Life Sentence's Elliot Knight Shares His Coming Out Story

Elliot Knight is opening up the conversation about coming out!

The Life Sentence actor was asked in a Q&A when he first came out and he shared when, and added about how no one should need to come out.

“i first came out when i was 16 to friends and family. i felt then i knew myself well enough and didn’t want to allow the feeling of hiding or keeping a secret to set in,” he wrote. “but i don’t believe you should have to come out in order to matter. you shouldn’t need to yell it or do it over and over again, or even once for anyone else. i believe in creating a world where people don’t need to ‘come out’ anymore than someone who is straight cis and the onus is on all of us to live with open hearts & minds and not support the idea that there is one ‘normal path’ we all should take and then only some must announce when they diverge from that one way.”

Elliot got a lot of love and support on the post. His former co-star Lucy Hale commented, “Love you so much ❤️,” while Emilie De Ravin wrote, “Beautifully said my friend ❤️❤️❤️”

Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch wrote, “You are brilliant! So on board with this perspective, let’s create that reality. 💕”

Check out Elliot‘s full post below!