He's known for playg an openly gay character on the h teen drama based on the Archie ics of yore. And Casey Cott of Riverdale fame shared some excg news to his Instagram on Saturday.
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- CODY KEARSLEY IS OPEN TO VENTURE TO GAY ROL AS AN ACTOR
- 'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
- CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
- "RIVERDALE" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENEKEV KELLER HAS SRED HIMSELF A BAD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017/4:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017 / 4:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"RIVERDALE\" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE KNEW GOG THAT THE CW'S RIVERDALE WOULD BE A B MORE "ADULT" THAT THE ARCHIE ICS S BASED ON. AND WH GREG BERLANTI BEHD , WE KNEW THERE'D BE SOME GAY SPICE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE SHOW STARTED, GAY TEEN KEV KELLER (CASEY COTT) WAS SECRETLY HOOKG UP WH CLOSETED FOOTBALL STAR MOOSE (CODY KEARSLEY)—OFF MERA. LAST NIGHT, THOUGH, THE SHOW GAVE A STEAMY MAKEOUT SSN BETWEEN KEV AND NEW BAD BOY JOAQU (ROB RA). THERE'S NOTHG LIKE SUCKG FACE AGAST A CHA-LK FENCE, IS THERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN JOAQU REALIZ KEV IS THE SHERIFF'S SON, HE REVEALS HE'S A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSI SERPENTS. IS THIS A ROMEO AND JULIET MOMENT OR WHAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH TV LE, RA SAYS HE LOV THAT HIS CHARACTER ISN'T HUNG UP ON HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PORTRAYG JOAQU AS NFINT WH HIS SEXUALY AS I AM WH ME [AS A STRAIGHT MAN] HAS BEEN CREDIBLE. IT’S SPIRATNAL TO ME. IT’S FEARLS. NOTHG IS FORCED, NOTHG SEEMS FAKE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE JOAQU WAS CREATED FOR RIVERDALE, KEV WAS TRODUCED VERONI ISSUE #202 2010, AS RIVERDALE'S FIRST OUT GAY TEEN. SCE THEN HE'S GONE ON TO HEADLE HIS OWN MI-SERI, YA NOVEL AND NOW A DIGAL TLE, LIFE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
- IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?
CODY KEARSLEY IS OPEN TO VENTURE TO GAY ROL AS AN ACTOR
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And whether or not he intifi as straight, gay, or bisexual don't change the fact that he has played Kev so well, allowg the character to she his own ways spe not beg one of the classic Archie characters. "Article ntu below advertisementCasey Cott has been lked to female performers the hasn't been any reason to suggt that Casey intifi as gay real life, and he has been lked to more than one female performer over the years. "I know plenty of people om my high school that are gay but are still not out to this day.
""The way that they talked about homosexualy or even jt experiencg somethg like that wh slurs or what have you, my iend said the same thg, so I had nobody to talk to about [my own experience], " Martez ntued. "“The way that they talked about homosexualy or even jt experiencg somethg like that wh slurs or what have you, my iend said the same thg, so I had nobody to talk to about [my own experience].
While both of his rol might lead people to prume him to be gay, the actor is, fact, straight. As the show progrs, they separate, and later, the third season, Moose is a gay relatnship wh Kev Keller, played by actor Casey Cott. In the seri, he was even volved some gay kissg scen wh another male character, Wley Fists, portrayed by At Cte.
'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
Offscreen, Kearsley is a close iend of Cte, his gay Daybreak -star. Durg an terview wh Gaytim October 2019, Cte revealed that he had a good iendly relatnship wh Kearsley and that he lov his habs and overall personaly tras but strsed how weird was to kiss his straight -star the show.
Consirg the fse wh which Kearsley brought both the characters to life, 's no surprise to fd out that people have long been posg, "Is Cody Kearsley gay? He's known for playg an openly gay character on the h teen drama based on the Archie ics of Casey Cott of Riverdale fame shared some excg news to his Instagram on Saturday, announcg his engagement to his actor, 28, stood next to his unnamed bri-to-be, sg a green and orange flannel as she showed off her lovely engagement rg.
Seen March: The actor is known for playg openly gay character Kev Keller on the h teen drama Riverdale, based on the Archie ics of yoreAlthough his mystery bri has appeared several tim on his Instagram, Casey has never disclosed her inty. Mystery girl: Although his mystery bri has appeared several tim on his Instagram, Casey has never disclosed her intyCott ma news for playg Kev Keller on The CW’s Riverdale, the first openly gay character the ic book's 's appeared 79 episos over the seri' nearly 4-year and his Riverdale stars have recently been holed up Vanuver, Canada, where they've been filmg season five.
CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
For those that aren’t aware, Kev, played by Casey Cott, was origally tend as a recurrg character (basilly he was Betty’s “Gay Bt Friend” and ltle else). Kev’s BFF and moral csar Betty is worried about his behavur and urg him to e “Grm” (which we assume is the Riverdale versn of Grdr – a popular hook-up app for gay men) but Kev disagre, argug that, “Nobody is who they say they are onle.
Wh few openly gay men around, Kev’s optns are limed. This is on top of years of livg a heteronormative society where homophobia is still rife. While thgs have improved a ltle recent tim, is still monplace for gay male characters mastream TV programm and films to be ltle more than promiscuo, sex-obssed begs.
"RIVERDALE" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENEKEV KELLER HAS SRED HIMSELF A BAD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017/4:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017 / 4:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"RIVERDALE\" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE KNEW GOG THAT THE CW'S RIVERDALE WOULD BE A B MORE "ADULT" THAT THE ARCHIE ICS S BASED ON. AND WH GREG BERLANTI BEHD , WE KNEW THERE'D BE SOME GAY SPICE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE SHOW STARTED, GAY TEEN KEV KELLER (CASEY COTT) WAS SECRETLY HOOKG UP WH CLOSETED FOOTBALL STAR MOOSE (CODY KEARSLEY)—OFF MERA. LAST NIGHT, THOUGH, THE SHOW GAVE A STEAMY MAKEOUT SSN BETWEEN KEV AND NEW BAD BOY JOAQU (ROB RA). THERE'S NOTHG LIKE SUCKG FACE AGAST A CHA-LK FENCE, IS THERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN JOAQU REALIZ KEV IS THE SHERIFF'S SON, HE REVEALS HE'S A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSI SERPENTS. IS THIS A ROMEO AND JULIET MOMENT OR WHAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH TV LE, RA SAYS HE LOV THAT HIS CHARACTER ISN'T HUNG UP ON HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PORTRAYG JOAQU AS NFINT WH HIS SEXUALY AS I AM WH ME [AS A STRAIGHT MAN] HAS BEEN CREDIBLE. IT’S SPIRATNAL TO ME. IT’S FEARLS. NOTHG IS FORCED, NOTHG SEEMS FAKE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE JOAQU WAS CREATED FOR RIVERDALE, KEV WAS TRODUCED VERONI ISSUE #202 2010, AS RIVERDALE'S FIRST OUT GAY TEEN. SCE THEN HE'S GONE ON TO HEADLE HIS OWN MI-SERI, YA NOVEL AND NOW A DIGAL TLE, LIFE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
To see Riverdale attempt to give more ntext to Kev’s life and give him an opportuny to open-up about his stggl is an important tone for gay teen characters.
THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
The lk between gay sex and murr is a mon TV & film troupe. More recently, Stranger by the Lake also featured a murrer on the loose at a gay cisg spot. Riverdale centred s gay, lbian and bisexual characters 'Bizzarodale'.
Good theory but, as turns out, Penelope iated the policy out of homophobia to spe Cheryl. A te Riverdale wasn't out of homophobia, though.
Bar some odd character choic (why would Cheryl out someone when her own mother is homophobic?
IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?
From the murr of her tw to gay 'cure' therapy, Cheryl saw her fair share of tragedy before fdg support her relatnship wh Toni. Then there's Joaqu himself, who had long shown var dimensns to his sexualy through his velopg relatnship wh the openly gay Kev Keller – before he was murred, anyway. In Riverdale, men n be gay, straight or anythg Riverdale for bisexual+ characters isn't always all 's cracked up to be, though.