Supernatural's DJ Qualls Talks Coming Out in Hollywood, Reveals When He Did & Why
DJ Qualls opened up about his experience coming out while in Hollywood.
The 46-year-old actor, who you’ll remember as the werewolf Garth on Supernatural, recently revealed that he came out privately in his late teens. However, it wasn’t until much later that he came out at work, and then in 2020 he came out to the public.
In a new interview, he discussed what it was like being closeted in Hollywood and why he decided to come out.
Keep reading to find out more…
While on the Inside of You podcast, DJ explained that he came out in 2015 at work. Before that he said that he witnessed homophobia in the industry.
“My very first press junket, the guy who was our executive producer, a very famous director-producer, told Seann William Scott he almost didn’t hire him because he thought was a f—,” he recalled, via EW.
DJ said that was simply “the way it was.” He added that he “didn’t want to deal with” being an out actor at the time.
What changed?
“But then one day I realized, why should I have to be at craft service and hear a bunch of homophobic s-it wrecking my day? Then I was like, hey I don’t want to hear that. And I get it, it’s guy talk, and they don’t think about the context of it. But I don’t want to hear it,” he said.
He continued, saying, “I wouldn’t correct you in front of a group of people.” Instead, he told them privately.
The actor added that he came to the realization that he “deserve[d] respect because [he gave] it.”
If you missed it, earlier this year we learned that DJ was engaged to one of his former Supernatural costars!