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Jonathan Taylor\u2026
\nWhen Jonathan Taylor Thomas, then known as JTT, left Hollywood at the height of his career, young girls were left pining for the teenage hero.<\/p>\n

The Home Improvement star, who turned 43 on September 8, was last seen in 2023, and his presence startled admirers who had a childhood crush on him.<\/p>\n

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Find out what happened to the actor who voiced Simba in Disney\u2019s 1994 film The Lion King by reading on!<\/p>\n

Jonathan Taylor Thomas landed the part on Home Improvement, which starred comedian Tim Allen, after playing Greg Brady\u2019s kid on the brief 1990 TV series The Bradys, a spinoff of The Brady Bunch.<\/p>\n

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When the show debuted in 1991, Thomas was just ten years old. He played the role of the middle kid and spent the following eight years growing up in front of a global audience, becoming a teen idol to millions of young ladies who adored him.<\/p>\n

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Regarding his enormous popularity, he told the New York Times, \u201cYou are a part of their life, and there is a lot that is owed them.\u201d \u201cBut it\u2019s hard because you want to please everyone, but you\u2019re setting yourself up for failure if you try to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 12-year-old Thomas, who was born in Pennsylvania, provided the voice of Simba in the wildly popular Disney animated feature The Lion King in 1994. The film made viewers laugh, cry, and sing.<\/p>\n

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Thomas, who played the role of the small lion in the smash hit with his normal voice, says, \u201cSimba\u2019s like me.\u201d \u201cI simply invested my innate energy in it. Extremely inquisitive, lively, and prone to mischief.<\/p>\n

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Thomas, who alternates between Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and The Lion King, explains that it was two years of bouncing back and forth between the two shows.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI kind of had to say, \u2018Sorry! It\u2019s time to be Randy. \u201cSorry!\u201d In 1994, Thomas told People, \u201cIt\u2019s time to be Simba.\u201d \u201cYou must get ready to transform into this completely new person. We\u2019re not lions, after all.<\/p>\n

\u201cComplete migraines\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thomas began his withdrawal from the spotlight in 1998, when he left Home Improvement before its last season.<\/p>\n

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Regarding his weariness, he remarks, \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many shows I\u2019ve done with full-blown migraine headaches.\u201d Since I was eight years old, I had been going constantly. I wanted to take a little vacation, travel, and attend school.<\/p>\n

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In the next years, he voiced animated characters on The Wild Thornberrys and The Simpsons and had cameos on a number of television programs, including Ally McBeal, Smallville, and 8 Simple Rules.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOvert deception\u201d
\nHe pushed himself with some more daring parts before leaving, such as a persecuted gay kid in Showtime\u2019s Common Ground (2000) and a bisexual hustler in the independent movie Speedway Junky (1999).<\/p>\n

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Keeping his anonymity and playing those roles led to speculation about his sexual orientation, which he tactfully refuted in an interview with Jay Leno.<\/p>\n

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Thomas, who was 17 at the time, told the host, \u201cI wasn\u2019t that upset about it because, pretty much in Hollywood, you\u2019re not anyone until it\u2019s rumored that you\u2019re gay.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with it, but you should always exercise caution when dealing with internet rumors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thomas said, \u201cNo, no, no, no, I\u2019m not,\u201d in response to Leno\u2019s straight question about whether he is gay. I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n

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He later refuted the claims once more in an interview with The Advocate, explaining that they originated from a website known as CyberSleaze.<\/p>\n

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Has John Baker gotten a hold of Kristin? This Friday\u2019s new #LastManStanding episode features Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a guest star! Twitter: pic.twitter.com\/6fjmNqcbRj<\/p>\n

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\u2014 January 29, 2014, Last Man Standing (@LastManStanding)
\nIt started as a feeding frenzy after a blatant untruth was posted online. And my recent responsibilities undoubtedly validated that,\u201d Thomas remarked. \u201cThe willingness with which people accepted it surprised me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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