Iain Armitage has commented on his sexuality, sharing a rare statement about public interest in his personal life.Speaking to Jessica Radloff for her new book Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy, the 18-year-old Young Sheldon actor revealed how he responds to speculation.’As it is, in real life I’ve also gotten everything from people thinking I’m dating specific people, like McKenna [Grace], or people thinking I’m gay,’ he’s quoted saying in the book, per Just Jared.Iain continued, ‘Sometimes people will come up to me in public and be like, “Yo, you gay?” or “Man, you dating anyone?”‘Sharing how he chooses to respond, he explained, ‘It depends on the person and what they’re saying, but if it’s a guy asking if I’m gay, I’ll say, “Not for you.” Or “I haven’t found the right guy yet.”‘He added that another tactic he uses is deflection: ‘People will say, “Yo, man, do you get a lot of girls? Do you have a girlfriend?” and I’ll say something funny to make someone laugh and divert the conversation. Or, “That’s private, dude, don’t ask that.”‘ Iain Armitage has commented on his sexuality, sharing a rare statement about public interest in his personal life (Source: Iain Armitage/Instagram) Armitage was only eight when he was cast as the titular Sheldon Cooper in the Big Bang Theory spinoffThe Daily Mail has reached out to a rep for Armitage for comment. Armitage was only eight when he was cast as the titular Sheldon Cooper in the Big Bang Theory spinoff. The show was based on Jim Parsons’s genius character, which he played from 2007 to 2019.Parsons served as both the narrator and executive producer of the series as it debuted in September 2017. When Young Sheldon started, it was set in 1989, with the show taking viewers through the 1990s with the main character’s family in the fictional town of Medford, Texas. Parsons opened up about returning as Sheldon for the May 2024 finale while appearing on the Today show that March.’Big Bang Theory was always a live-audience show and Young Sheldon is a single-camera show,’ he explained to host Craig Melvin at the time.’And I got to do it with Mayim [Bialik] – we both played Sheldon and Amy in the series. And to do it in that situation, it was just different enough that it wasn’t creepy,’ he noted.Parsons, now 53, added: ‘It felt like the nicest little coda to the whole experience, and I was grateful that they asked us to do it.’ Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy, the 18-year-old Young Sheldon actor revealed how he responds to speculation about his private life The show was based on Jim Parsons’ genius Big Bang Theory character, which he played from 2007 to 2019 Armitage and Parsons pictured in 2022The Big Bang Theory premiered in 2007 and became a huge success, scoring 10 Emmy awards.However, this past July, Parsons revealed he was ‘miserable’ while filming it.He appeared on All Out with Jon Dean, where he opened up about the personal struggles he faced as he thrived professionally while playing Sheldon.’I look back now and realize that there were many ways, at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable,’ he told Dean. ‘I was not happy. I was stressed.’Parsons noted that he was sober for nine of the 12 years the show aired, and ‘felt that there [were] so many plates I was supposed to be keeping in the air and that the success and the good things of life that were happening were only due to this overworking… discipline and whatever.’He pondered, ‘Maybe to a degree that was true. I don’t know. I can’t say because that’s how I was.’Looking back, the actor admitted he would do things differently if he had the chance.’I wouldn’t do that again and for any amount of money. It was stressful and miserable at times. I made myself miserable,’ he reiterated.He said his ‘work ethic’ was only partially to blame. ‘It translated in part into a work ethic, but it was really just obsessive behavior basically. Yes, I was disciplined. Yes, I had a good work ethic, but a lot of it was because it was kind of OCD in nature,’ he reflected.Parsons continued: ‘I had a list of things, basically, in my head that I had to get done in order to be comfortable and know that I could do my job right, which I don’t think was true.’In the end, the Texas native said he missed ‘tons of life.’
Young Sheldon star Iain Armitage, 18, responds to speculation about his sexuality
Iain Armitage has commented on his sexuality, sharing a rare statement about public interest in his personal life.Speaking to Jessica Radloff for her new book Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy, the 18-year-old Young Sheldon actor revealed how he responds to speculation.’As it is, in real life I’ve also gotten everything from people thinking I’m dating specific people, like McKenna [Grace], or people thinking I’m gay,’ he’s quoted saying in the book, per Just Jared.Iain continued, ‘Sometimes people will come up to me in public and be like, “Yo, you gay?” or “Man, you dating anyone?”‘Sharing how he chooses to respond, he explained, ‘It depends on the person and what they’re saying, but if it’s a guy asking if I’m gay, I’ll say, “Not for you.” Or “I haven’t found the right guy yet.”‘He added that another tactic he uses is deflection: ‘People will say, “Yo, man, do you get a lot of girls? Do you have a girlfriend?” and I’ll say something funny to make someone laugh and divert the conversation. Or, “That’s private, dude, don’t ask that.”‘ Iain Armitage has commented on his sexuality, sharing a rare statement about public interest in his personal life (Source: Iain Armitage/Instagram) Armitage was only eight when he was cast as the titular Sheldon Cooper in the Big Bang Theory spinoffThe Daily Mail has reached out to a rep for Armitage for comment. Armitage was only eight when he was cast as the titular Sheldon Cooper in the Big Bang Theory spinoff. The show was based on Jim Parsons’s genius character, which he played from 2007 to 2019.Parsons served as both the narrator and executive producer of the series as it debuted in September 2017. When Young Sheldon started, it was set in 1989, with the show taking viewers through the 1990s with the main character’s family in the fictional town of Medford, Texas. Parsons opened up about returning as Sheldon for the May 2024 finale while appearing on the Today show that March.’Big Bang Theory was always a live-audience show and Young Sheldon is a single-camera show,’ he explained to host Craig Melvin at the time.’And I got to do it with Mayim [Bialik] – we both played Sheldon and Amy in the series. And to do it in that situation, it was just different enough that it wasn’t creepy,’ he noted.Parsons, now 53, added: ‘It felt like the nicest little coda to the whole experience, and I was grateful that they asked us to do it.’ Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy, the 18-year-old Young Sheldon actor revealed how he responds to speculation about his private life The show was based on Jim Parsons’ genius Big Bang Theory character, which he played from 2007 to 2019 Armitage and Parsons pictured in 2022The Big Bang Theory premiered in 2007 and became a huge success, scoring 10 Emmy awards.However, this past July, Parsons revealed he was ‘miserable’ while filming it.He appeared on All Out with Jon Dean, where he opened up about the personal struggles he faced as he thrived professionally while playing Sheldon.’I look back now and realize that there were many ways, at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable,’ he told Dean. ‘I was not happy. I was stressed.’Parsons noted that he was sober for nine of the 12 years the show aired, and ‘felt that there [were] so many plates I was supposed to be keeping in the air and that the success and the good things of life that were happening were only due to this overworking… discipline and whatever.’He pondered, ‘Maybe to a degree that was true. I don’t know. I can’t say because that’s how I was.’Looking back, the actor admitted he would do things differently if he had the chance.’I wouldn’t do that again and for any amount of money. It was stressful and miserable at times. I made myself miserable,’ he reiterated.He said his ‘work ethic’ was only partially to blame. ‘It translated in part into a work ethic, but it was really just obsessive behavior basically. Yes, I was disciplined. Yes, I had a good work ethic, but a lot of it was because it was kind of OCD in nature,’ he reflected.Parsons continued: ‘I had a list of things, basically, in my head that I had to get done in order to be comfortable and know that I could do my job right, which I don’t think was true.’In the end, the Texas native said he missed ‘tons of life.’