It would've been a time of celebration, we had an A list actor deciding to come out, no other actor has ever done that on any great note. He had little reason to hide the fact that he's gay, he's not like he's a heartthrob or someone who plays tough guys he's a character actor/classical actor, so it wasn't a major issue to anybody other than to him it would seem. Anyone's saying it took thirty or forty years too long to come out and the timing and reasons to do so was pretty bad.