Tuc Watks on Netflix's 'Unupled' and His Very Gay Actg Career - Thrillist

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• TUC WATKS IS THE GAY CHARACTER ACTOR OF HIS GENERATN
• TUC WATKS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE STAR, COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE’S A SGLE DAD TO TWS
• TUC WATKS MARRIED, HBAND/PARTNER, BOYIEND, GAY, NET WORTH
• IS TUC WATKS’ COL GAY REAL LIFE?
• TUC WATKS ON COMG OUT, SGLE GAY PARENTG AND "ONE LIFE TO LIVE"{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 LOUIS VIRTELMAY 23, 2013/10:00 AMBY LOUIS VIRTELMAY 23, 2013 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TUC WATKS ON COMG OUT, SGLE GAY PARENTG AND \"ONE LIFE TO LIVE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-23T14:00:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-23T14:00:12.000+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":"LOUIS VIRTEL","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}{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;}TUC WATKS IS A VETERAN OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND DPERATE HOEWIV, BUT WHEN HE OPENED UP LAST MONTH ON MARIE OSMOND'S HALLMARK CHANNEL TALK SHOW ABOUT BEG A GAY, SGLE SURROGATE PARENT, HIS NDOR NTAED NEHER OF THOSE SERI' SIGNATURE MELODRAMA. THE 46-YEAR-OLD ACTOR DISCSED THE JOY AND STRS OF FATHERG TWS CATCHEN AND CURTIS, AND NOW THAT HE'S BACK AS THE NUTTY DAVID VICKERS ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE  S HULU VERSN, HE HAS PLENTY TO BE HAPPY AND VERY, VERY STRSED {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 UGHT UP WH WATKS TO DISCS WHY HE CID TO E OUT, THE CHALLENG OF BEG A GAY ACTOR, AND WHY HE'S SO OBSSED WH WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOLATE {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;}THEBACKLOT: YOU OPENED UP ABOUT SGLE GAY PARENTHOOD ON MARIE OSMOND'S TALK SHOW. WAS STRANGE TO DISCS SUCH A PERSONAL ISSUE WH A WOMAN YOU PROBABLY GREW UP WATCHG ON 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;}TUC WATKS: I REMEMBER THE THREE SHOWS THAT WE WANTED TO WATCH AS A KID WERE THE LOVE BOAT, FANTASY ISLAND AND DONNY AND MARIE. I REALLY WAS A FAN. I REMEMBER GOG TO DENISE ALLEN'S SIXTH GRA ROLLERSKATG PARTY AND GIVG HER DONNY AND MARIE'S ALBUM, WHICH WAS LIKE GIVG HER PURE GOLD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ULD SAY I GREW UP WH HER, BUT I REMEMBER LOVG HER SHOW. GETTG TO MEET HER WAS ALSO A REAL {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;}WERE YOU NERVO ABOUT THE SHOW AT ALL? I TAKE THERE WAS SOME LEVEL 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;}I DON'T KNOW. IT WASN'T SO MUCH TREPIDATN, REALLY. HERE'S WHAT I THK IS: I THK SOME ACTORS ARE GENUELY PRIVATE PEOPLE. WHEN STRAIGHT ACTORS ARE PRIVATE, 'S VIEWED AS TEGRY. WHEN GAY ACTORS ARE PRIVATE, 'S VIEWED AS SHAME. SO THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE THAT I THK WILL EVENTUALLY BE ERASED WH TIME. BUT WHEN I BEME A DAD, ALL I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS MY KIDS, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TALK ABOUT MY KIDS WHOUT TALKG ABOUT MY WHOLE STORY, WHICH VOLVED ME BEG A SGLE GAY GUY, MEETG A WONRFUL SURROGATE, AND TELLG THE WHOLE STORY. SO YEAH, I GUS WAS A PRETTY GOOD FORMAT, BUT I THK ANY FORMAT IS GOOD. I'M JT KD OF EXCED TO BE A DAD AND TALK ABOUT {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;}DO YOU WISH MORE GAY ACTORS ME OUT? DO YOU THK MATTERS?{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;}WELL, WHAT I THK MATTERS IS EQUALY, AND I DO THK THAT WE HAVE MA GREAT STRIS EQUALY. I THK THAT THERE ARE NOW OPENLY GAY NGRSPEOPLE, ACTORS, AND NOW A PROFSNAL ATHLETE JASON COLLS, WHO STOLE A LTLE B OF MY THUNR. [LGHS.] I THK DO SET AN EXAMPLE, AND NOT JT FOR KIDS -- BEE I THK WE'RE ALL NCERNED ABOUT OUR KIDS AND AMERI'S YOUTH -- BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE GENERAL TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHO THEY ARE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MORE WELG. I DO THK AMERI IS BEG MORE WELG, BUT THERE'S STILL A GOOD PORTN OF OUR UNTRY THAT IS HOSTILE TOWARDS GAY PEOPLE. I THK WH MORE TN, UNRSTANDG AND VISIBILY, WE WILL BEE A MORE CLIVE NATN. I THK THERE'S SOME STATISTIC THAT, LIKE, 81% OF PEOPLE UNR 30 ARE PRO-GAY MARRIAGE. SO THAT SPEAKS VOLUM. THE OTHER THG IS, I THK 'S GENUELY OL TO LIKE THE GAY KID SCHOOL. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO AREN'T THKG NECSARILY AS PROGRSIVELY AS WE LIKE THEM TO, BUT THEY'RE GOG TO FD THEMSELV ON THE WRONG SI OF HISTORY, AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON THE WRONG SI 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;}TO PLAY VIL'S ADVOTE REGARDG WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE STRAIGHT "TEGRY" VS. GAY "SHAME" PERCEPTN: STRAIGHT ACTORS DON'T EVER ACTIVELY HI ANYTHG. THEY WOULD NEVER HI THEIR WEDDG RG, AND IF THEY WERE MARRIED TO A STRAIGHT WOMAN, 'S A PUBLIC RERD. WHEN GAY PUBLIC FIGUR AVOID TALKG ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY, THEY'RE TAKG ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THEY N HI MORE THAN A STRAIGHT PERSON N, YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHERE THE "SHAME" PERCEPTN {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;}RIGHT, BUT I THK ACTORS WANT TO BE CIPHERS A WAY. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT . YOU DON'T HEAR MATT DAMON, EMMA THOMPSON, OR JEREMY RENNER TALK ABOUT THEMSELV, AND THEY GET TO PLAY THIS WI RANGE OF PARTS, WHICH IS WHAT ACTORS WANT TO DO. BUT I THK THAT THE MORE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ME AS A PERSON, THE MORE DIFFICULT IS TO BELIEVE THE PARTS THAT I PLAY. IT'S JT HUMAN NATURE. YOU KNOW, SO WHEN YOU SAY "I'M STRAIGHT" OR "I'M GAY," OR "I'M OM MISSOURI, SO NOW YOU WON'T BELIEVE MY IRISH ACCENT," DO ALL FALL TO THAT TEGORY. BUT I DO THK FOR A LONG TIME HOLLYWOOD WAS AAID TO ST GAY PEOPLE STRAIGHT ROL, BEE SO MUCH OF WHAT AMERI DO, IS THEY LOOK AT THE ACTORS AS CELEBRI AS OPPOSED TO ACTORS. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ACTORS KD OF WANT TO HI BEHD THEIR CHARACTERS. SO HAS BEEN SORT OF SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I THK WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPL NOW WHERE THAT IS GENUELY CHANGG. EVEN JT THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN A BIG SHIFT PERCEPTN OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE LIKE. I THK 'S ALL MOVG FOR THE {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 THERE ARE STILL TIM WHEN WE HEAR PEOPLE LIKE BRET EASTON ELLIS CLAIM THAT MATTHEW BOMER N'T PLAY THE PROTAGONIST FIFTY SHAS OF GREY BEE HE'S OPENLY {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;}IT'S TOUGH. WE LOOK AT DENNIS FRANZ AND WE THK THAT GUY N ONLY PLAY A P. IT'S HUMAN NATURE THAT IF WE'VE SEEN SOMEBODY PLAY A CERTA KD OF CHARACTER FOR YEARS, 'S HARD TO WATCH THEM ANOTHER ROLE IF WE KNOW SOMETHG PERSONAL ABOUT AN ACTOR. WE N'T HELP BUT HAVE THAT LOR WHAT WE'RE WATCHG ON SCREEN, BUT I DO THK THAT'S CHANGG. I THK WE ARE GOG TO SEE, WH MORE ACCEPTANCE AND UNRSTANDG AND CLN OF GAY PEOPLE OUR CULTURE, MORE GAY PEOPLE PLAYG AND ENJOYG THE WI VARIETY OF ROL THAT STRAIGHT ACTORS GET TO {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;}ALL PHOTOS: CLTON GGHRAN FOR {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;}YOU ALSO ME OUT AS SGLE. WHAT'S BEEN THE RPONSE TO THAT?{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;}WELL, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY {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;}WHICH IS TOO BAD. I KNOW YOU WERE THIS FOR {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;}I THK THE POT I WAS MAKG THERE WAS THAT ON DPERATE HOEWIV, I WAS A MARRIED MAN TRYG TO ADOPT, AND REAL LIFE I WAS A SGLE GAY MAN AND HAVG SURROGACY, SO I WAS TRYG TO PARALLEL. BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LIFE-CHANGG {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;}I REMEMBER YOU OM SHOWTIME'S UNRRATED BEGGARS AND CHOOSERS. YOUR CHARACTER WAS PRETTY DARK, AS I RELL. DO YOU MISS PLAYG ROL LIKE THAT?{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;}WELL, MALLM THE GUY THAT I PLAYED -- I THK HE WAS A CLOSETED GAY GUY WHO WAS SRED OF SOME SHADOW. WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT WORKG ON THAT SHOW WAS WAS A REFLECTN OF HOLLYWOOD, BEE WAS BASILLY THE MOVIE NETWORK AS A 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;}COMG BACK TO ONE LIFE TO LIVE, WAS EXHSTG IALLY TO RUME A CHARACTER YOU MIGHT'VE THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WH? {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;}NO, AND HERE'S WHY: I FIRST STARTED PLAYG THE PART 1994, AND THEN I WAS IMPRISONED MOROC FOR SEVEN YEARS, I WAS BURIED ALIVE FOR AWHILE, AND I WAS AWAY BEG A HDU BUDDHIST MONK FOR A WHILE. SO I'VE NATURALLY TAKEN BREAKS AND GONE AWAY. I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE SHOW ME BACK, THOUGH. I REALLY DIDN'T THK THE SHOW WOULD BE RURRECTED, BUT 'S THE MOST FUN CHARACTER I'VE EVER GOTTEN TO PLAY BEE 'S MY FAVORE TYPE OF CHARACTER -- AN IDT WHO THKS HE'S A GENI. I MOL A LOT OF THAT AFTER KEV KLE A FISH CALLED WANDA. THERE'S A LTLE B OF JOHN CLEE HIM, A LTLE B OF INSPECTOR CLOE HIM. SCE 'S MY FAVORE KD OF CHARACTER TO WATCH, I LOVE TO GET TO PLAY . IT'S REALLY FUN TO PLAY THE SAME CHARACTER OVER TIME. IT'S NICE TO GET TO DO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT 'S ALSO GREAT TO WORK WH THE SAME PEOPLE THIS SORT OF A REPERTORY PANY ON AND OFF FOR 20 YEARS. IN ANY RNATN THAT THEY ONE LIFE TO LIVE BRGS BACK DAVID VICKERS, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO DO {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 THAT MARIE CLIP, YOU P TO AN EXTREME LOVE OF WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOLATE FACTORY. WHICH CHARACTERS DO YOU RELATE TO? YOU N'T CHOOSE WILLY, BY THE {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;}WELL, 'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT BEE I THK BETWEEN AUGT GLOOP, MIKE TEEVEE, VLET BEREGAR, VE SALT, AND CHARLIE BUCKET, I NEVER REALLY INTIFIED WH ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.  CHARLIE IS EVEN A LTLE WISHY-WASHY, YOU KNOW? BUT 'S JT THE REASON THAT I LIKE SO MUCH IS WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU LIKE FOR FACE VALUE. AS YOU GROW UP, YOU REALIZE THERE'S ALL THE DIFFERENT LAYERS. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORE MOVI TO QUOTE. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE, I'D GO WH SLUGWORTH. ARTHUR SLUGWORTH. NO ONE KNOWS HIS FIRST NAME, BUT '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;}{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;}YOU'VE SAID THAT AS LONG AS YOU'VE KNOWN YOU WERE GAY, YOU'VE ALSO KNOWN YOU WERE GOG TO BE A PARENT. HOW DID YOU KNOW?{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;}IT'S NOT SOMETHG THAT I EVER NSIRED; 'S JT SOMETHG THAT I KNEW, SORT OF LIKE YOU KNOW THAT YOU LIKE MASHED POTATO AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FAVORE LOR IS ORANGE. I JT KNEW THAT I WAS GOG TO BE A DAD ONE DAY, AND WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GOG TO BE A DAD. BEE I KNEW I WAS GAY, AND I DIDN'T TEND TO GET VOLVED A RELATNSHIP THAT WAS NOT TE. I JT KNEW WHEN THE TIME ME, I WOULD FIGURE OUT. AND I STARTED THKG ABOUT AS I GOT TO MY THIRTI, AND SEEMED LIKE ADOPTN WAS PROBABLY GOG TO BE AROUND THE ROUTE. MAYBE FOSTERG. THEN WHEN I LEARNED MORE ABOUT SURROGACY, I THOUGHT, "THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH FOR ME." IT'S AN AMAZG FEELG TO SEE YOURSELF YOUR OWN CHILDREN, AND THERE IS A CERTA AMOUNT OF VANY TO THAT, BUT IS SOMETHG I WOULDN'T TRA FOR THE {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;} YOUR DGHTER'S NAME IS CATCHEN, WHICH IS ADORABLE. AND I HEAR 'S SOMEHOW TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD-SPIRED?{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;}MY SISTER SUGGTED THE NAME BEE SHE WAS NSIRG FOR HER DGHTER SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND I THOUGHT A LTLE GIRL NAME "CATCH" SOUND SO SWEET, AND DID REMD ME OF SUT OM TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD WHOUT BEG SO ON THE NOSE. BEE IF YOU NAME YOURSELF SUT, EVERYONE KNOWS 'S OM TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD. WELL, AT LEAST THOSE WHO ARE {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
• UNUPLED’S TUC WATKS AND EMERSON BROOKS DISCS THE EVOLUTN OF GAY CHARACTERS ON TV AND HOW THE NETFLIX SHOW AVOIDS TROP

TUC WATKS IS THE GAY CHARACTER ACTOR OF HIS GENERATN

'Dign by Maane Romagosa for ThrillistDign by Maane Romagosa for ThrillistTuc Watks would like for you to thk of him as a gay Kev Kle. Col may have broken the likable protagonist's heart, but he is no mere of Unupled's but, Thrillist talked to Watks, who is datg his former -star Andrew Rannells, about beg one of his generatn's go-to gay TV actors, g out on The Marie Osmond Show of all plac, and why trippg on a stairse changed his reer. Thrillist: You're the rare gay character actor who has nsistently played a wealth of gay rol.

Tuc Watks: It's funny you mentned that, bee I am a gay actor who's been playg gay characters sce the '90s.

When I did rol like I Thk I Do and Beggars and Choosers, people said, "You n't be a gay actor and play gay rol if you want to play a wir range of rol. There was a time not so long ago that the gay characters were the gay clown or the troubled person or the psychopath.

TUC WATKS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE STAR, COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE’S A SGLE DAD TO TWS

I was a gay actor who shouldn't play gay rol if I wanted to play straight rol.

TUC WATKS MARRIED, HBAND/PARTNER, BOYIEND, GAY, NET WORTH

But I was also a gay actor who they weren't hirg to play the straight rol bee they knew I was gay.

IS TUC WATKS’ COL GAY REAL LIFE?

That's on Netflix, and 's yet to Watks and Neil Patrick Harris 'Unupled' | NetflixWhen straight actors play gay rol, we talk about what they chose to do wh their mannerisms. Movie stars and A-list TV stars get to play a wir range, but I thk most of the stuff that I've played, whether 's straight or gay, I'm really jt playg myself, for the most part. The current climate of televisn is more about 've not only gotten to play gay rol, but characters who are fairly well-adjted, wh maybe the exceptn of The Boys the Band.

TUC WATKS ON COMG OUT, SGLE GAY PARENTG AND "ONE LIFE TO LIVE"{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 LOUIS VIRTELMAY 23, 2013/10:00 AMBY LOUIS VIRTELMAY 23, 2013 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TUC WATKS ON COMG OUT, SGLE GAY PARENTG AND \"ONE LIFE TO LIVE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-23T14:00:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-23T14:00:12.000+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":"LOUIS VIRTEL","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}{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;}TUC WATKS IS A VETERAN OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND DPERATE HOEWIV, BUT WHEN HE OPENED UP LAST MONTH ON MARIE OSMOND'S HALLMARK CHANNEL TALK SHOW ABOUT BEG A GAY, SGLE SURROGATE PARENT, HIS NDOR NTAED NEHER OF THOSE SERI' SIGNATURE MELODRAMA. THE 46-YEAR-OLD ACTOR DISCSED THE JOY AND STRS OF FATHERG TWS CATCHEN AND CURTIS, AND NOW THAT HE'S BACK AS THE NUTTY DAVID VICKERS ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE  S HULU VERSN, HE HAS PLENTY TO BE HAPPY AND VERY, VERY STRSED {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 UGHT UP WH WATKS TO DISCS WHY HE CID TO E OUT, THE CHALLENG OF BEG A GAY ACTOR, AND WHY HE'S SO OBSSED WH WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOLATE {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;}THEBACKLOT: YOU OPENED UP ABOUT SGLE GAY PARENTHOOD ON MARIE OSMOND'S TALK SHOW. WAS STRANGE TO DISCS SUCH A PERSONAL ISSUE WH A WOMAN YOU PROBABLY GREW UP WATCHG ON 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;}TUC WATKS: I REMEMBER THE THREE SHOWS THAT WE WANTED TO WATCH AS A KID WERE THE LOVE BOAT, FANTASY ISLAND AND DONNY AND MARIE. I REALLY WAS A FAN. I REMEMBER GOG TO DENISE ALLEN'S SIXTH GRA ROLLERSKATG PARTY AND GIVG HER DONNY AND MARIE'S ALBUM, WHICH WAS LIKE GIVG HER PURE GOLD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ULD SAY I GREW UP WH HER, BUT I REMEMBER LOVG HER SHOW. GETTG TO MEET HER WAS ALSO A REAL {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;}WERE YOU NERVO ABOUT THE SHOW AT ALL? I TAKE THERE WAS SOME LEVEL 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;}I DON'T KNOW. IT WASN'T SO MUCH TREPIDATN, REALLY. HERE'S WHAT I THK IS: I THK SOME ACTORS ARE GENUELY PRIVATE PEOPLE. WHEN STRAIGHT ACTORS ARE PRIVATE, 'S VIEWED AS TEGRY. WHEN GAY ACTORS ARE PRIVATE, 'S VIEWED AS SHAME. SO THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE THAT I THK WILL EVENTUALLY BE ERASED WH TIME. BUT WHEN I BEME A DAD, ALL I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS MY KIDS, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TALK ABOUT MY KIDS WHOUT TALKG ABOUT MY WHOLE STORY, WHICH VOLVED ME BEG A SGLE GAY GUY, MEETG A WONRFUL SURROGATE, AND TELLG THE WHOLE STORY. SO YEAH, I GUS WAS A PRETTY GOOD FORMAT, BUT I THK ANY FORMAT IS GOOD. I'M JT KD OF EXCED TO BE A DAD AND TALK ABOUT {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;}DO YOU WISH MORE GAY ACTORS ME OUT? DO YOU THK MATTERS?{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;}WELL, WHAT I THK MATTERS IS EQUALY, AND I DO THK THAT WE HAVE MA GREAT STRIS EQUALY. I THK THAT THERE ARE NOW OPENLY GAY NGRSPEOPLE, ACTORS, AND NOW A PROFSNAL ATHLETE JASON COLLS, WHO STOLE A LTLE B OF MY THUNR. [LGHS.] I THK DO SET AN EXAMPLE, AND NOT JT FOR KIDS -- BEE I THK WE'RE ALL NCERNED ABOUT OUR KIDS AND AMERI'S YOUTH -- BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE GENERAL TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHO THEY ARE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MORE WELG. I DO THK AMERI IS BEG MORE WELG, BUT THERE'S STILL A GOOD PORTN OF OUR UNTRY THAT IS HOSTILE TOWARDS GAY PEOPLE. I THK WH MORE TN, UNRSTANDG AND VISIBILY, WE WILL BEE A MORE CLIVE NATN. I THK THERE'S SOME STATISTIC THAT, LIKE, 81% OF PEOPLE UNR 30 ARE PRO-GAY MARRIAGE. SO THAT SPEAKS VOLUM. THE OTHER THG IS, I THK 'S GENUELY OL TO LIKE THE GAY KID SCHOOL. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO AREN'T THKG NECSARILY AS PROGRSIVELY AS WE LIKE THEM TO, BUT THEY'RE GOG TO FD THEMSELV ON THE WRONG SI OF HISTORY, AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON THE WRONG SI 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;}TO PLAY VIL'S ADVOTE REGARDG WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE STRAIGHT "TEGRY" VS. GAY "SHAME" PERCEPTN: STRAIGHT ACTORS DON'T EVER ACTIVELY HI ANYTHG. THEY WOULD NEVER HI THEIR WEDDG RG, AND IF THEY WERE MARRIED TO A STRAIGHT WOMAN, 'S A PUBLIC RERD. WHEN GAY PUBLIC FIGUR AVOID TALKG ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY, THEY'RE TAKG ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THEY N HI MORE THAN A STRAIGHT PERSON N, YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHERE THE "SHAME" PERCEPTN {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;}RIGHT, BUT I THK ACTORS WANT TO BE CIPHERS A WAY. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT . YOU DON'T HEAR MATT DAMON, EMMA THOMPSON, OR JEREMY RENNER TALK ABOUT THEMSELV, AND THEY GET TO PLAY THIS WI RANGE OF PARTS, WHICH IS WHAT ACTORS WANT TO DO. BUT I THK THAT THE MORE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ME AS A PERSON, THE MORE DIFFICULT IS TO BELIEVE THE PARTS THAT I PLAY. IT'S JT HUMAN NATURE. YOU KNOW, SO WHEN YOU SAY "I'M STRAIGHT" OR "I'M GAY," OR "I'M OM MISSOURI, SO NOW YOU WON'T BELIEVE MY IRISH ACCENT," DO ALL FALL TO THAT TEGORY. BUT I DO THK FOR A LONG TIME HOLLYWOOD WAS AAID TO ST GAY PEOPLE STRAIGHT ROL, BEE SO MUCH OF WHAT AMERI DO, IS THEY LOOK AT THE ACTORS AS CELEBRI AS OPPOSED TO ACTORS. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ACTORS KD OF WANT TO HI BEHD THEIR CHARACTERS. SO HAS BEEN SORT OF SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I THK WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPL NOW WHERE THAT IS GENUELY CHANGG. EVEN JT THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN A BIG SHIFT PERCEPTN OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE LIKE. I THK 'S ALL MOVG FOR THE {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 THERE ARE STILL TIM WHEN WE HEAR PEOPLE LIKE BRET EASTON ELLIS CLAIM THAT MATTHEW BOMER N'T PLAY THE PROTAGONIST FIFTY SHAS OF GREY BEE HE'S OPENLY {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;}IT'S TOUGH. WE LOOK AT DENNIS FRANZ AND WE THK THAT GUY N ONLY PLAY A P. IT'S HUMAN NATURE THAT IF WE'VE SEEN SOMEBODY PLAY A CERTA KD OF CHARACTER FOR YEARS, 'S HARD TO WATCH THEM ANOTHER ROLE IF WE KNOW SOMETHG PERSONAL ABOUT AN ACTOR. WE N'T HELP BUT HAVE THAT LOR WHAT WE'RE WATCHG ON SCREEN, BUT I DO THK THAT'S CHANGG. I THK WE ARE GOG TO SEE, WH MORE ACCEPTANCE AND UNRSTANDG AND CLN OF GAY PEOPLE OUR CULTURE, MORE GAY PEOPLE PLAYG AND ENJOYG THE WI VARIETY OF ROL THAT STRAIGHT ACTORS GET TO {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;}ALL PHOTOS: CLTON GGHRAN FOR {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;}YOU ALSO ME OUT AS SGLE. WHAT'S BEEN THE RPONSE TO THAT?{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;}WELL, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY {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;}WHICH IS TOO BAD. I KNOW YOU WERE THIS FOR {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;}I THK THE POT I WAS MAKG THERE WAS THAT ON DPERATE HOEWIV, I WAS A MARRIED MAN TRYG TO ADOPT, AND REAL LIFE I WAS A SGLE GAY MAN AND HAVG SURROGACY, SO I WAS TRYG TO PARALLEL. BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LIFE-CHANGG {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;}I REMEMBER YOU OM SHOWTIME'S UNRRATED BEGGARS AND CHOOSERS. YOUR CHARACTER WAS PRETTY DARK, AS I RELL. DO YOU MISS PLAYG ROL LIKE THAT?{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;}WELL, MALLM THE GUY THAT I PLAYED -- I THK HE WAS A CLOSETED GAY GUY WHO WAS SRED OF SOME SHADOW. WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT WORKG ON THAT SHOW WAS WAS A REFLECTN OF HOLLYWOOD, BEE WAS BASILLY THE MOVIE NETWORK AS A 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;}COMG BACK TO ONE LIFE TO LIVE, WAS EXHSTG IALLY TO RUME A CHARACTER YOU MIGHT'VE THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WH? {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;}NO, AND HERE'S WHY: I FIRST STARTED PLAYG THE PART 1994, AND THEN I WAS IMPRISONED MOROC FOR SEVEN YEARS, I WAS BURIED ALIVE FOR AWHILE, AND I WAS AWAY BEG A HDU BUDDHIST MONK FOR A WHILE. SO I'VE NATURALLY TAKEN BREAKS AND GONE AWAY. I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE SHOW ME BACK, THOUGH. I REALLY DIDN'T THK THE SHOW WOULD BE RURRECTED, BUT 'S THE MOST FUN CHARACTER I'VE EVER GOTTEN TO PLAY BEE 'S MY FAVORE TYPE OF CHARACTER -- AN IDT WHO THKS HE'S A GENI. I MOL A LOT OF THAT AFTER KEV KLE A FISH CALLED WANDA. THERE'S A LTLE B OF JOHN CLEE HIM, A LTLE B OF INSPECTOR CLOE HIM. SCE 'S MY FAVORE KD OF CHARACTER TO WATCH, I LOVE TO GET TO PLAY . IT'S REALLY FUN TO PLAY THE SAME CHARACTER OVER TIME. IT'S NICE TO GET TO DO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT 'S ALSO GREAT TO WORK WH THE SAME PEOPLE THIS SORT OF A REPERTORY PANY ON AND OFF FOR 20 YEARS. IN ANY RNATN THAT THEY ONE LIFE TO LIVE BRGS BACK DAVID VICKERS, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO DO {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 THAT MARIE CLIP, YOU P TO AN EXTREME LOVE OF WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOLATE FACTORY. WHICH CHARACTERS DO YOU RELATE TO? YOU N'T CHOOSE WILLY, BY THE {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;}WELL, 'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT BEE I THK BETWEEN AUGT GLOOP, MIKE TEEVEE, VLET BEREGAR, VE SALT, AND CHARLIE BUCKET, I NEVER REALLY INTIFIED WH ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.  CHARLIE IS EVEN A LTLE WISHY-WASHY, YOU KNOW? BUT 'S JT THE REASON THAT I LIKE SO MUCH IS WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU LIKE FOR FACE VALUE. AS YOU GROW UP, YOU REALIZE THERE'S ALL THE DIFFERENT LAYERS. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORE MOVI TO QUOTE. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE, I'D GO WH SLUGWORTH. ARTHUR SLUGWORTH. NO ONE KNOWS HIS FIRST NAME, BUT '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;}{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;}YOU'VE SAID THAT AS LONG AS YOU'VE KNOWN YOU WERE GAY, YOU'VE ALSO KNOWN YOU WERE GOG TO BE A PARENT. HOW DID YOU KNOW?{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;}IT'S NOT SOMETHG THAT I EVER NSIRED; 'S JT SOMETHG THAT I KNEW, SORT OF LIKE YOU KNOW THAT YOU LIKE MASHED POTATO AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FAVORE LOR IS ORANGE. I JT KNEW THAT I WAS GOG TO BE A DAD ONE DAY, AND WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GOG TO BE A DAD. BEE I KNEW I WAS GAY, AND I DIDN'T TEND TO GET VOLVED A RELATNSHIP THAT WAS NOT TE. I JT KNEW WHEN THE TIME ME, I WOULD FIGURE OUT. AND I STARTED THKG ABOUT AS I GOT TO MY THIRTI, AND SEEMED LIKE ADOPTN WAS PROBABLY GOG TO BE AROUND THE ROUTE. MAYBE FOSTERG. THEN WHEN I LEARNED MORE ABOUT SURROGACY, I THOUGHT, "THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH FOR ME." IT'S AN AMAZG FEELG TO SEE YOURSELF YOUR OWN CHILDREN, AND THERE IS A CERTA AMOUNT OF VANY TO THAT, BUT IS SOMETHG I WOULDN'T TRA FOR THE {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;} YOUR DGHTER'S NAME IS CATCHEN, WHICH IS ADORABLE. AND I HEAR 'S SOMEHOW TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD-SPIRED?{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;}MY SISTER SUGGTED THE NAME BEE SHE WAS NSIRG FOR HER DGHTER SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND I THOUGHT A LTLE GIRL NAME "CATCH" SOUND SO SWEET, AND DID REMD ME OF SUT OM TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD WHOUT BEG SO ON THE NOSE. BEE IF YOU NAME YOURSELF SUT, EVERYONE KNOWS 'S OM TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD. WELL, AT LEAST THOSE WHO ARE {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

It was a different to say that a well-adjted gay person looks like any one thg, but Dperate Hoewiv and Unupled, the are people who are fortable their own sk, who have reers and are gog about their liv relatively productive ways. I grew up wh a fear of beg gay, what beg gay meant, feelg like was not an optn. I had bee a father to tws through surrogacy, and tellg the story of how I beme a father, trsic to that was that I was a gay guy who wanted to have kids but uldn't go through the tradnal way of havg children.

UNUPLED’S TUC WATKS AND EMERSON BROOKS DISCS THE EVOLUTN OF GAY CHARACTERS ON TV AND HOW THE NETFLIX SHOW AVOIDS TROP

Everyone I worked wh knew I was gay, and that's jt about a ago.