Rick Cosnett opened up about his sexuality for the first time publicly this week, in a short but quirky Instagram video.

The Zimbabwean-Australian actor, whose credits include The Flash and The Vampire Diaries , revealed to fans late Thursday that he is gay.

The decision to post the video, Cosnett said in the clip, was part of a promise to myself to live my truth every day.

Sometimes that is a really hard thing to do when you have all these subconscious things you dont really know about from childhood and society, he explained.

After pointing out an inflamed sty on his right eye, which he said really adds to the drama of the whole thing, he concluded: Im sure most of you probably knew anyway.