The response from CEO Ted Sarandos?

“I’d never expect it to.”

What Netflix got instead was a breakout hit.

Jonathan Bailey smiling

The period drama “Bridgerton” became a sensation overnight.

According toFortune, the show was Netflix’s most-watched by all metrics.

It became the platform’s most popular series quickly.

Jonathan Bailey posing

Recently, Bailey opened up about his struggle to embrace his sexuality in the public eye.

So, yeah, of course I thought that.

Of course, I thought that to make it be happy, I needed to be straight."

Now, thankfully, Bailey is more comfortable being himself in the entertainment industry.

“I reached a point where I thought, ‘F*** this.’