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?
Taylor: "We weren't celebrating Valentine's Day, but we were." His date, a guy named Carson, is fondling his leg under the table. We don't see Wyatt's date; maybe they're taking the photo.
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")
Gay boys are allowed to play with cars, Mom, just as straight boys are allowed to play with dolls. You can't tell from the toys they like.
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."
More after the break. Caution: Explicit.