55 year old queer cis man. Love it too!

Omg you guys are amaizing

​@@TDM1165 - you could have written that for me! Exactly my situation as well. I had a HUGE crush on a boy who was 1 year younger than me at school and it happened just before I left school and left home to start my working career in an engineering environment (you can't get more of a homophobic situation than working with engineers). That first 3 months that I was away from home and the school (late 1969) was so torturous knowing that I would never set eyes on him ever again. Talk about love hurts .... well that's an understatement to say the least. It took many years to get over him! If I'm honest, the memories came flooding back when viewing the latest 2nd season of 'Young Royals' recently with the love situation between the two main protagonists. I can really relate to the pain that Wilhelm goes through with his love for Simon. Slightly different situation there of course, but the feelings are the same. My case was even worse, because there was zero reciprocation of love between myself and my school love interest. That's why shows like 'Heartstopper' and 'Young Royals' are SO important to be made these days with the hope that situations like mine will be less likely to happen for future generations.

55 yo bisexual Gramma here (*see my comment). I'm embarrassed how many times I've watched "Heartstopper" and I'm known in my family for repeated viewings and readings. I think it's partly because it's such a short series, not even 4 hours I think, and I want more time with these characters.

@@Mixxie67 18 year old gay.

@Est. 1888 ???!! What!! I'm talking how he have insecurities just like most 18 yo !! Anyone who watch their interviews can see that clearly! Also I'm talking about how some weird fans has a false image of him as cocky dude just based on his looks, like they see him as cocky jock when it's not true at all everyone who met kit including his co stars Said he's the nicest most humble kid they ever met and he's literally like golden retriever. so I'm just telling everyone to be kinder and not to make up lies and false images that's it !

Be good if the journalist read some of their other interviews so we don’t get the same stale questions

Yep i thought the same most of fans know all about they're very patient even it's part of their job i'm surprised they accepted this interview while filming there some interviews and interwievers much more interesting with right and smart questions they kindly answered i'm very impressed seeing how humble kit is he's in the industry since TEN YEARS but did'nt emphazied it in front of Joe who only debuted since like 18 months first job acting

I mean this is kind of a different interview type. They're not promoting the show, they're talking to Gold Derby because they have an awards audience and Joe/Kit wanted Emmy nominations. They were asked about the casting, Alice's writing, and both of their performances - those were the areas Netflix submitted Heartstopper for the Emmys, and it was probably made clear that's what they wanted to promote. This is an interview for older Emmy voters that don't know who tf these people are and haven't been watching every Buzzfeed/Netflix PR video that was put out earlier in the year - ya know?

@@mattwalker786 That's hard to accept. Questions like "were there a lot of callbacks" or "what are some meaningful fan reactions" or "what inspired you to become actors" hardly seem pivotal for Emmy consideration. Awards are supposed to recognize the product, not the buzz.

Oh god. Thanks for meantioning that. I totally agree. The questions weren't really special or new - but as always Kit's and Joe's answers were open and full of deep thoughts. And both their demeanour and interactions (which we sadly got to see so less) were adorable as always.. 🧡

Fully agree. I haven't seen many cast interviews for other shows, so I can't gauge whether it's the norm, but it's really annoying when interviewers put so little effort into their questions, offering only pablum. In this clip and many others, it almost feels like the interviewer hasn't watched the show. What other explanation could there be?

Melts my heart 😍

haha yeah! he's so respectful

So nice to hear! Wish you the best 💕

Thanks for pointing that out! I was thinking the exact same all interview through..

Could not agree more! Seeing them react to each other’s answers is one of the best things. I was disappointed when this switched one of them at a time in the screen.

Too late he's already mine 😂😂😂

Forgetting the innuendo, an eggplant taco sounds fire!

I am so glad im not the only one watching it multiple times. Ive watched it about 4 times now

Me too!!!

Heartstopper and QAF aren’t really that comparable; yes they both deal with homophobia and self-acceptance but the shows are entirely different with different intended audiences as you said

Me too, I watched the ENTIRE series, all in one night🎉

It’s a romantic, comedic, realistic, honest show that happens to revolve around non-straight teens. You being straight has nothing to do with it. You’re absolutely entitled to love it and appreciate it and be entertained by it. Happy to hear you are!

I'm not queer either, and I sort of feel the same (also, I'm 50 years old, so I guess it's not really targeted at me) but I'm also disabled so I am part of a different minority group so I feel like there are some elements of it that I can really relate to in terms of people maybe seeing me as being different and not fitting in. Just having a difficult time finding my own identity and figuring out where I belong because of how disabled people in general are perceived in society. And also, I think anything that gives you a better understanding of other people is always a good thing - and Heartstopper does that, right? So I guess it's OK for us to be fans because understanding these issues makes us better human beings, maybe...? And becoming a better person is never a bad thing, right...?