Gage responded, 鈥淯 don鈥檛 know my alphabet.鈥�
u dont know my alphabet
— lukas gage (@lukasgage)
The initial Twitter user pushed back writing, 鈥淭hen please, enlighten the whole world,鈥�
鈥淣o,鈥� Gage responded succinctly. With a heart emoji added for punctuation.
苍辞鉂わ笍
— lukas gage (@lukasgage)
Other Twitter users jumped in to defend Gage against the trolling.聽
One wrote, 鈥淚t鈥檚 seriously none of your business. You do you honey and live your own best life. Leave him to live his.聽Another tweeted, 鈥淚magine thinking anyone owes you a coming out moment.鈥�
鈥淭rying to force people out of the closet during pride month is not the move that you think it is,鈥� another wrote.聽
psa if youre a shit talking director make sure to mute ur shit on zoom mtgings
— lukas gage (@lukasgage)
This isn’t the first time Gage’s reaction has gone viral. In 2020, he gained attention when a live mic caught a casting director making fun of his apartment during a Zoom meeting.
