The actor and singer, Juan Pablo Di Pace, came out as homosexual during a presentation at the TedX event, and said that he suffered a lot from homophobia in Argentina.
“Acceptance was my fuel, and when that's the case, like an addict, you do whatever it takes to get a fix,” he said.
Di Pace, who was raised Catholic, struggled with his sexuality throughout his adolescence and into adulthood. Ironically, he revealed that he only managed to accept himself after playing Jesus in the series “The Bible”.
“Many years later, and still criticizing myself for being gay, I was given the role of a lifetime: Jesus Christ,” he recalled. “Of all the people in the world who could play this role, they called me.”
Di Pace continued: “So I'm hanging on the cross […] in Morocco […] and I look up at the sky, and I think, “You can still strike me with lightning. Are you sure you want me to play your son? Instead, what I felt was an overwhelming feeling of love, acceptance and freedom that I could never put into words.”
“A message from God? Perhaps."
He added: “Words are like universes and we are musicians who can create universes with them.”
