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Daniel Radcliffe thinks it’s ‘f*cking awesome’ that gay player Michael Sam was drafted by St. Louis Rams

As if I’m not already a big enough fan of Daniel Radcliffe already.

The Harry Potter alum has been an outspoken ally of LGBT equality for years now and in a recent interview with Out Magazine, he talked about Michael Sam becoming the NFL’s first openly gay player when he was drafted by the St. Louis Rams.

On Friday Sam will take the field in an NFL preseason game as the St. Louis Rams’ third-string defensive end. The Rams face the New Orleans Saints at the Edward Jones Dome.

Says Radcliffe:

“I think it’s fucking awesome. It’s fantastic that he’s got a team. It’s horrendous that he slipped to 249 after being the SEC defensive player of the year. People can say whatever they like about his athleticism, or not fitting the bill for certain conditions or whatever, but the fact is no player in the last six years to win that award has been drafted lower than 16th overall, I think. So it’s sad that that was an issue. But I think he’s amazing, frankly. In interviews, at no point does he allow himself to be portrayed as a victim or someone who deserves extra sympathy. He’s brilliant at shutting that down. I think everybody else just hopes he does fucking brilliantly this year, and that there’s [going to be] a list of quarterbacks who got sacked by a gay defensive end.

“My favorite comments online were the ones that said, “I don’t mind him being gay, but I don’t want to see him kiss his boyfriend.” Well, you kinda do mind, then. Also, I presume Michael Sam told the world he was gay so that when he was drafted he could do that without having to fucking think about it or hide it. And I think that’s a fantastic thing. Hopefully Michael Sam’s taking the plunge for everyone who will come after him.”

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  1. He’s so awesome!

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