Is Casey Cott gay real life? Read to know about the 'Riverdale' star's datg terts real life right here.
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- 'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
- IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?
- CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
- THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
- "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
'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
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. 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.
IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?
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.
CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
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. 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 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?
THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
He was still his fal year at llege when he was chosen to play the gay character. Is Casey Cott gay real life? His Riverdale character, Kev Keller, is the first openly gay character the Archie Comics Universe.
What’s really ol about Kev is that ’s clear he is gay and ’s not hidn. "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.
On ‘Riverdale‘, Kev is a badass gay character.
"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
Is Casey gay realy? However, unlike his character, Cott is not gay real life. Kev is the first gay character the Archie ics seri.