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"Jim Parsons continues to show his pride for boyfriend of 10 years, Todd Spiewak. The Big Bang Theory actor opened up about his relationship with Spiewak while being honored at the GLESN Respect Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 18.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It was surprising to hear that we were getting an inspiration award. We feel very average, we feel very normal,&amp;quot; the 40-year-old star told Us Weekly at the event. &amp;quot;We really do. The strange stuff is the Hollywood stuff we have to walk through, not the gay stuff we have to walk through.&amp;quot;\r\nParsons received the Inspiration Award by LGBT young advocacy group GLESN and was taken back by the whole idea of it. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s very moving. It&amp;apos;s very surprising and I think once we got over the shock of it, we were able to feel the honor of it,&amp;quot; he explained.\r\n\r\nAn eyewitness revealed to Us that the couple looked absolutely smitten as they both answered questions on the red carpet. &amp;quot;Jim and Todd are very cute together,&amp;quot; an onlooker told Us. &amp;quot;When Jim [was] talking, Todd [was] looking at him the entire time with a big proud grin on his face.&amp;quot;\r\nOnce on stage to accept the award, Parsons told the crowd that he doesn&amp;apos;t consider himself an activist. Instead, the true aspirations are like GLESN&amp;apos;s student ambassadors.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve never considered myself an activist. I&amp;apos;ve never considered my relationship with Todd to be an act of activism,&amp;quot; he said of his relationship. &amp;quot;Rather simply, it&amp;apos;s an act of love, coffee in the morning, going to work, washing the clothes, taking the dogs [out]&amp;#x2014;a regular life, boring love.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nOne month earlier, the CBS star thanked Spiewak at the 2013 Primetime Emmys while accepting the award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. &amp;quot;[Thanks] to my favorite person on the planet, Todd Spiewak,&amp;quot; he said on stage, as his costars Kaley Cuoco and Mayim Bialik cried in the audience.\r\n&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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