Colton Haynes Almost Didn’t Get ‘Teen Wolf’ Because of XY Magazine Photos
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Actor Colton Haynes reveals that he almost didn’t get cast on MTV’s Teen Wolf series because of a photoshoot he did for teen gay magazine XY in his new memoir Miss Memory Lane.
The 33-year-old revealed that he was nearly not cast in the MTV adaptation because a network executive did not like that he had participated in a photo shoot for gay magazine, XY.
Haynes — who is openly gay — wrote in his newly released memoir, “Miss Memory Lane,” that he was told to conceal his sexuality as it would hinder his ability to get acting jobs.
“It didn’t matter who was on my team, the message I got was always the same: ‘You will not work if you are yourself,’ ” wrote Haynes.
Haynes recalled one instance after auditioning for “Teen Wolf” — which ran from 2011 to 2017 — of his manager telling him that show-runner Jeff Davis had to fight for him to be on the series.
“The head of MTV almost didn’t hire you because of that XY photo shoot we’ve been working our asses off to extinguish. Thank God Jeff fought for you to get that role,” Haynes said his manager told him.
MTV did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
According to the actor, he had done the photo shoot with his then-boyfriend Jay and spent “years sending cease-and-desist letters to everyone who posted my XY shoot.”
“Jeff was the creator of ‘Teen Wolf,’ and he had indeed fought for me; I was grateful to him, and eager not to f – -k up the opportunity,” Haynes wrote in his memoir, which was released Tuesday.
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