Dan Levy's Famous Family Was Supportive Of Him Coming Out

Dan Levy explained on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" that he was around 18 when he came out to his parents. It came about after his mom simply asked him if he was gay. "My mom asked me over lunch one day, and I said yes," Dan said. Eugene Levy agreed that he and Dan's mother already knew, but they were "waiting" for him to tell them in his own time. But Dan said he thought his mother could tell that he was "finally ready" to come out to them.

Being open about his sexuality wasn't something that came easily to Dan. He spoke with Bustle about being anxious growing up, particularly when it came to being around others. His anxiety ended up causing eye inflammation that could have led to vision loss. "I think that came from a deep-rooted fear of knowing that I was gay and not being able to be free," Levy told Bustle.

And in the show "Schitt's Creek," Dan's character David Rose is also LGBTQ+. In "Schitt's Creek," David made his pansexuality clear in a conversation with the character Stevie Budd when he compared who he liked to be with to drinking wine — "I like the wine, not the label," via YouTube. And that scene has had a big, positive real-world impact.