Jaason Simmons of “Baywatch” fame about being an OUT actor!

Jaason Simmons, who played the role of Logan Fowler on Baywatch, came out publicly as a gay man in 2008, according to Greg in Hollywood.

“I’ve always been out to my friends and family and everything,” he explained. “Professionally I wasn’t only because I was a shy kid and I didn’t talk about my private life anyway. But it comes to a point that you realize you have a responsibility so it wasn’t about me anymore.”

Although his life is not so different since coming out, the initial wave of publicity was something of a shock.

“It was an amazing experience,” he said. “The week that it was announced it was a small story in Australia and it went global within 24 hours which we didn’t expect it to do and that was the overwhelming part. I think because I was on Baywatch and having a gay guy on it was a headline. So the original part was a bit daunting but afterward, it’s just back to life and back to everything.”