Actor Wentworth Miller comes out as gay

Dammn! this one caught me off guard .. who will have ever thought or attempted to think that our "prison break" favourite (Michael Scofield) is gay ??!!! Anyone surprised he's gay? He came out as a gay man yesterday August 21 via an open letter to the Saint Petersburg Film Festival, turning down an invitation to attend a premiere there because of Russia's recently-passed anti-gay laws.

The  41-year-old actor wrote:

Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline.

I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice.
Until then. Wentworth Miller