'Glee' star Chris Colfer has opened up about the homophobic backlash he received while playing the character Kurt Hummel on the show. Speaking on the Books That Changed My Life podcast with Chris Collins on Friday 19 December, the actor said: "I was playing an openly gay teenager at a time when people did not like seeing openly gay teenagers on television. "Who I was and who I was playing at the time was not welcome. And the death threats and the security risks started almost immediately. I become very agoraphobic". #glee #chriscolfer #homophobia #kurthummel #lgbtqia