Denzel Washington Says He Kissed a Man on the Lips in ‘Gladiator 2’

Denzel Washington introduced some authenticity to his “Gladiator II” character’s sexuality … ‘trigger he says he straight-up kissed a dude in a scene — however, followers will not get to see it.

The actor sat down for an interview with Gayety — an LGBTQ+-focused media firm — and, they requested him about his character’s revelation that he’d been in same-sex couplings earlier than … leaving them to marvel how homosexual the Roman Empire actually was.

DW says they did not simply reference his character’s previous within the flick … they really confirmed him lip-to-lip with one other man in a scene — a full-on smooch within the Historical Rome movie.

To anybody excited to see Denzel gettin’ down with a Roman centurion, maintain your chariots … ‘trigger he says the scene ended up on the reducing room ground — snipped from the movie for an unknown cause.

Denzel thinks the crew behind the film “got chicken” … though the kiss wasn’t very romantic — since Denzel kills his scene associate 5 minutes after giving him the kiss.

Washington performs Macrinus — a former slave who plots to regulate Rome — within the sequel to Ridley Scott‘s iconic 2000 movie starring Russell Crowe. Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen and extra stars be a part of Denzel within the new flick.

The solid got here out for the London premiere Wednesday night time … and, even King Charles pulled up to the ritzy affair.