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Actor playing gay role in musical sacked for homophobic comments by Kevin Rawlinson

Oluwaseyi Omooba had been due to play star role in The Color Purple in UK stage show An actor playing a gay character in a stage production of the Color Purple has been sacked over homophobic comments she made five years ago. Oluwaseyi Omooba, who was due to play the lead role of Celie, claimed the Bible made clear homosexuality was wrong in the eyes of God and that people cannot be born gay. A row was sparked when h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:04pm on March 21, 2019

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