Kit Connor, who plays Nick, also defended Joe by tweeting: "primary school playground flashbacks. Joe's co-star Sebastian Croft (Ben) added: "It baffles me that anyone can watch heartstopper and then go on to do something like this. Co-founder Jim Buzinski recently wrote about a new survey that found 30 percent of gay men and 40 percent of lesbians identify as passionate sports. One person tweeted: "it’s the fact that this is joe locke’s first big acting role, and you guys are ruining it by trending “joe locke ugly” “joe locke gay.” cant we appreciate the HUGE steps that heartstopper is making for the queer community?" The numbers show many of you will be, too. Joe then added: "Everyone should be entitled to an opinion, but just know we see most of the stuff people post online :)".įans quickly rushed to defend Joe. Taking to Twitter yesterday (May 2), Joe tweeted, "Ah lovely," alongside a screenshot revealing that the most tweeted search terms that come up alongside his name are "ugly" and "gay". Yahoo Sports asks: 'What will be the reaction from fans, hardcore and casual one this blows up on the blogosphere The 25-year-old Cochrane is 10-2 in MMA and posted a win over former WEC. Research from the UK charity Stonewall (2009) shows that anti-gay abuse continues to be all too common in football and deters both gay and straight fans. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for One Hundred Hotel & GQ Style, Netflix Heartstopper's Joe Locke slams trolls calling him "ugly" on social media.ĭavid M.