Lucas Cruikshank Comes Out on UTube } Surprised! lol

Lucas Cruikshank, who shot to YouTube stardom via his hyperactive “Fred” persona, confirmed he’s gay Aug. 20 in his latest video. ”My family and friends have known for, like, three years,” he says in the video. “I just haven’t felt the need to announce it on the internet.”

“When you first met me, did you know I was gay?” he asks his friend Jennifer Veal, to which she responds “yeah” without even a hint of hesitation.

Aside from his popularity on YouTube, Lucas also starred on the short-lived Nickelodeon sitcom Marvin Martian from 2012 to 2013. He reportedly left Nickelodeon in June 2013.