The actor, who me out publicly around the same time as his character Levi a few years ago, is proud the show will she a light on the discrimatory polici around gay men and sex.
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- OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREOCTOBER 27, 2021'GREY'S ANATOMY' SEASON 18 TRODUC 1ST NONBARY DOCTOR SHOW'S HISTORY27:00BONNIE OSBORNE/ABC'GREY'S ANATOMY' ST MEMBERS ON WHAT MEANS TO BE BLACK WOMEN HOLLYWOODBY CARSON BLACKWELRVIO BY BRTANY BERKOWZSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!E.R. FIGHTMASTER IS MAKG HISTORY ON "GREY'S ANATOMY" AS DR. KAI BARTLEY.THE ACTOR, WHO IS NONBARY AND PLAYS THE SHOW'S FIRST NONBARY DOCTOR, HAS BEEN UPPED TO A RECURRG CHARACTER FOR THE SERI' 18TH SEASON. FIGHTMASTER WAS FIRST TRODUCED AS KAI THE OCT. 7 EPISO.MORE: KATE WALSH TALKS HER 'GREY'S ANATOMY' RETURN AND THE FUTURE OF HER CHARACTERKAI IS A NROSCIENTIST ON THE REARCH TEAM DR. DAVID HATON (PETER GALLAGHER) PUT TOGETHER TO FD THE CURE TO PARKSON'S DISEASE. DR. MEREDH GREY (ELLEN POMPEO) AND DR. AMELIA SHEPHERD (CATERA SRSONE) HAVE JOED THE TEAM, AND WILL SPL THEIR TIME BETWEEN MNOTA AND GREY SLOAN MEMORIAL HOSPAL.BONNIE OSBORNE/ABCE.R. FIGHTMASTER ON "GREY'S ANATOMY.""THEY ARE DITED TO THEIR CRAFT AND EXTREMELY TALENTED AT WHAT THEY DO," READS ABC'S CHARACTER SCRIPTN FOR KAI. "CONFINT AS HELL AND ABLE TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST TAILED AND MUNDANE SCIENCE SEEM EXCG AND OL, KAI AND AMELIA BOND OVER THEIR SHARED LOVE OF MEDICE AND THE BRA."WHILE MEREDH WAS CLEARLY FAIAR WH KAI'S WORK, WAS AMELIA WHO WAS ENTHIASTIC GETTG TO WORK WH THEM. THERE WAS EVEN A SPARK OF CHEMISTRY BETWEEN AMELIA AND KAI THE OCT. 14 EPISO.MORE: CHANDRA WILSON TALKS 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SEASON 18: COVID, KATE WALSH'S RETURN AND MOREFIGHTMASTER, WHO GOT THEIR START AT CHIGO'S SEND CY THEATRE, IS BT KNOWN FOR THEIR ROLE ON HULU'S "SHRILL." AS A MICIAN, THEY ARE HALF OF THE DUO TW.THEY WILL NEXT APPEAR AS BARTLEY WHEN "GREY'S ANATOMY" RETURNS ON NOV. 11.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT CULTUREREVIEW: 'HARLAN COBEN’S SHELTER' LIVERS PLEASUR OF THE UNEXPECTED
- JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREOCTOBER 27, 2021'GREY'S ANATOMY' SEASON 18 TRODUC 1ST NONBARY DOCTOR SHOW'S HISTORY27:00BONNIE OSBORNE/ABC'GREY'S ANATOMY' ST MEMBERS ON WHAT MEANS TO BE BLACK WOMEN HOLLYWOODBY CARSON BLACKWELRVIO BY BRTANY BERKOWZSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!E.R. FIGHTMASTER IS MAKG HISTORY ON "GREY'S ANATOMY" AS DR. KAI BARTLEY.THE ACTOR, WHO IS NONBARY AND PLAYS THE SHOW'S FIRST NONBARY DOCTOR, HAS BEEN UPPED TO A RECURRG CHARACTER FOR THE SERI' 18TH SEASON. FIGHTMASTER WAS FIRST TRODUCED AS KAI THE OCT. 7 EPISO.MORE: KATE WALSH TALKS HER 'GREY'S ANATOMY' RETURN AND THE FUTURE OF HER CHARACTERKAI IS A NROSCIENTIST ON THE REARCH TEAM DR. DAVID HATON (PETER GALLAGHER) PUT TOGETHER TO FD THE CURE TO PARKSON'S DISEASE. DR. MEREDH GREY (ELLEN POMPEO) AND DR. AMELIA SHEPHERD (CATERA SRSONE) HAVE JOED THE TEAM, AND WILL SPL THEIR TIME BETWEEN MNOTA AND GREY SLOAN MEMORIAL HOSPAL.BONNIE OSBORNE/ABCE.R. FIGHTMASTER ON "GREY'S ANATOMY.""THEY ARE DITED TO THEIR CRAFT AND EXTREMELY TALENTED AT WHAT THEY DO," READS ABC'S CHARACTER SCRIPTN FOR KAI. "CONFINT AS HELL AND ABLE TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST TAILED AND MUNDANE SCIENCE SEEM EXCG AND OL, KAI AND AMELIA BOND OVER THEIR SHARED LOVE OF MEDICE AND THE BRA."WHILE MEREDH WAS CLEARLY FAIAR WH KAI'S WORK, WAS AMELIA WHO WAS ENTHIASTIC GETTG TO WORK WH THEM. THERE WAS EVEN A SPARK OF CHEMISTRY BETWEEN AMELIA AND KAI THE OCT. 14 EPISO.MORE: CHANDRA WILSON TALKS 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SEASON 18: COVID, KATE WALSH'S RETURN AND MOREFIGHTMASTER, WHO GOT THEIR START AT CHIGO'S SEND CY THEATRE, IS BT KNOWN FOR THEIR ROLE ON HULU'S "SHRILL." AS A MICIAN, THEY ARE HALF OF THE DUO TW.THEY WILL NEXT APPEAR AS BARTLEY WHEN "GREY'S ANATOMY" RETURNS ON NOV. 11.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT CULTUREREVIEW: 'HARLAN COBEN’S SHELTER' LIVERS PLEASUR OF THE UNEXPECTED
And when I was growg up, that led me to not knowg that I was gay for a long time.
Not havg the language or unrstandg that I was gay. The beloved character, who me out as gay at the same time Jake Borelli, who portrays him, me out publicly, worked amid the trma of early COVID-19 last season, and suffered full-on burnout after losg his first patient unr the hospal's new trag method this season. But for Borelli, a gay blood ban story that volv Levi Grey's Anatomy's 18th season fale (also the show's whoppg 400th episo), is eply personal.
"In preparg for the episo and talkg to people about this, I found that pecially om the straight muny, that there's this ia that oh, well, the blood ban is now no longer a lifetime blood ban for gay men, " he adds.
JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
"You're fe as long as you don't have sex, as long as you don't partake sodomy, or if you don't get married, " Borelli says of ndnal acceptance of gay and bi men. "Borelli, 31, joed ABC's long-nng medil drama 2018, g out publicly as his character's gay storyle unfold not long after. I uldn't bee I knew that I was gay, " Borelli says.
Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon. And, acrdg to Schmt (Jake Borelli), blood banks don't want a sexually active gay man's blood.