Ben Aldridge, star of “Fleabag” comes out as a Proud member of the LGBTQ community

Fleabag actor Ben Aldridge has come out publicly as a “proud” member of the LGBTQ community. The British screen star, 34, publicly acknowledged his sexuality for the first time in a post on Instagram over the weekend.

Aldridge, who appeared in the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag as ‘Arsehole Guy’ and has starred in BBC military drama Our Girl as Captain Charles James from 2014-19, shared a series of historic Pride images and a video of himself kissing a man on the cheek.

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The journey to pride was a long one for me. I love the LGBTQ+ community and am incredibly proud and thankful to be a part of it. So much won. So much more to fight for. #pride

A post shared by Ben Aldridge (@benjaminaldridge) on Jun 27, 2020 at 5:42am PDT

“The journey to pride was a long one for me,” Aldridge wrote.

“I love the LGBTQ+ community and am incredibly proud and thankful to be a part of it. So much won. So much more to fight for.”

Aldridge currently stars in US Batman prequel series Pennyworth as Batman’s father, Thomas Wayne.

Via Attitude