Taking to Twitter on Monday night, the actor issued an apology to fans after he appeared to come out as bisexual while speaking at an event in New Jersey over the weekend.
“I want to deeply apologize for misspeaking this weekend,” Collins’ Twitter thread began. “At a fan convention in New Jersey, when I was talking with the audience I said that I was ‘all three’ things: an introvert, an extrovert and a bisexual.”
Collins went on to call his intention “clumsy” and admitted he “fumbled” while giving the speech.
“My clumsy intention was to wave off actually discussing my sexuality, but I badly fumbled that and understand that was seen as me coming out as bisexual,” he explained before going on to correct the record.
“This was not my intention so I need to correct the record: I am not bisexual. I happen to be straight, but I am also a fierce ally and the last thing I want to do is falsely co-opt the struggles of the LGBTQIA+ community,” he said.
“I believe and fully support that we need to sanctify the human right to express our identities honestly and to be free to love whomever we choose openly.”
The 47-year-old was in attendance at the Creation Entertainment’s Supernatural Official Convention at the weekend in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Collins then ended his apology by saying that he’s striving to be a “better ally” to LGBTQIA+ community and was fearful that he “might have done anything to make things worse.”
“I am deeply sorry for the clumsiness of my language. I want to be a better ally and I feel sick to my stomach that I might have done anything to make things worse. I’m trying to learn, trying to do better and I will keep listening,” he said.
The unusual situation has sparked confusion on Twitter and led to Collins’ name becoming a trending topic on the platform on Tuesday morning.
“misha collins coming out as bi, everyone saying they already knew, and then misha coming out as straight is the only way this could have gone,” reads one tweet.
While another joked: “He saw the fanfic being written and immediately went back into the closet.”
Another viral tweet labels Collins an “ex bisexual.”
While another joked: “Good evening, ‘Bisexual Misha Collins’ was a 72 hour sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.”
Another joke reads: “after decades of ‘why should we have to come out as gay when people never have to come out as straight’ misha collins makes it his mission to change the world.”
