“Shame” helped Jonathan (19) out of the closet – NRK

Jonathan Gaathaug Nielsen has since 8. class certain that he is gay. But only now, half a year after that he has completed secondary school, dare him to come out of the closet.

The thank he, “Shame” and this season’s hovedrollefigur Isaac for.

my Mom had never seen “Shame”, so then I thought that I would show her what it is. So then we saw on the episode where Isaac came out of the closet for Jonas, ” says 19-year-old from chester city to NRK.

Honest responses

the Mother Vibeke turned then to his son and wondered when he was going to come out of the closet.

You know that the rest of the family had had the same reaction as Jonas? she said.

Earlier, Jonathan has denied the face of his mother that he is gay. But this time he replied honestly to the question.

– the Feelings come out as a movie

In a post published Tuesday in the Aftenposten debattside for the youth, Si ;D, writes Jonathan about how the award-winning the NRK tv-series has contributed to the fact that he can now talk about legningen its:

THANK you “SHAME”: Jonathan Gaathaug Nielsen.

Photo: Laila Nguyen / NRK

“It might sound strange, but it means a lot to be able to relate to a phenomenon that is so big for the people of his own age, and something everyone can follow with on the daily. At times, I’ve not managed to put words on my feelings, but with Shame I have not only put words on them – my emotions are also come out as a film”, he writes.

Pretended he liked girls

the Mother, Vibeke Gaathaug Nielsen, is proud that his son now has dared to come out of the closet. She has since her son was little known that he is gay.

– There have been many little things over the years, ” says she.

Earlier, Jonathan has only dared to say to his closest friends that he is gay. But after the post in Aftenposten now know “all” there.

It was easier to get out that way, then allows me to go around and say it several times, he says to NRK.

19-year-old tells that knows itself well once again in “Shame”-Isaac, by that also he allowed that if he liked girls. NRK, the series has made, is indescribable, ” he says.

I had come out without “Shame”, it is not there. But it gave me the last pushed and helped by the fact that I saw that there are more that have it the same way.