Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty
Lukas GageandChris Appletonare continuing to spend time together.
At Wednesday’sVanity Fairand TikTok event celebrating young Hollywood, the actor and celebrity hairstylist hit the red carpet together, both looking dapper as the posed together for photos.
Gage, who’s had a breakout year with roles inWhite LotusandEuphoria, wore a cream ensemble including a short sleeve mock turtleneck top paired with cream pleated plants. He finished off his look with white sneakers.
Appleton, a celebrity hairstylist and entrepreneur who works with stars likeJennifer LopezandKim Kardashian, appeared to color coordinate his look with Gage, wearing a silk cream button-up shirt under a black suit.
Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage
The two have stayed quiet about their relationship status although both posted photoswhile vacationing together in Mexicoat the end of February on Instagram.
Gage, 27, was asked in aNew York Timesarticle published Thursday if the photos were a public announcement of their relationship andhe kept his answer cryptic.
“If they want to think that, they can,” he told the outlet. “I’m a pretty open book about most things in my life, but I have a problem with the culture of everyone needing to know everybody’s business and nothing can be sacred. It’s a weird line that I’m still trying to figure out.”
In the article, Gage also addressed if he felt pressure from Hollywood to label himself.
“All the time,” he answered. “An agent that dropped me was like, ‘Stop dyeing your hair, stop wearing weird clothes and pick a lane: gay, bi or straight. It’s too confusing.’ I understand representation and voices that need to be heard, but I don’t want to do anything on anyone’s accord but my own,” Gage said.
“Let me do it when I’m ready. And it’s acting. I feel like everyone should get the opportunity to play whatever they want,” he added.
Gage has always been vocal and spoken out against hurdles he’s faced in the industry. Three years ago he went viral as the actor who was called out forhis small apartment during a zoom audition.
Hollywood peers and fans rallied around him after the actorcalled out a directorfor commenting on his “tiny apartment” during a clip from a Zoom audition that went viral.
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Gage, in the moment, joked back: “I know it’s a s—ty apartment. Give me this job so I can get a better one.” The director then said he was “mortified” over what had happened.
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“As I say on the video, I’m mortified about what happened,” Shapeero said. “While I can’t put the proverbial toothpaste back in the tube, I move forward from this incident a more empathetic man; a more focused director and I promise, an even better partner to actors from the audition process to the final cut.”
source: people.com
