“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” actor: I was harassed for being gay on-set, considered suicide

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First, Ken Mehlman.  Now, Blue Ranger of  the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.  Our world’s been turned upside-down!

From TMZ:  “The guy who played the Blue Ranger  on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series has just revealed that he’s gay — and dropped a huge bombshell … that he quit the show because he was harassed over his sexuality.

“Actor David Yost — who played the B.R. from 1993 to 1996 — just gave an interview to blog NoPinkSpandex — and explained, “I was called ‘f*ggot’ one too many times [by the show's] creators, producers, writers, directors.”

That asterisk isn’t an e, i, o, or u, people.

Yost added he considered taking his own life because of the stress.

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