Actor J. August Richards comes out as gay

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Actor J. August Richards, 46, has revealed that he is gay via an Instagram live video. Richards starred in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff, Angel, and more recently played the role of Mike Peterson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

He is currently appearing in the new NBC show, Council of Dads. He plays Dr. Oliver Prost, who is married to another man. The couple have a daughter.

In an interview with co-star Sarah Wayne Callies, Richards talks about the reasons why he decided to discuss his sexuality, explaining he thought it important to come out to his fellow cast members before taking on the role.

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I loved in all three shows mentioned in the first paragraph.

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1. How have I not ever seen one advertisement

for this show, Council of Dads?

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2. Are you being sarcastic?

Cuz they have been promoting the shot out of that show. Driving me nuts.

[pnwest]

3. LOL!! no - I'm being serious. I watch

a lotta TV, and I have not seen anything, anywhere about this show until this post!

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4. Oh, hahaha! Like you, I watch LOTS of TV.

We must watch different stuff, because the shows I watch are promoting the HELL out of it. It is one of those shows they have promoted SO much, I don't even want to watch it. LOL!

[pnwest]

5. Weird! But I DVR almost everything, so I

can skip the commercials, so it’s probably been there and I missed it. And maybe I just don’t watch NBC much....

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6. We use YouTube TV and skip the commercials too.

But sometimes, we get hit with a few or are watching something live and can't skip. WE watch a few different NBC shows, so that is probably why I have seen it (scrolling by fast).