The Flash alum Rick Cosnett came out as a gay in a new video shared on his official Instagram account.
The first season of The Flash introduced fans to Rick Cosnett’s Eddie Thawne, the partner of Detective Joe West and boyfriend of Iris. However, the first season of The Flash concluded with Rick Cosnett’s Eddie Thawne discovering he was an ancestor of the villainous Reverse-Flash and later killing himself to prevent the murderous speedster from ever being born.
Since then, Rick Cosnett has only a few appearances on The Flash, but fans have been able to continue following to him and his career social media. Today, Rick Cosnett took to his official Instagram account to post a video in which he comes out as gay, telling viewers that his decision reveal this publicly was made as part of efforts to live his own truth:
“Hi, everyone! Dramatic pause. I’m gay and I just wanted everyone to know because I’ve made a promise to myself to live my truth every day. And sometimes that is a really hard thing to do when you have all these subconcious things you don’t even know about from childhood, and from society, and from being… you know, just life.”
You can check out the full video from The Flash alum Rick Cosnett in the post below!
The Flash continues next week with the episode titled “A Girl Named Sue” and you can read the official synopsis below:
WHEN RALPH MET SUE – After months of searching for Sue Dearbon (guest star Natalie Dreyfuss), Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) gets a lead on her whereabouts and finally comes face to face with his missing client. However, Sue refuses to return home to her family, and instead, takes Ralph on a daring adventure. Iris (Candice Patton) faces a new challenge while Barry (Grant Gustin) considers a potentially dangerous request from a trusted source. Chris Peppe directed the episode written by Thomas Pound & Lauren Certo (#612). Original airdate 2/18/2020.
The Flash stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allen / The Flash, Candice Patton as Iris West, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost, Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon / Vibe, Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells, Jesse L. Martin as Joe West, Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton, and Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man.
The Flash airs on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. on The CW.
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