Justice Smith doesn’t shy away from the label, but he doesn’t use it to explain himself either.
In a conversation on the show Dinner’s on Me, the actor shared something few people expected: he’s still attracted to women, but he no longer wants to date them. The reason isn’t desire, but what comes bundled with the relationship.
As he explained, when he dated women, he felt pressured to fit the mold of the traditional masculine role: being the one who decides, the one who provides, the one who lives up to what’s expected of a man. With men, by contrast, he says he felt less constrained by those expectations.
His words opened up a broader conversation about gender roles in couples and how much they can limit the way each person expresses themselves and connects with the other. Is it love that weighs us down, or the script handed to us before we even begin? 💭