'Statn 19' Season 3 Episo 13: Emmett out as gay, but will Fire Chief Dixon accept son's sexualy? | MEAWW

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• IS JAY HAYN GAY? HERE’S HOW HE APPROACH HIS ‘STATN 19’ ROLE
• 'STATN 19' SEASON 3 EPISO 13: EMMETT OUT AS GAY, BUT WILL FIRE CHIEF DIXON ACCEPT SON'S SEXUALY?
• JAY HAYN’S REALISTIC ACTG ‘STATN 19’ STARTED GAY RUMORS — BUT IS HE GAY?
• 'STATN 19' SEASON 3 EPISO 15: CAN GAY UPLE EMMETT AND TRAVIS SAVE LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN ON THE SHOW?

IS JAY HAYN GAY? HERE’S HOW HE APPROACH HIS ‘STATN 19’ ROLE

While the actor who plays him, Jay Hayn, isn’t gay real life, the Statn 19 star has reprented Travis and the LGBTQ+ muny well om the start. Hayn plays Travis Montgomery, an openly gay firefighter at Statn 19 and widower who lost his hband, Michael Williams, a fire.

Is Jay Hayn gay real life om Statn 19? Hayn also told Hidn Remote that he was ncerned what his father would thk about him playg a gay character on televisn. To say ‘Dad, I’m playg a gay firefighter on a Shonda Rhim show, ’ he’s jt the bt guy the world and is like ‘Oh, ngratulatns’ but I don’t really know what’s gog on his head.

“The thg is I don’t really know how to play straight or play gay. Hayn also revealed a nversatn he had wh a real firefighter who had seen other gay firefighters be discrimated agast.

'STATN 19' SEASON 3 EPISO 13: EMMETT OUT AS GAY, BUT WILL FIRE CHIEF DIXON ACCEPT SON'S SEXUALY?

He’d been a New York firefighter for 25 years and he said that back the ’70s and ’80s: ‘Some of the bt guys back my day were gay and they were jt as strong and jt as tough and jt as heroic. There was no difference between them and ’s sad bee they uldn’t e out and uldn’t feel fortable lettg the other guys know they were gay. Talkg to ET Canada  November 2020, the actor opened up about how he end up playg the gay character on the popular TV show.

JAY HAYN’S REALISTIC ACTG ‘STATN 19’ STARTED GAY RUMORS — BUT IS HE GAY?

Hayn further revealed what he was told him durg the meetg, We want to ntue to break the mold of the stereotypil gay character on televisn. Talkg about the sensivens of his character, Hayn said he felt "a rponsibily for all of my gay iends, " who reacted by sayg, "Don't you dare play like XYZ. "Given his excellent actg showsg, many onle ers were nvced enough to ask the qutn, "Is Jay Hayn Gay?

Statn 19 prevly troduced gay firefighter Travis Montgomery (Jay Hayn) who lost his hband and fellow firefighter some time before, which opened a slot on the team for newbie Ben Warren (Jason Gee), who stopped beg a surgeon to bee a firefighter. Y, Emmett Dixon (Lachlan Buchanan), the Fire Chief's son, fally nfsed he is gay. 0 / Hayn is a straight man, but his portrayal of a gay character is pellg.

When Doss was jt six, her mother me out as gay and started livg wh her partner, Veroni. I'm so proud of him #statn19, " one fan posted and another wrote, "Look at Emmett now, he n now ll himself a proud gay man. So, bee of that, I cid to foc more on the character Travis and how Hayn chose to portray this is one of the only gay men on TV right now.

'STATN 19' SEASON 3 EPISO 15: CAN GAY UPLE EMMETT AND TRAVIS SAVE LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN ON THE SHOW?

Now ’s time for Statn 19 to s there as a show to promote, not jt bee there is a gay character but bee this character mak clear that sexual orientatn do not make someone a different Remote: I’m so psyched for Hayr: I’m so psyched for this too! I mean, you have a wife real life but you’re playg a gay character. To say ‘Dad, I’m playg a gay firefighter on a Shonda Rhim show, ’ he’s jt the bt guy the world and is like ‘Oh, ngratulatns’ but I don’t really know what’s gog on his last episo played and I was wonrg what kd of phone ll I’d get.

There are barely any gay men on Yeah, we need more!

STATION 19 – ABC/Eric McCandls — Acquired via Disney ABC PrsHR: Did knowg you’d be one of the only gay men affect your cisns on how to portray the character at all?