Bill Brochtp, Actor Behd <em>NYPD Blue</em>'s 'Gay Temp' Character, Still at Work Hollywood (AUDIO) | HuffPost Voic

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&quot;Steven me up wh this ia for a character who was openly and unapologetilly gay.

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‘NYPD BLUE’ STAR BILL BROCHTP ON HOW STEVEN BOCH PNEERED GAY CHARACTERS ON TV

"Steven me up wh this ia for a character who was openly and unapologetilly gay.

BILL BROCHTP, ACTOR BEHD <EM>NYPD BLUE</EM>'S 'GAY TEMP' CHARACTER, STILL AT WORK HOLLYWOOD (AUDIO)

I’m the one who said, “Is this OK to have a gay guy on televisn?

There were no gay characters on TV at the time. He me up wh this ia for a character who was very openly gay and unapologetilly so, and he wanted to show that ntrast to Det. He gave me nfince that I uld do this and have a reer — not only as an openly gay guy but as an actor general.

I jt got an email om a guy sayg that he and his son are watchg , and the father ed my character as an example of what might be like to be iends wh a gay guy to help his son wh a iendship of his own. John Irv joed the 15th Precct as a temporary replacement for Donna Abandando 1995; he was iends wh Bobby Simone om their prev work at 1 Police Plaza, but Andy Sipowicz's homophobia ially led him to be to John. Openly gay actor Bill BrochtpMost famo for his role as the "gay temp" and then a seri regular for 10 years on televisn's NYPD Blue, actor Bill Brochtp is still at work and n be seen on the WIGS seri Kendra and Showtime's Dexter and Shamels, and perdilly on stage.

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