{"id":17620,"date":"2017-04-03T15:53:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=17620"},"modified":"2017-04-03T15:53:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:53:06","slug":"video-young-role-model-walking-dead-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/04\/video-young-role-model-walking-dead-comes\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Young role model from ‘Walking Dead’ comes out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDaniel Newman<\/a> has come out as gay, saying it was just time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In an emotional YouTube video (below), he said a chance meeting with a girl at a homeless youth center he was volunteering at had changed his mind about hiding his sexuality.<\/p>\n

The actor, who has also starred in Vampire Diaries, Homeland and Sex and the City, said the girl had thanked him profusely for helping the LGBT community.<\/p>\n

After he had questioned why she was thanking him, she said: \u201cBecause you\u2019re straight.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not straight,” the actor, who plays Daniel in the show, had responded, and the girl\u2019s answer floored him.<\/p>\n

“Why have you never said that publicly before? You could help change our lives.”<\/p>\n

“It hit me like a gut-punch,\u201d Newman said. \u201cIt felt like someone knocked the wind out from me.<\/p>\n

“And I realized how important it is in this day and age to be visible \u2013 to let people who know you are.”<\/p>\n

He added that there was no excuse to hide your sexuality when, as the girl pointed out, revealing it could help so many people.<\/p>\n

See Daniel\u2019s coming out video here:<\/strong>
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