Jim Parsons Is Hilarious, Also Gay

Posted byLizz

on May 24, 2012

Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon Cooper on the best damn nerd show on TV (The Big Bang Theory) has come out of the closet in a New York Times article. Parsons played a minor role last summer in "The Normal Heart," a Broadway play about gay men dying of AIDS, and the Times commented quite anti-climactically that the show resonated with Parsons in part due to his sexuality. Though it was barely noticible, Parsons actually thanked his partner Todd Spiewak at the 2011 Golden Globes.

The Big Bang Theory is one of my favorite shows of all time, so in honor of Jim Parsons's out loud gayness, I present you with eight of my favorite Jim Parsons/Sheldon Cooper clips! Why eight? Because sphenic numbers always have exactly eight divisors, there are eight planets orbiting our sun, humans have eight teeth in each quadrant of their mouth, eight is oxygen's atomic number and eight is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy a valence shell. Duh.

Jim Parsons Explains Arachnids on Sesame Street

Sheldon Doubts the Reality of Lord of the Rings

Sheldon Reacts to the Best Christmas Gift Ever

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

Bazinga

Sheldon Cooper Presents Fun With Flags

Sheldon Has Penny Sing Soft Kitty

Important: When I'm sad I make Rachel sing this to me

Sheldon Sings Penny Soft Kitty

64 responses to “Jim Parsons Is Hilarious, Also Gay”

Stacey (member)
May 24, 2012 at 5:12 am Permalink Reply Report user

Soft Kitty is by far my favorite.

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1. Carmen SanDiego (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 7:27 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  When I’m sick my girlfriend sings “Soft Kitty” to me. It helps…
  
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Carolyne (member)
May 24, 2012 at 5:17 am Permalink Reply Report user

I love Jim Parsons and the Big Bang Theory so hard, in all the universes.

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Peggy (member)
May 24, 2012 at 5:25 am Permalink Reply Report user

Can i confess here on my huge crush on Amy Farrah Fowler

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1. Cassandra (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 5:41 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Is she the one who actually is a PhD-carrying neuroscientist IRL?
  
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  1. Peggy (member)
    May 24, 2012 at 6:15 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    yes,she is the one
    
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  2. carrie (member)
    May 24, 2012 at 6:18 am Permalink Reply
    
    Blossom is so smart! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayim_Bialik
    
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  3. Gem (member)
    May 24, 2012 at 6:20 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    who was also in beaches!
    
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    1. Carmen SanDiego (member)
      May 24, 2012 at 7:24 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      OMG how did I not know this! I love that movie
      
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  4. Heather (member)
    May 24, 2012 at 6:29 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Yes she is! I actually stood next to her (and Bill Nye the Science Guy) at a science conference this year…and now I officially feel like a nerd
    
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    1. Stacey (member)
      May 24, 2012 at 6:57 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      You stood next to Bill Nye? So much jealousy happening inside me right now.
      
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    2. sydney
      May 27, 2012 at 12:16 pm Permalink Reply
      
      You stood next to Bill Nye? *swoons*
      
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2. sheena (member)
  May 26, 2012 at 5:57 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  thank god im not the only one
  
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3. sydney
  May 27, 2012 at 12:17 pm Permalink Reply
  
  The episode of BBT where Sheldon buys her a tiara to apologize. Best. scene. ever
  
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Cait
May 24, 2012 at 5:35 am Permalink Reply

I started watching big bang because my sister told me Sheldon reminded her of me. I still can’t decide if this was an insult or a compliment. Top Sheldon scene though has to be when he takes Penny to the hospital after she slips in the tub.

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1. Lizz (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 6:30 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Me too but it was protected from being embedded!
  
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Sawyer (member)
May 24, 2012 at 5:45 am Permalink Reply Report user

My English teacher uses “bazinga” to let us know when she’s being sarcastic. Most of the time we wouldn’t have guessed.

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Nicky (member)
May 24, 2012 at 5:49 am Permalink Reply Report user

8 is totally not the only number of electrons in a full valence shell.

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1. Sara A (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 5:52 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Truth!
  
  Also, if we’re talking physical chemistry, aren’t they less ‘shells’ and more ‘clouds’ of electrons? My favourite part of chemistry was always orbitals. We don’t even know where the electrons are! They’re just most likely to be in these colourful globs next to the atom.
  
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  1. Nicky (member)
    May 24, 2012 at 5:53 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    NERD.
    
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    1. Sara A (member)
      May 24, 2012 at 5:54 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Yeah, but I never finished my chemistry major, unlike another person I could mention
      
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      1. Lizz (member)
        May 24, 2012 at 6:32 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        Eight is NOT “the only number of electrons in a full valence shell”, it’s considered the maximum number of electrons that can fill a valence shell (two being the lesser number). However, this doesn’t take in to account expanded valence shells, however that’s sort of another beast unto itself.
        
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        Nicky (member)
        May 24, 2012 at 7:43 am Permalink
        
        Well yeah, that was my original point.
        
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Emma
May 24, 2012 at 6:20 am Permalink Reply

Jim Parsons is lovely, but The Big Bang Theory is a horrible show. I’m sorry, it just is.

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1. V.Sacha (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 6:49 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  You forgot to include Bazinga! at the end of your comment.
  
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2. Kestrel
  May 24, 2012 at 11:46 am Permalink Reply
  
  *solemn high-five of agreement*
  
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3. March (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 4:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Real talk.
  
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4. Ms Canessa (member)
  May 26, 2012 at 11:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Please tell me you’re kidding ?
  
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uno (member)
May 24, 2012 at 6:29 am Permalink Reply Report user

yes. now playing rock paper scissors lizard spock to make all of my major life decisions is officially nerdy AND gay.

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Ab
May 24, 2012 at 6:38 am Permalink Reply

My God, I thought he was already out. He rocks.

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1. Kim (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 6:54 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yeah I thought he was already out too.
  
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  1. Kelly (member)
    May 24, 2012 at 2:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Yesterday I was scrolling his tumblr tag and literally every single post was a variation of this same sentiment.
    
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2. VitaminWater
  May 24, 2012 at 6:57 am Permalink Reply
  
  I thought he was out too. I guess you’re not out until a journalist writes about it.
  
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  1. Ab
    May 24, 2012 at 8:09 am Permalink Reply
    
    Damn, that means I’m still in the closet
    
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V.Sacha (member)
May 24, 2012 at 7:11 am Permalink Reply Report user

I just adore Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler (ShAmy). I’m patiently waiting for the episode when they move in together and reunite with Zazzles.

Aside from his TBBT character, Jim Parsons seems like a wonderful person.

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Cobra Bubbles (member)
May 24, 2012 at 7:12 am Permalink Reply Report user

…wasn’t he already out? This has been common knowledge among my nerdy gay friends for awhile now. (why are all of the gay people I know nerds?)

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1. Cait
  May 24, 2012 at 7:56 am Permalink Reply
  
  I think he was in the Zachary Quinto camp. Everybody knew, it just wasn’t discussed in the media/interviews directly.
  
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Tarzan (member)
May 24, 2012 at 7:55 am Permalink Reply Report user

THIS is the best birthday gift ever. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME from Autostraddle. Athank you!

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aden
May 24, 2012 at 8:27 am Permalink Reply

he’s also a muppety man.

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1. Heather (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 8:49 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Or a manly muppet…
  
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Liz (member)
May 24, 2012 at 9:01 am Permalink Reply Report user

The tiara scene is my favorite. Even though it is mostly Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler my future wife, it is the best scene EVER. “You were right. The tiara was too much.”

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Claire (member)
May 24, 2012 at 10:46 am Permalink Reply Report user

Congrats to him! Also: the soft kitty song is the best.

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Danielle
May 24, 2012 at 11:09 am Permalink Reply

I LOVE Sheldon! he cracks me up.. I love that cute spider.. especially when he was counting his cute legs!

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Marika (member)
May 24, 2012 at 11:31 am Permalink Reply Report user

Lizz, you had me at valence shell. *swoons*

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1. Kelly (member)
  May 24, 2012 at 2:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  You are a photon quanta to my valence electron. You excite me to a higher energy level.
  
  … I mean, what?
  
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Becca (member)
May 24, 2012 at 11:41 am Permalink Reply Report user

Dear lord, all my favorite people are gay. C:

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Ally
May 24, 2012 at 12:30 pm Permalink Reply

Bless his beautiful soul.

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Rose (member)
May 24, 2012 at 1:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This is great even though I’m totally not surprised!

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kd15 (member)
May 24, 2012 at 2:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I love Sheldon/Jim Parsons.

One of my favorite videos is Whil Wheaton singing Soft Kitty to his wife when she was sick.

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VA
May 24, 2012 at 2:54 pm Permalink Reply

Whenever I’m sick I try to get people to sing Soft Kitty to me. It doesn’t work.

Also, while I think Sheldon and Amy are good together I kind of want to see what would happen in the (most likely unlikely) event that Amy and Penny ever became a couple.

Let the fangirling commence.

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1. Helena Wells Bering (member)
  May 25, 2012 at 3:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I totally ship Shamy, but I sooooo wish the writers would acknowledge Amy’s obvious bisexuality as canon already. Same for Raj.
  
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  1. VA
    May 25, 2012 at 7:52 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Maybe it’s because I’m bisexual, but it drives me crazy that they haven’t acknowledged it yet. And it’s nice to see that I’m not the only one who feels it should be acknowledged.
    
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Jet Harper (member)
May 24, 2012 at 6:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Geekery acting and gayness, possibly my tree favorite things!! I actually admire Him and ny times for not making a huge deal out of it or using it to define him.

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busy (member)
May 24, 2012 at 7:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I LOVE Sheldon Cooper. My fave is when he gets drunk to accept that award and watches it the next morning on YouTube….oh goodness.

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Jordyn (member)
May 24, 2012 at 10:10 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Sheldon is my hero/idol! And now he’s even cooler because Jim Parsons is a queermo, just like me. Aw. Yay!

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AG (member)
May 25, 2012 at 9:12 am Permalink Reply Report user

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE WATCHED FUN WITH FLAGS
THERE’S A JOKE ABOUT THE NUMBER 8 IN THERE SOMEWHERE, BUT I ALMOST FAILED PHYSICAL SCIENCE SO I DON’T KNOW

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GinnyLaPala (member)
May 25, 2012 at 9:22 am Permalink Reply Report user

I died from the cuteness in that first vid!

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Kacey (member)
May 25, 2012 at 12:37 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Good for you Jim Parsons, I love the Big Bang Theory.
For everyone else… don’t you feel satisfied in your gaydar? Score!

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Asher (member)
May 25, 2012 at 1:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user

“8 planets”…I weep for Pluto.

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1. Cassandra (member)
  May 27, 2012 at 9:34 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I’ll never let go.
  
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Shanice Reavis
May 25, 2012 at 11:09 pm Permalink Reply

I love Kim Parsons/Sheldon Cooper! Even though no one gets it when I laugh funny and say Bazinga, it’s still hilarious to say it!

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Jen (member)
May 31, 2012 at 6:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I love Big Bang Theory and the entire cast is great. They work so well together. Sheldon is my favorite, though. And I think Jim Parsons is adorable (which is saying something, because I rarely find guys “cute”).

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Anonymous
June 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm Permalink Reply

I wish I had a cute girl in my life who could sing me “Soft Kitty” when I’m sick.

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A Born Nyan Cat (member)
July 9, 2012 at 11:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Is it weird that I’m attracted to everyone in this tv show besides howard…?

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