Luke MacFarlane came out as gay in 2008, putting his hard work-filled career on the line. While the fans were expecting the announcement, they had him address the issue of his romantic relationships. So, who is the better half of the heartthrob?
Luke MacFarlane is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Scotty Wandell on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters, which aired from 2006 to 2011. MacFarlane appeared in the world premiere of the stage drama Reverberation at Hartford Stage in Connecticut in February 2015.
Since its debut in 2015, the actor has played RAC Agent D’avin Jaqobis in the Space television science fiction series Killjoys.
From a young age, MacFarlane pursued acting. MacFarlane was born on January 19, 1980, in London, Ontario, to twin sister Ruth and older sister Rebecca.
MacFarlane attended Juilliard to study drama. Having had an interest in acting since a young age, he landed a supporting role as Frank Dumphy in the 2005 FX series Over There. As they say, the rest is history!
In 2008, MacFarlane comes out as gay.
In an exclusive interview with the Globe and Mail before the final season of Brothers & Sisters aired in April 2008, MacFarlane came out as gay.
He wasn’t sure what would happen to his career if he addressed himself as gay, but he decided to be true to himself, and the response was overwhelmingly positive.
However, fans anticipated MacFarlane’s coming out as gay for a long time due to his on-screen gay portrayal on Brothers & Sisters. So the announcement didn’t come as a complete surprise.
Wentworth Miller, MacFarlane’s Rumored Gay Partner
If you are unfamiliar with Wentworth Miller, he is the hottie who plays Michael Schofield in the American television series Prison Break. Many believe he is MacFarlane’s gay partner or, more likely, his future husband.
According to reliable sources, MacFarlane was dating his partner, Wentworth. He had remained silent about their relationship because Wentworth had not come out as gay. But that all changed in 2013.
According to Distractify, the couple has been together since 2007, long before either of them came out. According to the source, they were even considering moving together.
Who is MacFarlane’s partner?
The timing was ideal, given that MacFarlane was getting married on-screen to his on-screen husband, Kevin Walker, played by Matthew Rhys, in the upcoming episode of Brothers & Sisters.
He was unsure what would bring him down professionally, but he wanted to be true to himself, so he revealed that he is gay. Even before coming out as gay, MacFarlane was rumored to be dating Grey’s Anatomy actor TR Knight.
However, those rumors died quickly after MacFarlane became involved in speculation about his partner being Wentworth Miller in June 2007. But, whoever MacFarlane’s partner is, let’s hope he’s in a happy gay relationship.
Luke MacFarlane Current Projects
MacFarlane portrayed Jason Tucker on Hallmark’s Just Add Romance in 2019. MacFarlane and Megann Fahy play rivals in a cooking competition in the TV movie. After many years meeting in culinary school.
His other project that year was Sense, Sensibility, and Snowmen, in which he played Edward Ferris.
The plot synopsis for the TV movie is as follows: “Ella Dashwood (Erin Krakow) and her sister Marianne (Kimberley Sustad) love Christmas and run a party planning company. One of their new clients is a toy company, and they disagree with the company’s CEO, Edward Ferris (Luke Macfarlane).”
