Neil Patrick Harris sat down with OUT editor in chief Aaron Hicklin to talk about his about his career, his family, and his new role as Hedwig on Broadway.
But it was what he said about how playing a drag queen brought up some deep-rooted insecurities, that caught my eye:
“Hedwig is bringing up a lot of super insecure things within me. I have never thought drag was intoxicating, I’ve never had a fun drunken Halloween in drag, never been in heels, really. I’ve lived my whole life being attracted by masculinity – it’s why I like guys. I’m not a super effete person, and I have to turn into that, and in doing so it brings up a lot of homophobic insecurities within myself.”
Hmmmm. Seems odd that he hasn’t dealt with any of that by age 40, and it seems like something you might not want to actually say out loud (or to a magazine). But I guess I’m glad he’s confronting it now. Dragphobia/sissyphobia/queerphobia among straight-acting gays is detrimental to the entire community.
See also Huffington Post.
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