The New York Daily News reports:
Disney Channel star Garrett Clayton, who starred in “Teen Beach Movie” as well as NBC’s “Hairspray Live,” came out as gay Monday in a moving Instagram post. Clayton, 27, penned the post as an explanation as to why he signed on to the upcoming film “Reach,” and quietly slipped in the fact that he has been in a relationship with a man “for a long time.”
“Reach” is about a socially awkward teenager who plans to kill himself after relentless bullying, but whose plans are thrown for a loop when he befriends the new kid at school.
Clayton appeared in “Teen Beach Movie” and its sequel as star Tanner, and in “Hairspray” as leading man Link Larkin. He also appeared in five episodes of “The Fosters,” and in “King Cobra” as a gay porn star.