Why Nick Jonas Is Proud To Play Gay

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Huh. As you may know, Nick Jonas plays a closeted gay man on the Audience Network's Kgdom and while his character fally got some on screen actn on

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"KGDOM" OPENS A GAY DOOR WH NICK JONAS... BUT WILL THE SHOW REALLY GO THERE?{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;}MOVIBY JIM HALTERMANNOVEMBER 20, 2014/8:18 AMBY JIM HALTERMANNOVEMBER 20, 2014 / 8:18 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"KGDOM\" OPENS A GAY DOOR WH NICK JONAS... BUT WILL THE SHOW REALLY GO THERE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-11-20T13:18:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-11-20T13:18:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{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;}{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;}WHO IS THIS MAN AND WHY IS HE TOUCHG NICK JONAS? (NICK JONAS & MCKENZIE GRAY AYLOTT){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;}WAS THAT A LTLE GAY DOOR WE SAW OPENG LAST NIGHT ON DIRECTV’S SERI KGDOM?{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;}TO TCH YOU UP, BOY NICK JONAS PLAYS MMA FIGHTER NATE KULA THE NEW DRAMA ABOUT A FAY OF MMA FIGHTERS AND BEFORE THE SERI EVEN PREMIERED LAST MONTH, JONAS TEASED TO A GHY ANDY COHEN ON WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE THAT SEXUALY IS SOMETHG THAT TO PLAY WH HIS CHARACTER ON THE SERI. WE TRIED TO GET HIM TO SAY MORE ON THE RED RPET FOR THE SHOW'S PREMIERE AND WHILE HE ACKNOWLEDGED SOMETHG, THGS WERE STILL A TAD {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;}HOWEVER, AFTER SIX EPISOS OF THE DRAMA, WE’VE ONLY SEEN NATE BED WH HIS FEMALE PHYSIL THERAPIST AND NOTHG OVERTLY LEADG VIEWERS TO THK NATE MAY HAVE A BISEXUAL OR GAY BONE 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;}WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT QUEERBAG TODAY TELEVISN (SUPERNATURAL TO MD SCE PEOPLE ARE STILL BUZZG ABOUT LAST WEEK'S DTIEL-ACKNOWLEDGG 200TH EPISO) BUT 'S ALSO BEEN BROUGHT UP THE MIC BS. AS WE ALL KNOW, JONAS IS ALSO A POP STAR WHO HAS MA A POT OF PROMOTG HIS SOLO ALBUM TO DISPLAY HIS BETIFULLY TONED BODY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Y, HE’LL EVEN GO HANG OUT GAY BARS AND TWEET TO HIS GAY FANS. IS ANY WONR THAT ADAM LAMBERT HAS WONRED VIA TWTER IF WE SHOULD BE FLATTERED AT BEG URTED BY STRAIGHT POP STARS? (HE DON’T MENTN JONAS, BUT ’S AN EASY ASSUMPTN TO MAKE.){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;}AND, BACK TO KGDOM, THIS REPORTER WAS STARTG TO THK MAYBE THE GAY DIENCE WAS BEG QUEERBAED WH PROMIS OF SOMETHG OF A SEXUAL NATURE G BUT NEVER REALLY LIVERG. SERLY, OTHER THAN THE APPEARANCE OF JAI RODRIGUEZ AS A GAY PHYSIL THERAPIST WHO TREATS NICK'S CHARACTER, THERE HASN’T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF GAY THE SHOW UNLS, OF URSE,  YOU WANT TO GO OUT ON A LIMB AND UNT THE OFTEN NEAR NAKED BODI OF MALE ST MEMBERS JONAS, JONATHAN TUCKER, MATT LRIA AND FRANK {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;}{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;}MOTHERS ALWAYS KNOW, NATE! MOTHERS ALWAYS KNOW! (JONAS, AYLOTT & JOANNA GOG){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;}LAST NIGHT’S SEVENTH EPISO, HOWEVER, FALLY TOOK A LTLE STEP TOWARDS SOMETHG GOG ON WH THE NATE CHARACTER. WHILE OUT SHOPPG WH HIS MOTHER (JOANNA GOG) AND BROTHER JAY (TUCKER), NATE IS APPROACHED BY A GUY NAMED JAB (MCKENZIE GRAY AYLOTT ) WHO IS OVERLY ENTHIASTIC TO SEE HIM, EVEN SAYG “I DIDN’T THK I’D EVER SEE YOU AGA!’ BUT WHEN HE SUALLY TOUCH THE ONT OF NATE’S SHIRT A FLIRTY GTURE FILLED WH A GREE OF FAIARY, NATE TENS UP AND WH HIS MOTHER WATCHG OM AFAR, HE MAK CLEAR TO JAB THAT HE’S NOT TERTED HAVG A RNN. AND, BEFORE THE NVERSATN N GET VERY FAR, JAY LLS FOR NATE AND THEY LEAVE THE STORE LEAVG JAB WH A KNOWG LOOK 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;}AFTER PARTG, JAY ASKS WHO THAT GUY WAS AND NATE SAYS SOMEONE OM HIGH SCHOOL AND LEAV AT THAT. HOWEVER, NATE’S LM AND NTROLLED MEANOR IS GIVEN A CHANCE TO RELEASE A B OF WHAT HE'S BEEN BOTTLG UP WHEN A R ALMOST HS HIS MOTHER OUTSI THE STORE. NATE ANGRILY PULLS THE GUY OUT OF THE R THROUGH THE WDOW AND IS READY TO BEAT HIM TO A PULP WHEN JAY PULLS HIM OFF. SOMETHG FELY HAS NATE {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;}LATER, NATE IS AT THE PT OFFICE WH DR. DIEGO DIAZ (RODRIGUEZ), WHO IS SUALLY TELLG NATE A STORY VOLVG HIS BOYIEND. NATE, AGA, DON’T SEEM TO REACT AS DIAZ STRETCH OUT NATE’S LEGS AND TALKS BUT WHEN HE’S FISHED NATE SAYS HE’S NOT GOG TO SCHLE ANOTHER SSN AND IS GOG TO GET BACK TO TRAG WH HIS DAD (GRILLO).{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;}DIAZ TELLS NATE HE’S AHEAD OF SCHLE WH HIS THERAPY BUT HE’S NOT READY FOR THAT KD OF TRAG BUT NATE DON’T WANT TO HEAR AND RPONDS, ‘WHEN I SAY I’M DONE, I’M DONE.’ DIAZ ASKS NATE IF HE HAS A PROBLEM WH HIM (OBVLY SENSG TALKG ABOUT HIS BF MIGHT MAKE NATE UNFORTABLE) AND NATE SIMPLY SAYS, “NO.” DIAZ TELLS HIM HE’S PUTTG HIMSELF AT RISK AND NATE REPLI, “NO SH. I FIGHT A GE FOR MONEY.” END OF {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;}{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;}JAI RODRIGUEZ'S DR. DIEGO DIAZ SENSE THAT NATE MAY HAVE AN ISSUE WH HIS BOYIEND {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;}WHAT DO ALL THIS MEAN AND HOW QUICKLY (OR SLOWLY) IS THE SHOW GOG TO GIVE MORE TO CHEW ON, SO TO SPEAK? THAT REMAS TO BE SEEN FOR THE MOST PART. LIKE FANS OF THE SHOW, WE AT THEBACKLOT HAVE NOT SEEN BEYOND THIS {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;}HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE A CHANCE RECENTLY TO S DOWN WH RODRIGUEZ TO GET HIS TAKE ON JONAS’ CHARACTER AND BEG A PART OF KGDOM. ALSO, WE ASKED HIM TO OFFER SIGHT TO THIS QUTN OF NICK'S {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;}WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE ON THE KGDOM SET?{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;}JAI RODRIGUEZ: MY FIRST DAY ON SET, NICK JT MA A BEE LE TO ME AND WAS LIKE ‘HEY, HI, WELE!’ AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO CLASSY. I KNEW HIM OM HAIRSPRAY WHERE HE WAS SQUEAKY CLEAN BUT NOW HE'S ALL BUFF AND {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;}{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;}TBL: HOW WAS WORKG SOME OF THE SCEN WH NICK?{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;}JR: NICK WAS VERY, VERY FORTABLE BEE MY CHARACTER IS GAY AND, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, JT AS A GAY ACTOR PLAYG OPPOSE A TEEN HEARTTHROB, I WAS NERVO BEE I PLAY HIS PHYSIL THERAPIST AND I HAVE TO BE PHYSIL WH HIM. IT’S A VERY TIMATE THG AND I WAS MORE NERVO THAN HE WAS. HE WAS OL AND CHILL AND YOU N TELL HE’S BEEN THE BS SO {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;}HE TWEETED RECENTLY ‘I LOVE MY GAY FANS.’ IF THIS WAS 11 YEARS AGO, 2003, I DON’T KNOW IF SOMEONE LIKE JT TIMBERLAKE WOULD’VE DONE THAT. I DON’T KNOW. MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE. BUT THE TI HAS SHIFTED WHERE HE IS THE GENERATN OF YOUNG MEN WHERE ‘LOVG GAY PEOPLE HAS NOTHG TO DO WH MY SEXUALY.’ IT’S UNPOPULAR TO BE {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;}{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;}NICK JONAS MAY LOVE HIS GAY FANS BUT HIS KGDOM CHARACTER MAY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT {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;}TBL: TALK ABOUT THE EPISO YOU SHOT WH NICK WHERE THGS GET A LTLE {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;}JR: THE OL THG ABOUT [EPISO 7], SOMETHG HAPPENS AND I DON’T BACK DOWN AND NICK’S CHARACTER DON’T BACK DOWN SO WE HAVE A HEATED MOMENT THAT IS ALL BASED ANXIETY AND FEAR AND PROPELS NICK TO POTENTIALLY DO THGS. ESSENTIALLY, I FEEL LIKE I TRIGGER HIM. SOMETHG HAPPENS AND HE GETS TRIGGERED BY SOMETHG WH ME AND I ASSUME BEGS A DOMO {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;}THE WHOLE THG ABOUT THE JOURNEY IS ABOUT HIM AS AN JURED FIGHTER BUT IF YOU WATCH THE SERI SO MUCH WEIGHT IS PUT ON HIM TO BE THE GOLN BOY. HIS FATHER WANTED THAT, BUT DON’T HAVE ANYMORE. THE OLR SON IS A B OF A F**K UP SO THAT’S NOT GOG TO HAPPEN. AND WH NATE THERE’S SO MUCH PRSURE, HE OM A BROKEN HOME AND THEN HE GETS JURED. THE FAY LIVELIHOOD IS ON THE LE. SO MUCH OF IS ‘MAKE HIM WELL, MAKE HIM WELL.’{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;}THE HEALG PROCS IF VERY TRATG AND LONG AND A LOT OF THAT GETS THROWN AT ME, BUT THE FUNNY THG IS I THK OVER THE URSE OF THE SERI [NICK’S] CHARACTER IS GOG TO HAVE THE BIGGT EVOLUTN OUT OF ALL OF THEM. IN SEASON 2, I DON’T KNOW NECSARILY, BUT I THK HE’S GOG TO BE SO CHARGED, YOU’RE GOG TO SEE THE KULA FAY THG THAT HE HAS AND HE’S SUPPRSG BEE HE’S A NICE BOY RIGHT NOW AND I THK YOU’RE GOG TO SEE A VERY AGGRSIVE {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;}TBL: THERE IS FELY SOME HTG THAT WE’RE STARTG TO SEE…{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;}JR: I THK THE HT IS GOOD BEE I WANT THE GAY MUNY TO GET ON BOARD BEE I THK WHAT THEY’RE DOG IS TELLG A REALLY HONT STORY. NOTHG SEXUALY IS BLACK AND WHE AND I THK PEOPLE ARE SO QUICK TO PARTMENTALIZE THGS AND SAY HE IS THIS AND THIS CHARACTER IS THAT BUT PECIALLY AT 21, YOUR BRA ISN’T FULLY FORMED YET SO YOU’RE STILL EXPLORG THGS AND THERE’S EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT {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;}KGDOM AIRS WEDNDAYS AT 9PM ON THE AUDIENCE NETWORK ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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Nick Jonas has been acced of merely givg lip service to the gay muny, but he’s clearly not aaid to put his mouth where his money is.

TNT'S 'ANIMAL KGDOM' WEAV GAY STORYLE A MACHO, VLENT WORLD

Was that a ltle gay door we saw openg last night on the DirecTV seri? "Kgdom" actor Jai Rodriguez giv some sight. * kingdom gay character *

The seri stars Nick Jonas as a mixed martial arts fighter who happens to also be a closeted gay man. The most recent episo featur a scene that go (somewhat) above and beyond the average chaste “gay” TV kiss, as you n see here:. There’s also an explic scene which a young man brgs him a lic, steamg bowl of porridge after a passnate night of gay lovemakg.

And… then there’s another gay kiss (while Jonas holds the porridge!

TEARS OF THE KGDOM MAY INCLU THE ZELDA SERI’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER

TNT's hmen drama "Animal Kgdom" is about a fay of crimals stgglg to keep their wealth tact and themselv out of jail. The show's creator and one of s stars talked to NBC OUT about the gay storyle weaved to this grippg drama. * kingdom gay character *

h/t: Gay Tim. As you may know, Nick Jonas plays a closeted gay man on the Audience Network‘s Kgdom and while his character fally got some on screen actn on Wednday’s episo… was the worst possible way. E sa cena cena gay/bi do Nick Jonas em Kgdom.

NICK JONAS TEAS GAY SEX SCEN ON KGDOM

Conversatn. One of few regrets we have Last Kgdom S1 is no gay characters who's sexualy is cintal. We aim to fix this next season. Do * kingdom gay character *

(Nick Jonas & McKenzie Gray Aylott)Was that a ltle gay door we saw openg last night on DirecTV’s seri Kgdom? However, after six episos of the drama, we’ve only seen Nate bed wh his female physil therapist and nothg overtly leadg viewers to thk Nate may have a bisexual or gay bone his hear a lot about queerbag today televisn (Supernatural to md sce people are still buzzg about last week's Dtiel-acknowledgg 200th episo) but 's also been brought up the mic bs.

TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Y, he’ll even go hang out gay bars and tweet to his gay fans.

)And, back to Kgdom, this reporter was startg to thk maybe the gay dience was beg queerbaed wh promis of somethg of a sexual nature g but never really liverg. Serly, other than the appearance of Jai Rodriguez as a gay physil therapist who treats Nick's character, there hasn’t been a whole lot of gay the show unls, of urse, you want to go out on a limb and unt the often near naked bodi of male st members Jonas, Jonathan Tucker, Matt Lria and Frank Grillo. JR: Nick was very, very fortable bee my character is gay and, I have to tell you, jt as a gay actor playg oppose a teen heartthrob, I was nervo bee I play his physil therapist and I have to be physil wh him.

He was ol and chill and you n tell he’s been the bs so tweeted recently ‘I love my gay fans.

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But the ti has shifted where he is the generatn of young men where ‘lovg gay people has nothg to do wh my sexualy. ’ It’s unpopular to be Jonas may love his gay fans but his Kgdom character may have some different Talk about the episo you shot wh Nick where thgs get a ltle The ol thg about [episo 7], somethg happens and I don’t back down and Nick’s character don’t back down so we have a heated moment that is all based anxiety and fear and propels Nick to potentially do thgs. In season 2, I don’t know necsarily, but I thk he’s gog to be so charged, you’re gog to see the Kula fay thg that he has and he’s supprsg bee he’s a nice boy right now and I thk you’re gog to see a very aggrsive There is fely some htg that we’re startg to see…JR: I thk the ht is good bee I want the gay muny to get on board bee I thk what they’re dog is tellg a really hont story.

However, as the first season to a close Tuday night, viewers have seen that each of Smurf's boys has his own love/hate relatnship wh his mother, while they try to pull yet another big what do you do if you’re the middle of this tense, vlent world, and you’re hidg the fact that you’re gay? The sexualy of youngt son, Deran (Jake Weary), however, hasn’t been portrayed as your typil g out story, and that’s been the tentn of the seri, based on the acclaimed 2010 Atralian film of the same name, was veloped for TNT by executive producer Jonathan Lis, who talked to NBC OUT recently, along wh Weary, to break down Deran’s story and whether ’s te this se that mothers always know when to their gay Weary plays Deran, a young crimal stgglg wh his sexualy, on TNT's "Animal Kgdom.

I mean, he n’t jt be who he is and fd his We thk about Deran sometim as, some ways, the baby of the fay but also the one who’s most posssed of his own need to pe the gravy of her power and so he might be able to one day have his own life if he n ever work this OUT: I’m always watchg Smurf, bee beg a gay man, I believe mothers always know.

WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE? THE LAST KGDOM HISTORY EXPLAED

It’s not the stereotypil gay character on the televisn show. While there are plenty of love stori throughout the game, fans are startg to speculate that one male character might have feelgs for another man based on a diary entry Kakariko Village, and may imply the seri has s first overtly gay character.

”Gay.

One of few regrets we have Last Kgdom S1 is no gay characters who’s sexualy is cintal. Lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgenr characters have appeared var animated seri, and some animated films on the streamg platform. This diverse llectn of movi and shows celebrate gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer stori.

THERE WAS AN EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KGDOM, BUT IT GOT CUT

After beg turned away om a gay bar for beg too toxited, he's shown a dark alley wh another young man slowly bendg down ont of him. Thanks to new rmatn revealed "Tears of the Kgdom, " fan theori are spreadg that Ntendo has fally troduced s first practilly-nfirmed gay character to the "Zelda" seri. Though the journal don't lerally say Doctor Calip is gay — and the seri is certaly no stranger to flamboyant characters — 's the way that Calip wr about Tro that has "Zelda" fans fawng over his very obv love for his fellow rearcher.

Calip's journal don't directly say he's gay, but as Kotaku scribed, 's the way he wr about Tro, like "the way you wre about someone you long for. Though Ntendo has historilly nied any mors about gay characters s gam, "Tears of the Kgdom" uld be the first step a new directn for the pany's attu towards LGBTQ+ characters. "This season fely marks a new chapter Deran’s life, " says Weary, who prevly played a gay teen sortg out his sexualy on soap opera As The World Turns 2005.

Beware SPOILERS Last Kgdom season 5How history rmed Æthelstan on The Last Kgdom: Seven Kgs Mt DieThe big twist for Æthelstan’s motive is that we disver fairly early on the movie that he’s gay and havg an affair wh Ingilmundr, a Dane who is pretendg to be an ally orr to manipulate Æthelstan. Ingilmundr’s nefar motiv asi, this rais the obv qutn of whether Æthelstan was gay real life.

DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE

The Last Kgdom has always been great at explorg the motivatns for historil figur, and the cisn to make Æthelstan gay is a perfect example. Gay subtext is like ’s 1955 aga, wh filmmakers celebratg queer clivy that exists only backstori and well-meang prs adndums of their movi. Jurassic World: Fallen Kgdom Has a Gay Character.

WHY NICK JONAS IS PROUD TO PLAY GAY

He’s a prce, he’s a tragic hero, he’s a bean of righteons for his people, and he’s the first openly gay Fal Fantasy ma character. Q: What was like reprentg the first openly gay ma character a Fal Fantasy game?

10 fale threw the doors to Nate's glass closet wi open after he was rejected om a gay bar and dnkenly found solace the arms (well, mouth) of another man.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* KINGDOM GAY CHARACTER

Tears Of The Kgdom Might Have Introduced Zelda's First Gay Character .

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