Actor Misha Collins came out as bisexual last week but this week he says he made a mistake.
“By a show of force, how many of you would consider yourself introverts? How many extroverts? And how many bisexuals?” he asked the audience at the Creation Entertainment’s Supernatural Official Convention. “I’m all three,” he said.
After the clip went viral, he took to Twitter to clear it all up.
“At a fan convention in New Jersey, when I was talking with the audience I said that I was ‘all three’ things: an introvert, an extrovert and a bisexual,” he tweeted. “My clumsy intention was to wave off actually discussing my sexuality, but I badly fumbled that and understand that was seen as me coming out as bisexual.”
He continued: “This was not my intention so I need to correct the record: I am not bisexual. I happen to be straight, but I am also a fierce ally and the last thing I want to do is falsely co-opt the struggles of the LGBTQIA+ community.”
“I believe and fully support that we need to sanctify the human right to express our identities honestly and to be free to love whomever we choose openly,” Collins added.
“I am deeply sorry for the clumsiness of my language,” Collins finally added. “I want to be a better ally and I feel sick to my stomach that I might have done anything to make things worse. I’m trying to learn, trying to do better and I will keep listening.”