 Warning: spoilers ahead for Heartstopper season 2. Heartstopper season 2 is finally here, and fans are overjoyed to reunite with their favourite lovebirds Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) as their beautiful relationship blossoms. A huge focus of the latest episodes is Nick's desire to come out publicly as bisexual, while struggling to find the words or the right time to do so with his family, friends and schoolmates. During a recent chat with Metro.co.uk, the creator of the show Alice Oseman was asked about the way in which Nick's storyline in the latest episodes mirrors the experience that Kit, 19, had in real life when he shared that he felt 'forced' to come out after speculation about his sexuality from fans. In November last year, the actor, who was 18 at the time, wrote in a post on social media: 'Back for a minute. I'm bi. Congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. I think some of you missed the point of the show. Bye.' In the second season of Heartstopper, Nick is pressured to come out when his older brother David (Jack Barton) discovers his relationship with Charlie and acts in a homophobic and biphobic way towards him. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video While Charlie's friendship group knows about his relationship with Nick, and Nick tells Imogen (Rhea Norwood) that he's bisexual, he struggles to open up to his friends in the rugby team, especially after his friendship with bully Harry (Cormac Hyde-Corrin) soured in season one. When asked about the parallels between Nick's journey and Kit's experience in real life, Alice answered: 'Well, for me, Heartstopper has always been about balancing the light with the dark. 'It's a joyful, optimistic, hopeful story, but at the same time, I want it to portray real issues and to explore the more negative sides of al){kind=link}
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Warning: spoilers ahead for Heartstopper season 2.
Heartstopper season 2 is finally here, and fans are overjoyed to reunite with their favourite lovebirds Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) as their beautiful relationship blossoms.
A huge focus of the latest episodes is Nick’s desire to come out publicly as bisexual, while struggling to find the words or the right time to do so with his family, friends and schoolmates.
During a recent chat with Metro.co.uk, the creator of the show Alice Oseman was asked about the way in which Nick’s storyline in the latest episodes mirrors the experience that Kit, 19, had in real life when he shared that he felt ‘forced’ to come out after speculation about his sexuality from fans.