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I can't really find anything about his dating history/relationships, and I'm so curious lol.
It's from this interview: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-05-14/jonathan-bailey-fellow-travelers-bridgerton-wicked-matt-bomer-ron-nyswaner
It's really unfortunate that we don't seem able to enjoy actors as just the incredible professionals who are able to create some magic on screen. I've seen (sometimes even posted) a bunch of beautiful photos of another couple from this show and I avoided engaging with comments because some of them made me uncomfortable.
I wasn't active in the fandom in season 1 or most of season 2's days so I don't know how things were then, but now I see people wondering why Jonny and Simone don't like each other's posts and stuff about Nic and Newts that I don't even find healthy to say or think.
I just feel like some people in the fandom are very young and don't know how work relationships work. Spoilers: sometimes well, sometimes not so well, sometimes spledidly, however most times they can grow tiresome and frustrating and just end up in mutual politeness and tolerance. Now take that and transfer it into showbusiness. Whatever you work relationships are like, the whole world is there to see it and project the fictional story you were in onto your person and your story.
I absolutely fear/think both Jonny and Simone and Nic and Newts will eventually grow apart because of this kind of pressure, maybe Jonny and Simone already did. It happened with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in the years of the Sherlock/Johnlock case, that's for sure.
And that's a pity because I actually believe Nic and Newts, for instance, are currently giving a fantastic display of mutual support that many of us could use learning in life but even in work relationships. I have a more experienced colleague I kind of lean onto when I need to feel some safety and support as a newcomer the way I see Newts do with Nicola and it's really wholesome and I wouldn't dream of reading more into it.
We should just focus on how good these pairs of artists were to create believable relationships for our entertainment, that's it. We shouldn't be expecting them to be anything else than good artists. Of course it's better if they're friends, but they don't owe us friendship. Let alone more.
Also people doubting his sexuality because he has amazing chemistry with Simone is soooo annoying.
Why am I in love with people that can never love me back 🥲 I am heart broken. 💔
Jonathan Bailey could have gone in any direction after his runaway success as the male romantic lead in Bridgerton's second season.
But choosing to play a gay man opposite Matt Bomer in Showtime's Fellow Travelers, another romantic period drama — this one spanning the 1950s Joseph McCarthy communist trials to the 1980s AIDS crisis — was a "no-brainer" for the British actor.
"I had looked for these gay stories, a sweeping gay love story, and I hadn't really seen them," Bailey, 35, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "This ticked every single box, and it's something I know I'll be proud of for the rest of my career."
Bailey first grabbed the attention of TV viewers with his breakthrough performance as Anthony Bridgerton, the proud, surly viscount on Shonda Rhimes's sudsy Regency-era drama Bridgerton.
Starring in one of Netflix's most popular shows has been transformative for Bailey, who previously had mostly divided his time between British TV and theater roles.
"Having always waited for auditions and projects to come, I just have that footing now to have choices, which is incredible and so special, because it's not a very common thing," he says. "I have a responsibility therefore not to waste that."
Raised in Benson, England by his father Stuart, a managing director at a honey supplier, and his mother Carole, who worked several jobs to help make ends meet and pay for dance and music lessons for her son and his three older sisters, Bailey found school intimidating.
The actor was 11 when he realized he might be gay, and he sought refuge in his family, the theater and his best friend.
"It's a pretty common story that school is terrifying, especially in a world where people don't understand or the teachers and children don't understand LGBTQ+ identities and experiences," he shares. "But the superpower of being on the outside looking in means that when you're older, you are drawn to storytelling and creatives who are singular and exciting. And I think queer people have a real strength to them, which could be celebrated."
Fellow Travelers certainly celebrates the LGBTQ+ community through its ambitious, decades-long narrative and queer stars. The biggest, most exciting draw for Bailey was his character Tim Laughlin's "expansive arc," evolving from a closeted political staffer in the 1950s to an out-and-proud activist in the 1980s.
"It's explored more, his journey and the expanse of it, more than any other character," Bailey says. "But I think, with Tim, he's constantly searching within himself. He's constantly torn between his identity, the truth about his identity and the stories that he's been told, whether it be by religion, by the government, by his parents or society. So it's thrilling to be able to constantly be torn between two places."
Working alongside Bomer, 46, helped Bailey bring Fellow Travelers to life.
Bomer, who also served as an executive producer on Fellow Travelers, was "a total joy" to work with, recalls Bailey, who meshed well with the White Collar actor right from the start — from their Zoom screen test to their "pregame coffee" five days before they began shooting.
"We both had quite a lot of experience in our careers of intimacy and portraying intimacy, but there's also just so much we've experienced as gay men, as well. So naturally, we had a lot to explore," he says, adding, "To honor the canon of gay storytelling is totally what I set out to do. So if it [Fellow Travelers] is 'up there,' then I'm really happy."
https://people.com/why-jonathan-bailey-says-doing-fellow-travelers-was-no-brainer-after-bridgerton-exclusive-8411771
At Jurassic World Rebirth Seoul premiere, their friendship is honestly the cutest thing ever! and they looks amazing!
Without being offensive, can someone explain how Johnathan Bailey was able to bring such intense chemistry, and passionate attraction with his leading lady while being gay Irl. I understand it’s acting, but how can it look so genuine. Can it be the idea that one human is working with another human and there is mutual admiration for beauty? As both JB and SA are insanely attractive humans. There gazes, touches, and intimate scenes jumped out of the screen and into the heart!