Emmett Dixon, the Fire Chief's son, fally nfsed he is gay and fans hail the new LGBTQ+ twist on the ABC show
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- IS JAY HAYN GAY? HERE’S HOW HE APPROACH HIS ‘STATN 19’ ROLE
- 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?
IS JAY HAYN GAY? HERE’S HOW HE APPROACH HIS ‘STATN 19’ ROLE
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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. Talkg to ET Canada November 2020, the actor opened up about how he end up playg the gay character on the popular TV show.
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?
Y, Emmett Dixon (Lachlan Buchanan), the Fire Chief's son, fally nfsed he is gay. 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.
IS JAY HAYN GAY? HERE’S HOW HE APPROACH HIS ‘STATN 19’ ROLE
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.
'STATN 19' SEASON 3 EPISO 13: EMMETT OUT AS GAY, BUT WILL FIRE CHIEF DIXON ACCEPT SON'S SEXUALY?
“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. 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.