A post shared by Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73)Star Trek: Discovery actor Wilson Cruz has talked more about his coming out story, including how his father kicked him out of his house when he came out to him on Christmas Eve.Cruz, 46, was speaking on the Creative Coalition podcast.He talked about his career, and landing the role of gay character, Enrique “Rickie” Vasquez, on the pilot episode of the short-lived, cult show, My So-Called Life, in 1994.“I was out to my intimate circle of friends, to my youngest brother… in my circle, I was out to everybody, but I wasn’t out to my parents.
I think my parents were basically the last people to find out.“So I hadn’t told them, then I got cast in My So-Called Life.