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ROSS MATHEWS: GAY PEOPLE 'WANTED ME OFF TV'
Sce Mathews, who jok, "I've been gay sce birth, " first appeared as Ross the Intern on The Tonight Show Wh Jay Leno, 's been part of his missn to be visible and reprent for those g up behd him. "I remember beg a kid a farm town and realizg I was gay and then askg myself, What do a gay grown-up person look like? "I remember thkg, God, I have to s down and talk to him bee he knows I'm gay, jt bee, you know, I'm on TV.
"But I wonr if he's ever seen a gay uple or somethg. When Ross Mathews started his reer as “Ross the Intern” on “The Tonight Show wh Jay Leno, ” there were only a small number of LGBTQ people on TV and gay men, Ross says, weren’t happy wh him reprentg them. Jefey Masters: I thk Jay Leno would be acced of gay bashg today.