Steve Howey, the Shamels star, hop to end stigma -- and toxic masculy -- by playg gay and speakg out.
Contents:
- THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
- CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
* shameless gay bar scene *
Still thk we need gay iends?
Ian and Mickey's storyle about not havg enough gay iends was some much-need ic relief the midst of all the sany but did the wrers really need to make the group of men participate group sex?
For Shamels star Steve Howey, speakg out for what he knows is right has bee an art form, one that is unpredictable but always strik a December, the Texas-born actor me out on Twter, he says, to fight the stigma behd sayg the words "I'm gay. " His tweet, which read simply "I'm gay and proud, " sparked dialogue and a fair amount of nfn about the straight, married father of tws -- but he isn't bothered by fans thought Howey, who plays gay Netflix's Game Over, Man!, might have been textg character, but he sists, "My whole pot was to be a champn, a supporter, of the movement. Howey plays Rich, a "bad guy and a goon" who happens to be gay and works alongsi his lover (Mac Brandt), another eccentric thug.
CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
"The fact that he and Brandt both play agast type -- hypermascule bad guys who happen to be gay -- is part of the movie's charm. Movg forward, he hop to tackle more challengg rol that brg awarens to stori ls told -- like that of his bt iends, Nick and Jim, a gay uple, whose kids go to the same school as Howey's tws.
By the time they reach the dner party, they’ve realized they have nothg mon wh the people and are basilly failg at fdg “gay iends, ” but explorg that topic felt like a natural extensn of the characters at this stage their relatnship, and the fact the character growth fizzl out group sex and a Lady Gaga/Ariana Gran earworm don’t feel like unrcuttg drama so much as unrlg the edy of the suatn. To put thgs to perspective, the scene which an abive father forcg his gay son to impregnate a Rsian prostute didn't make the cut. Before Ian Gallagher had his ary stt, worked and out of gay clubs, and took a road trip wh his boyiend's baby, he was jt a high school kid workg the lol boga.
Gerard has been playg gay Ian Gallagher Shamels for six years.