Taylor Gregory: The fierce, fabulous Barbie kid grows up to ballet, bodybuilding, and kissing boys. With Shiloh's schlong and Ryan s*king

 When I was doing a profile of Iain Armitage, who played Young Sheldon, the preteen and teenage version of the Big Bang Theory's neurotic physicist , I thought Wyatt McClure should come next.  He played next door neighbor Billy, who started with a gay-subtext interest in Iain before the writers decided to give him a crush on his sister Missy instead.

Wyatt McClure turned out to be unsuitable; no beefcake, and straight.  But he did draw my attention to his best friend, Taylor Gregory: 17 years old as of this writing, and extremely muscular.

Taylor has done some acting, but he is primarily a dancer, interested in a career in ballet. Here he plays the Prince in Nutcracker at Christmastime 2023.  I don't know why whoever is curating his Instagram photos cropped his head off.

Auditioning for the Houston Ballet Academy's intensive summer session in 2025.  Did they require you to dance shirtless on your audition video, or did you think your physique would give you an edge?

Gay in real life:

Valentine's Day.  Taylor's date, a guy named Carson, is fondling his leg under the table. We don't see Wyatt's date. 

Taylor tries to kiss Wyatt, who isn't into it.  

Any questions?

Any gay roles:

In 2015, when he was six years old, Biloxi, Mississippi native starred in a commercial for Mochino's high-end Barbie doll collection.  He was  the first boy ever to be shown playing with Barbies on tv.  With his femme hair and his "fierce and fabulous" snap, he became a media sensation and "a voice of the LGBTQ community."  

In one of the news stories I watched, Taylor's Mom seemed uncomfortable with the idea of her son being a gay icon.  It was just an acting role; in real life, he plays with Matchbook cars (translation: "My son is straight"

But she did allow him to perform at the  Gulf Coast Equality Fest, an annual LGBTQ+ event "aimed at inspiring, educating, honoring, and celebrating our community and our allies."  

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Not much of gay interest after that commercial:

He played Ted Cruz in Little Republicans: Presidential Debate Highlights (2015): "The actors are shorter, but the words all come from the candidates themselves."  I guess it was a parody? 

In Part-Timers (2016),  a Smosh improv series about the miserable employees at Pork E. Pine's, he gets yelled at for "not doing anything with your life.".

Plus some guest roles that aren't in the plot synopses on Speechless, Good Girls Revolt, and Bizaardvark. 

A sort of gay adjacent role: the Ring Bearer in Fighting Bell (2017).  A Southern Belle dumped at the altar becomes a boxer so she can get revenge on her ex, Kevin (Ryan Czerwonko).

Ryan is gay in real life (seen here about to get busy in the 2023 Birder), but his character is straight.

Burden (2018): Mike Burden (Garrett Hedlund) is raised in the Ku Klux Klan, but finds salvation with The Girl, and tries to leave.  Taylor plays Franklin, not mentioned in the plot synopsis. 

Peel (2019): After the death of his mother, a dysfunctional young man (Emile Hirsch) has to find a way to survive on his own, getting housemates and reconciling with his brothers. He's straight. Taylor plays the teenage version of his brother Sam (Shiloh Fernandez, left). 

Rift (2019): "Years after a devastating event left them shattered, a father and son attempt to reconcile the past."  I'll bet it's the death of the wife/mother.  Taylor plays the teenage version of the son (Ben Kurland).

No acting since 2019.  Has Taylor been concentrating on his dancing, busy with high school, or something else?  Around 2020, he joined the Salvation Army -- that's the church that's more conservative than the Nazarenes, teaching that gay people, abominations in the eyes of the Lord, should be stoned to death. 

Did our boy get indoctrinated into Evangelical homophobia, ygive up acting, and try to go ex-gay?

In 2024 he's saying "Me, 16 years old,  blue collar, trying to convince the 22 year old gym mommy that the age gap not that bad."

The beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places!  How the mighty have fallen! -- 2 Samuel 1.19.

See also: Iain Armitage: Young Sheldon grows up, hugs guys, celebrates Pride. With nude Galecki, Fisher, and Simon Rex

Madden Zook: 5 soul-winning movies and 3,000 girl-hugging photos prove that he's straight, right? Plus some nude ballet dudes

Shayne Topp: Nickelodeon teen, Barry's buddy, bodybuilder, sketch comedian who pretends to be gay and have a massive d*ck. We'll see.