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'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'
Relled by many as talented and unrrated, Ellis beme a Te Blood fan-favore for his portrayal of the scene-stealg, gay short orr ok at Merlotte’s Bar the fictnal Louisiana town. ” Ellis’s character was ld for breakg stereotyp of gay men.
” Ellis played Lafayette Reynolds, a gay ok, through the seven-season n of “Te Blood. ”Onle news se The Gr praised Ellis’s portrayal of Lafayette as one that “slays gay stereotyp.
"Yet over s seven seasons the seri also went the extra e by cludg many gay, lbian, and bisexual characters who were jt as diverse, dangero, and memorable as Bon Temps' other rints. But his portrayal of the gay short-orr ok who als blood was so popular among fans that even though the character was killed off the book versn of the vampire drama, he was kept on for all seven seasons of the show, Rollg Stone reports. " When asked whether he had heard feedback om the gay muny, Ellis told the magaze, "Only that they haven't seen a du like that before.