Coronation Street star Rob Mallard has thanked fans for their support after revealing that he is gay. Mallard plays Daniel Osbourne on the long running soap opera, Coronation Street, and spoke for the first time about his sexuality in Gay Times magazine. Mallard took to Twitter to thank people for their support. He said: “Thanks for all the kind words following the @GayTimesMag interview! Genuinely touched by people’s kindness.” The actor came out to his friends and family at the age of 17. Mallard told Gay Times that he never planned to keep his sexuality a secret but was concerned that viewers wouldn’t believe his relationship with women on the TV show.
