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Kit Connor came retired arsenic bisexual—though not connected his ain accord.

On Oct. 31, the Heartstopper prima called retired societal media users who had been accusing him of queerbaiting, a word utilized to picture radical who thin into suspicion that they whitethorn beryllium queer successful hopes of attracting attraction and publicity. In a tweet, Connor slammed the allegations and wrote, "i'm bi. congrats for forcing an 18 twelvemonth aged to retired himself."

The British actor—who plays Nick Nelson, a teen coming to presumption with his sexuality, connected Heartstopper—also noted, "i deliberation immoderate of you missed the constituent of the show. bye."

Connor's tweet comes 5 months aft helium confronted the allegations online. "twitter is truthful comic man," helium tweeted connected May 2. "apparently immoderate radical connected present cognize my sexuality amended than I do."

Later that month, the His Dark Materials alum called the queerbaiting accusations "mean" and defended his prime to keep his sexuality private.

Connor besides said that it was "strange" for radical to marque speculations astir him and his Heartstopper co-star Joe Locke, who besides plays a queer character.

"To commencement speculating astir our sexualities and pressuring america to travel out when possibly we're not ready," helium continued, "I consciousness similar that's a precise interesting, somewhat problematic presumption to make." 

Amid the accusations, Connor announced successful September that helium was stepping distant from Twitter.

"this is simply a silly silly app," he tweeted connected Sept. 12. "bit bored of it now, deleting twitter."