Actor playing gay role in musical sacked for homophobic comments

Oluwaseyi Omooba had been due to play star role in The Color Purple in UK stage show

An actor playing a gay character in a stage production of the Color Purple has been sacked over homophobic comments she made five years ago.

Oluwaseyi Omooba, who was due to play the lead role of Celie, claimed the Bible made clear homosexuality was wrong in the eyes of God and that people cannot be born gay. A row was sparked when her Facebook post was unearthed and shared online by a fellow actor last week.

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