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• IS LIL MURDA ON P-VALLEY GAY? J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REVEALS THE TTH
• 'P-VALLEY' FANS SLAM LIL DUVAL FOR REACTN TO GAY LOVE SCENE, STAR J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON AND WRER PATRIK-IAN POLK WEIGH IN
• IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
• PATRIK-IAN POLK ON ‘P-VALLEY’ SUCCS, RETURN OF ‘NOAH’S ARC’ AND TELLG GAY BLACK STORI: “THE GAY IS HERE AND IT’S GOG TO GET GAYER”
• P-VALLEY: NIC ANNAN HAS BEEN PERFECTG UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR YEARSMEET THE ACTOR BEHD ONE OF TELEVISN’S MOST LIC NEW CHARACTERS.BY YOHANA DTAJULY 31, 2020JSI MIGLSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE MERA LOV UNCLE CLIFFORD, LARGER-THAN-LIFE OWNER OF THE PYNK—THE VENUE AT THE CENTER OF KATORI HALL’S P-VALLEY, A SIZZLG O TO SOUTHERN STRIP CLUB CULTURE. CLIFFORD, A NON-BARY BOSS WHO SHE/HER PRONOUNS, STOMPS AROUND THE CLUB THIGH-HIGH RED BOOTS AND BEJEWELED NAILS, A GLOSSY PERMA-SMIRK AFFIXED TO HER LIPS. BUT FOR ALL HER HIGH-MP THEATRICS, SHE’S ALSO GROUND AND LAYERED, HIDG A PLITED NER WORLD—A MULTIDIMENSNALY THAT’S STANTLY MA HER ONE OF THE MOST FASCATG NEW CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN.IT HELPS THAT ACTOR NIC ANNAN, WHO PLAYS UNCLE CLIFFORD, HAS BEEN PERFECTG THE CHARACTER FOR OVER A . BEFORE THERE WAS P-VALLEY, THERE WAS HALL’S PLAY PSY VALLEY. ANNAN ORIGATED THE ROLE OF CLIFFORD A 2009 READG, THEN BROUGHT HER TO LIFE AT EVERY SUBSEQUENT FTIVAL AND STAGE PERFORMANCE, CREATG AN -PTH BACKSTORY FOR HER ALONG THE WAY. HE’S REFULLY NSIRED EVERYTHG ABOUT CLIFFORD, OM THE REASON WHY SHE OWNS A STRIP CLUB—SHE ED TO BE A DANCER HERSELF—TO THE WAY SHE WEARS HER BEARD, WHICH IS STYLED TO VER UP A SR OM AN ABIVE RELATNSHIP. THE BEARD DOUBL AS A FORM OF PROTECTN AGAST THE PYNK’S LARGELY CIS, HETERO, MALE CLIENTELE, AND THE MORE CLOSED-MD NIZENS OF CHULISSA.“I KNEW THAT I STILL HAD TO HAVE SOMETHG TO STAND ON MY GUARD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW: DON’T TRY ME,” ANNAN, SPEAKG AS CLIFFORD, EXPLAED A RECENT PHONE LL.TA ROWNSTILL, ALL THAT WORK DIDN’T MAKE ANNAN A LOCK FOR THE ROLE WHEN P-VALLEY WAS PICKED UP BY STARZ 2018. “KATORI WAS VERY HONT,” ANNAN SAID. “SHE SAID ‘WE’RE LOOKG FOR EVERYONE.’ THEY ST A WI .”SO ANNAN DUG , NOTG WH METHOD-LIKE PANACHE THAT HE “ULD NOT BEE UNCLE CLIFFORD THE ROOM” WHEN HE DNED. “I HAD TO SHOW UP AS HER.”IT’S A TTAMENT TO THE ACTOR’S SKILL THAT HE OVERME AN OLD HOLLYWOOD PRECENT—RESTG STAGE ACTORS ONCE A PLAY GETS ADAPTED. FOR ANNAN, WHO BEGAN HIS REER AS A BROADWAY HOPEFUL BEFORE PIVOTG TO FILM AND TELEVISN, P-VALLEY WAS A NATURAL NEXT STEP. JOG THE SERI ALSO MEANT HELPG TO BROAN THE REPRENTATN OF BLACK QUEER LIFE ONSCREEN. ANNAN, WHO KNEW HE WANTED TO ACT OM A YOUNG AGE, STILL REMEMBERS THE ACTG TEACHERS WHO TOLD HIM LLEGE THAT HE WAS TOO “CLOCKABLE AS A GAY MAN,” THAT HE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY “STRAIGHT” IF HE WANTED TO SUCCEED; UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A REBE OF ALL THAT FALSE NDNG.“BEG A DARK-SKNED MAN, AND A MAN THAT IS GAY, I WANTED TO EMBRACE ALL OF THE THGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ARE GOG TO HOLD YOU BACK,” ANNAN SAID.ONE OF THE FIRST THGS ANNAN TACKLED WAS UNCLE CLIFFORD’S METICULOLY CRAFTED WARDROBE. ORIGALLY, ANNAN SAID, SOME PEOPLE WHO READ THE P-VALLEY SCRIPT THOUGHT OF UNCLE CLIFFORD AS A DRAG QUEEN, AND SUGGTED WARDROBE CHOIC ALONG THOSE L. “SHE WAS SO EASILY MISUNRSTOOD,” ANNAN SAID. IN HIS HANDS, THOUGH, CLIFFORD HAS A SPECIFIC ATHETIC ONSCREEN: EACH EPISO OF P-VALLEY, UNCLE CLIFFORD SPORTS LOOKS THAT PAY DIRECT, OBV HOMAGE TO AN ARRAY OF FAMO WOMEN, OM FRIDA KAHLO TO KELLY ROWLAND. WHEN UNCLE CLIFFORD VISS A FORMER PLANTATN TO HANDLE A POTENTIAL BS AL, SHE CHOOS TO RRY A PARASOL AND WEAR A SRLET BLOE WH A LACE LLAR AND LONG FFL DOWN THE BACK, PROPPED UP BY A PARTIAL HOOP SKIRT—AN OVERT RECLAMATN AND REMIX OF THE SOUTHERN BELLE ARCHETYPE FOUND FILMS LIKE GONE WH THE WD. (HALL DUBBED THE “WD DONE GONE” LOOK ON TWTER.)MOST POPULARINSI ALL OF US STRANGERS, ANDREW STT AND PL ML’S METAPHYSIL LOVE STORYBY DAVID CANFIELDAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLBUT UNCLE CLIFFORD’S DILEMMAS GO EPER THAN HER SARTORIAL CHOIC. WHILE THE PYNK MAY SEEM LIKE ’S THRIVG, THE CLUB IS NSTANTLY PLAGUED WH MONEY ISSU, FORCG UNCLE CLIFFORD TO STLE UP SH LS NVENTNAL WAYS. HER LOVE LIFE IS ALSO GHT; OM THE VERY FIRST EPISO, SHE’S UGHT A SECRETIVE ENTANGLEMENT WH CLOSETED RAPPER LIL MURDA (J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON). THEIR RELATNSHIP IS A MENTARY ON THE STIGMA SURROUNDG QUEER REPRENTATN HIP-HOP, MEMORABLY ELUCIDATED LAST YEAR BY OUT GAY RAPPER LIL NAS X. ANNAN WAS PARTICULARLY EAGER TO EXPLORE THE ROMANTIC SI OF UNCLE CLIFFORD’S LIFE, RELLG THAT WHEN HE DNED, HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD BE FORTABLE DOG NUDY FOR POTENTIAL SEX SCEN.“I TURNED TO THAT PRODUCER AND I ASKED HER, ‘WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A FULL-FIGURED BLACK MAN OR WOMAN BE MA LOVE TO ON THE SCREEN?’” HE SAID. “IF I AM THE VSEL TO TELL THAT STORY, SO BE . I WAS EXCED, TO BE HONT.”WHILE P-VALLEY IS BURSTG WH FASCATG CHARACTERS, OM THE VULNERABLE HTLER AUTUMN (ELARI JOHNSON) TO THE PYNK SUPERNOVA MERCES (BRANE EVANS), UNCLE CLIFFORD IS EASILY S TOP SCENE-STEALER. ANNAN HAPPILY GO THROUGH FAN TWEETS EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SHOW AIRS, THRILLED THAT “PEOPLE ARE TALKG ABOUT HOW ’S RONATG WH THEM.”“THIS IS GOG TO EXPAND THE TELEVISED REALY OF HOW BLACK QUEER LIFE IS,” HE SAID. “I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME HOPE THE WORLD UNRSTANDS MORE PEOPLE BY DOG THIS AND SERVG HER JTICE.”THE SHOW HAS ALSO H HOME A NUMBER OF WAYS. AFTER S FIRST EPISO AIRED, ANNAN GOT A PHONE LL OM A HIGH SCHOOL IEND HIS HOMETOWN OF DETRO, WHO SAID HIS UNCLE RYAN WAS RAVG ABOUT UNCLE CLIFFORD. “HE SAID TO HIM, ‘THAT UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A MOTHERFUCKER!’” ANNAN RELLED WH A LGH.“FOR A MAN THAT IS OF A CERTA AGE, LIKE UNCLE RYAN? HE IS HYPER MASCULE. HE TYPILLY DO NOT TALK ABOUT LGBT AND TRANS INTY…AND HE WAS SO ENTHRALLED WH THE SHOW,” HE MARVELED. “THAT MAK ME HAPPY BEE HE SE UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR WHO SHE IS. AND WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS G THE RIGHT PRONOUNS? THERE’S REVELATN, Y’ALL! THERE’S REVELATN! CHANGE IS G.”WHERE TO WATCH P-VALLEY:POWERED BYJTWATCHALL PRODUCTS FEATURED ON VANY FAIR ARE PENNTLY SELECTED BY OUR EDORS. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHG THROUGH OUR RETAIL LKS, WE MAY EARN AN AFFILIATE MISSN.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— COVER STORY: VLA DAVIS ON HER HOLLYWOOD TRIUMPHS, HER JOURNEY OUT OF POVERTY, AND HER REGRETS ABOUT MAKG THE HELP— ZIWE FUMUDOH HAS MASTERED THE ART OF PUTTG WHE PEOPLE ON THE SPOT— NETFLIX’S UNSOLVED MYSTERI: FIVE BURNG QUTNS ANSWERED ABOUT REY RIVERA, ROB ENDR, AND MORE— WATCH THE CELEBRY-FILLED FAN-FILM VERSN OF THE PRCS BRI— CARL REER’S FAIRY-TALE ENDG— THE SECRETS OF MARIANNE AND CONNELL’S FIRST SEX SCENE NORMAL PEOPLE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: UNVERG THE SECRET SNAPS OF SAMMY DAVIS JR.LOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.YOHANA DTA
• GAY PRI CALENDAR

IS LIL MURDA ON P-VALLEY GAY? J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REVEALS THE TTH

The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men. There was no overt ditn he was gay, but for some reason...

This isn't a crique, but there has always been somethg que heteronormative about pictns of gay sex the mastream.

But is tertg to thk about how still today, 2022, an dience that has been tung to watch a show centerg around a strip club and s genr rebell owner for a season and a half uld be turned off by a gay sex scene -- particularly one handled as refully as this. RELATED | Historic Gay Film Punks Is Fally Beg Released Wily This Year.

'P-VALLEY' FANS SLAM LIL DUVAL FOR REACTN TO GAY LOVE SCENE, STAR J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON AND WRER PATRIK-IAN POLK WEIGH IN

Alphonse Nicholson) rennected wh an old iend who had jt gotten out of prison, Big Teak (John Clarence Stewart) this scene, Murda and Teak (who wasn't directly perceived as beg terted havg sex wh other men) went on to have sex wh each other, and shockgly, viewers of this LGBTQ-clive show about a non-bary person owng a strip club were baffled by the sight of gay sex on premium ble TV. They need a super gay advisory on movi like they got for everythg else.

Cuz the gay a't go' nowhere.

Cuz the gay a\u2019t go\u2019 nowhere.

IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?

1656533497Followg the posive feedback to his reply to Duval, Folk unpacked his feelgs surroundg why this particular rponse om a viewer feels so nonsensil to wrer tweeted:"The realy is: a lot of the 'straight' men are triggered by the gay love scen. "\u201cThe realy is: a lot of the \u201cstraight\u201dmen are triggered by the gay love scen.

PATRIK-IAN POLK ON ‘P-VALLEY’ SUCCS, RETURN OF ‘NOAH’S ARC’ AND TELLG GAY BLACK STORI: “THE GAY IS HERE AND IT’S GOG TO GET GAYER”

1656546766He ntued:"This is why 's important to see the gay black love scen on televisn. And 's time to gay-regulate. "\u201cThis is why \u2019s important to see the gay black love scen on televisn.

And \u2019s time to gay-regulate.

RELATED | P-Valley Season 2's Gay Sex Scene Is Worth All the Conversatn. Of urse, some folks refe to liberate themselv om ternalized whe supremacy, which manifts as homophobia — and that isn’t surprisg.

P-VALLEY: NIC ANNAN HAS BEEN PERFECTG UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR YEARSMEET THE ACTOR BEHD ONE OF TELEVISN’S MOST LIC NEW CHARACTERS.BY YOHANA DTAJULY 31, 2020JSI MIGLSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE MERA LOV UNCLE CLIFFORD, LARGER-THAN-LIFE OWNER OF THE PYNK—THE VENUE AT THE CENTER OF KATORI HALL’S P-VALLEY, A SIZZLG O TO SOUTHERN STRIP CLUB CULTURE. CLIFFORD, A NON-BARY BOSS WHO SHE/HER PRONOUNS, STOMPS AROUND THE CLUB THIGH-HIGH RED BOOTS AND BEJEWELED NAILS, A GLOSSY PERMA-SMIRK AFFIXED TO HER LIPS. BUT FOR ALL HER HIGH-MP THEATRICS, SHE’S ALSO GROUND AND LAYERED, HIDG A PLITED NER WORLD—A MULTIDIMENSNALY THAT’S STANTLY MA HER ONE OF THE MOST FASCATG NEW CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN.IT HELPS THAT ACTOR NIC ANNAN, WHO PLAYS UNCLE CLIFFORD, HAS BEEN PERFECTG THE CHARACTER FOR OVER A . BEFORE THERE WAS P-VALLEY, THERE WAS HALL’S PLAY PSY VALLEY. ANNAN ORIGATED THE ROLE OF CLIFFORD A 2009 READG, THEN BROUGHT HER TO LIFE AT EVERY SUBSEQUENT FTIVAL AND STAGE PERFORMANCE, CREATG AN -PTH BACKSTORY FOR HER ALONG THE WAY. HE’S REFULLY NSIRED EVERYTHG ABOUT CLIFFORD, OM THE REASON WHY SHE OWNS A STRIP CLUB—SHE ED TO BE A DANCER HERSELF—TO THE WAY SHE WEARS HER BEARD, WHICH IS STYLED TO VER UP A SR OM AN ABIVE RELATNSHIP. THE BEARD DOUBL AS A FORM OF PROTECTN AGAST THE PYNK’S LARGELY CIS, HETERO, MALE CLIENTELE, AND THE MORE CLOSED-MD NIZENS OF CHULISSA.“I KNEW THAT I STILL HAD TO HAVE SOMETHG TO STAND ON MY GUARD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW: DON’T TRY ME,” ANNAN, SPEAKG AS CLIFFORD, EXPLAED A RECENT PHONE LL.TA ROWNSTILL, ALL THAT WORK DIDN’T MAKE ANNAN A LOCK FOR THE ROLE WHEN P-VALLEY WAS PICKED UP BY STARZ 2018. “KATORI WAS VERY HONT,” ANNAN SAID. “SHE SAID ‘WE’RE LOOKG FOR EVERYONE.’ THEY ST A WI .”SO ANNAN DUG , NOTG WH METHOD-LIKE PANACHE THAT HE “ULD NOT BEE UNCLE CLIFFORD THE ROOM” WHEN HE DNED. “I HAD TO SHOW UP AS HER.”IT’S A TTAMENT TO THE ACTOR’S SKILL THAT HE OVERME AN OLD HOLLYWOOD PRECENT—RESTG STAGE ACTORS ONCE A PLAY GETS ADAPTED. FOR ANNAN, WHO BEGAN HIS REER AS A BROADWAY HOPEFUL BEFORE PIVOTG TO FILM AND TELEVISN, P-VALLEY WAS A NATURAL NEXT STEP. JOG THE SERI ALSO MEANT HELPG TO BROAN THE REPRENTATN OF BLACK QUEER LIFE ONSCREEN. ANNAN, WHO KNEW HE WANTED TO ACT OM A YOUNG AGE, STILL REMEMBERS THE ACTG TEACHERS WHO TOLD HIM LLEGE THAT HE WAS TOO “CLOCKABLE AS A GAY MAN,” THAT HE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY “STRAIGHT” IF HE WANTED TO SUCCEED; UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A REBE OF ALL THAT FALSE NDNG.“BEG A DARK-SKNED MAN, AND A MAN THAT IS GAY, I WANTED TO EMBRACE ALL OF THE THGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ARE GOG TO HOLD YOU BACK,” ANNAN SAID.ONE OF THE FIRST THGS ANNAN TACKLED WAS UNCLE CLIFFORD’S METICULOLY CRAFTED WARDROBE. ORIGALLY, ANNAN SAID, SOME PEOPLE WHO READ THE P-VALLEY SCRIPT THOUGHT OF UNCLE CLIFFORD AS A DRAG QUEEN, AND SUGGTED WARDROBE CHOIC ALONG THOSE L. “SHE WAS SO EASILY MISUNRSTOOD,” ANNAN SAID. IN HIS HANDS, THOUGH, CLIFFORD HAS A SPECIFIC ATHETIC ONSCREEN: EACH EPISO OF P-VALLEY, UNCLE CLIFFORD SPORTS LOOKS THAT PAY DIRECT, OBV HOMAGE TO AN ARRAY OF FAMO WOMEN, OM FRIDA KAHLO TO KELLY ROWLAND. WHEN UNCLE CLIFFORD VISS A FORMER PLANTATN TO HANDLE A POTENTIAL BS AL, SHE CHOOS TO RRY A PARASOL AND WEAR A SRLET BLOE WH A LACE LLAR AND LONG FFL DOWN THE BACK, PROPPED UP BY A PARTIAL HOOP SKIRT—AN OVERT RECLAMATN AND REMIX OF THE SOUTHERN BELLE ARCHETYPE FOUND FILMS LIKE GONE WH THE WD. (HALL DUBBED THE “WD DONE GONE” LOOK ON TWTER.)MOST POPULARINSI ALL OF US STRANGERS, ANDREW STT AND PL ML’S METAPHYSIL LOVE STORYBY DAVID CANFIELDAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLBUT UNCLE CLIFFORD’S DILEMMAS GO EPER THAN HER SARTORIAL CHOIC. WHILE THE PYNK MAY SEEM LIKE ’S THRIVG, THE CLUB IS NSTANTLY PLAGUED WH MONEY ISSU, FORCG UNCLE CLIFFORD TO STLE UP SH LS NVENTNAL WAYS. HER LOVE LIFE IS ALSO GHT; OM THE VERY FIRST EPISO, SHE’S UGHT A SECRETIVE ENTANGLEMENT WH CLOSETED RAPPER LIL MURDA (J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON). THEIR RELATNSHIP IS A MENTARY ON THE STIGMA SURROUNDG QUEER REPRENTATN HIP-HOP, MEMORABLY ELUCIDATED LAST YEAR BY OUT GAY RAPPER LIL NAS X. ANNAN WAS PARTICULARLY EAGER TO EXPLORE THE ROMANTIC SI OF UNCLE CLIFFORD’S LIFE, RELLG THAT WHEN HE DNED, HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD BE FORTABLE DOG NUDY FOR POTENTIAL SEX SCEN.“I TURNED TO THAT PRODUCER AND I ASKED HER, ‘WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A FULL-FIGURED BLACK MAN OR WOMAN BE MA LOVE TO ON THE SCREEN?’” HE SAID. “IF I AM THE VSEL TO TELL THAT STORY, SO BE . I WAS EXCED, TO BE HONT.”WHILE P-VALLEY IS BURSTG WH FASCATG CHARACTERS, OM THE VULNERABLE HTLER AUTUMN (ELARI JOHNSON) TO THE PYNK SUPERNOVA MERCES (BRANE EVANS), UNCLE CLIFFORD IS EASILY S TOP SCENE-STEALER. ANNAN HAPPILY GO THROUGH FAN TWEETS EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SHOW AIRS, THRILLED THAT “PEOPLE ARE TALKG ABOUT HOW ’S RONATG WH THEM.”“THIS IS GOG TO EXPAND THE TELEVISED REALY OF HOW BLACK QUEER LIFE IS,” HE SAID. “I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME HOPE THE WORLD UNRSTANDS MORE PEOPLE BY DOG THIS AND SERVG HER JTICE.”THE SHOW HAS ALSO H HOME A NUMBER OF WAYS. AFTER S FIRST EPISO AIRED, ANNAN GOT A PHONE LL OM A HIGH SCHOOL IEND HIS HOMETOWN OF DETRO, WHO SAID HIS UNCLE RYAN WAS RAVG ABOUT UNCLE CLIFFORD. “HE SAID TO HIM, ‘THAT UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A MOTHERFUCKER!’” ANNAN RELLED WH A LGH.“FOR A MAN THAT IS OF A CERTA AGE, LIKE UNCLE RYAN? HE IS HYPER MASCULE. HE TYPILLY DO NOT TALK ABOUT LGBT AND TRANS INTY…AND HE WAS SO ENTHRALLED WH THE SHOW,” HE MARVELED. “THAT MAK ME HAPPY BEE HE SE UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR WHO SHE IS. AND WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS G THE RIGHT PRONOUNS? THERE’S REVELATN, Y’ALL! THERE’S REVELATN! CHANGE IS G.”WHERE TO WATCH P-VALLEY:POWERED BYJTWATCHALL PRODUCTS FEATURED ON VANY FAIR ARE PENNTLY SELECTED BY OUR EDORS. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHG THROUGH OUR RETAIL LKS, WE MAY EARN AN AFFILIATE MISSN.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— COVER STORY: VLA DAVIS ON HER HOLLYWOOD TRIUMPHS, HER JOURNEY OUT OF POVERTY, AND HER REGRETS ABOUT MAKG THE HELP— ZIWE FUMUDOH HAS MASTERED THE ART OF PUTTG WHE PEOPLE ON THE SPOT— NETFLIX’S UNSOLVED MYSTERI: FIVE BURNG QUTNS ANSWERED ABOUT REY RIVERA, ROB ENDR, AND MORE— WATCH THE CELEBRY-FILLED FAN-FILM VERSN OF THE PRCS BRI— CARL REER’S FAIRY-TALE ENDG— THE SECRETS OF MARIANNE AND CONNELL’S FIRST SEX SCENE NORMAL PEOPLE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: UNVERG THE SECRET SNAPS OF SAMMY DAVIS JR.LOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.YOHANA DTA

The problem isn’t your imagary thrhold of rpectabily; ’s your ternalized homophobia. I’m sorry to any homophob readg this, but there are Black, queer people worldwi.

That same homophobia you proudly wear as a badge of honor is why your closeted brother, homeboy, , or father don’t feel safe disclosg who they are to you. For niggas who don’t like the “ gay” scen #PValley, y’all sure as hell keep tung ?.

"Nicholson, who's married to wife Nafeha Nicholson and intifi as straight, was equally nervo about his gay character's scene when he read episo four's script.

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Both characters have a preference for the same sex, and unlike Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford, this pair's mascule exterrs (buff bodi, tattoos, barone voic) reprent a different image of gay Black men - one whose reprentatn on TV thentilly shows the nuanc of queer inty. "Of her star's performance, Evans praised Nicholson for beg brave enough to explore a new pictn of what gay Black men look like on screen.

I have iends that intify as gay or bi, but I also have fay members that are aaid to say who they love or who they want to be. But episo four marks another groundbreakg moment the TV world that will hopefully enurage more powerful, unshakeable portrayals the far, the show has found much succs wh Lil Murda, Uncle Clifford, and their plex love story as a Black gay uple. So, fans repeatedly qutn if Lil Murda on P-Valley is gay, and we know exactly what you want to Murda has bee a proment character P-Valley.

You n see him sportg gold teeth and havg a hyper-mascule characteristic, but he also seems to relate wh Uncle Clifford’s weave, his lady-like fgernails, and of urse, the sctive Lil Murda on P-Valley GayP-Valley touch on the sensive topic of vlence agast Black trans people; of urse, Lil Murda is aware of that.