Mean Girls" Star Comes Out, Says Reunion Is Officially Off!

<h1 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 39px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: magenta;">Mean Girls" Star Comes Out, Says Reunion Is Officially Off!</span></h1> <div class="pbody" style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img src="http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/30/0430-mean-launch-3.jpg" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gretchen Wieners</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> isn't the only one full of secrets, because </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Mean Girls"</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> star </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel Franzese</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">was hiding one of his own: He's gay.</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Though he played "too gay to function" Damian in the film (Janice's words, not ours!), the actor himself was not out in real life -- and was even photographed kissing his female date on the red carpet at the movie's premiere (</span></span><em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">below</em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">).</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><img alt="0422_meangirls_split" class="" src="http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/04/22/0422-meangirls-split-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"I'm happy to be free and honest with myself and my fans," he tells </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">toofab</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> of his decision to come out now, 10 years later. "It feels like a backpack full of bricks has been lifted off of me. The outpouring of support has been overwhelming and I urge anyone else in the industry who is contemplating doing this, to do it. It feels great."</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">In a letter he penned to his on-screen character </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">posted over at /bent earlier today</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, Franzese says he had trouble landing "masculine" roles after playing a gay teen -- so he hid his sexuality from the public eye until now.</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"While my reps usually lied to protect me, my friends and family all knew the truth but now it's time everyone does," he wrote in the letter. "Perhaps this will help someone else. I’m not afraid anymore. Of Hollywood, the closet or mean girls."</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Daniel tells toofab he's excited to be the Celebrity Grand Marshall at the Portland Gay Pride Parade in June ... and he's single!</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Now, about that reunion ...</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Though the cast and crew were planning to get together for a big 10 year anniversary screening in New York next month -- something </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay Lohan</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> and</span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Tina Fey</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> both </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hinted at in the past</strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> -- Daniel tells us it's been canceled. </span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Scheduling conflicts with the cast made it too difficult to pull off. </span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">So </span></span><em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">not</em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> fetch!</span></span></div>

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