Jim Parsons feared his sexuality could jeopardize his job at TBBT.
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Before starring as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, the actor was best known for playing a man raised by wolves in the hilarious Quiznos commercial from 2003. However, this changed after the success of TBBT, which shot him to stardom and made made him one of the biggest names in TV and was even offered an eight-figure salary to continue playing Sheldon.
But despite being one of the top names at the time, the actor was afraid to talk about his sexuality during the sitcom's first year after the stigma surrounding LGBTQ+ people at the time.
The 2010s were a drastically different time for the LGBTQ+ community compared to recent times, and Jim Parsons feared his sexuality would jeopardize his job on The Big Bang Theory.
