Brandon Flynn rponds to mors he’s datg Richard Madn - Washgton Bla: LGBTQ News, Polics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News

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• IS BRANDON BLACKWELL GAY? WHAT IS THE SEXUALY OF ‘THE CHASE’ STAR?
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYPBRANDON STT JON IS THE FLAMG HEART OF “ISN’T IT ROMANTIC.”{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;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019/5:40 {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:1200PX;WIDTH:2864PX;}ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER BROS.BY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019 / 5:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+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":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}HOLLYWOOD HAS FOUND A NEW GAY BTIE BRANDON STT {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;}ISN’T IT ROMANTIC STARS PCH PERFECT’S REBEL WILSON AS NATALIE, A NEW YORK CY ARCHECT WHO EXPLIBLY FDS HERSELF THE LEADG LADY A ROMANTIC EDY. NAVIGATG RIDICULOLY UNREALISTIC ROM- TROP THIS ALTERNATE PG-13 UNIVERSE, NATALIE GETS A FLAMBOYANT NFIDANT PLAYED BY JON, AN UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA EDIAN WHO’S NO STRANGER TO GAY {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 STEALG SCEN TV EDI THE OTHER TWO AND THE GOOD PLACE, JON EXPLAS WHY HE’S NEVER AAID TO QUEEN OUT FOR A LGH.ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 11: BRANDON STT JON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF WARNER BROS. PICTUR' "ISN'T IT ROMANTIC" AT THE THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL ON FEBARY 11, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAG){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’VE BEEN SEEG A LOT OF YOU LATELY. I FEEL LIKE YOU’RE HAVG A {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 MIGHT BE A MOMENT. MAYBE ’S MORE LIKE A SEND THAT’S LEADG TO A MOMENT? IT DO SEEM LIKE ALL THE THGS ARE HAPPENG AT {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;}NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS {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, MY GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE SHORTT REER POSSIBLE, WHERE ALL MY PROJECTS E OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND EVERYONE’S IMMEDIATELY SICK 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;}YOU HAVE A SMALL BUT PIVOTAL ROLE AS A ED BOOK BUYER CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? ARE YOU TAKG CRED FOR THE FILM’S SUCCS?{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;}FULL CRED, ABSOLUTELY. MELISSA MCCARTHY AND RICHARD E. GRANT ACTUALLY TEXTED TO THANK ME AFTER RECEIVG THEIR OSR NOMATNS. [LGHS] THE MOVIE’S SO GREAT, AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE A PART 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;}WHAT WAS LIKE TO SHOOT YOUR NONTATNAL BOOKSTORE SCENE WH MELISSA?{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;}SHE’S A EDIC IN, SO WAS A THRILL. I THK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTG, AND I WAS SO EXCED. AFTER MY FIRST TAKE, THE DIRECTOR, MARIELLE HELLER, SAID, “BRANDON, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS ISN’T A BROAD EDY.” I WAS LIKE, “OH!”CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME?/FOX {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;}TELL ME ABOUT DONNY, YOUR CHARACTER ISN’T {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;}REBEL’S CHARACTER, NATALIE, TALKS ABOUT HOW EVERYONE ROM-S IS A TERRIBLE STEREOTYPE, AND DONNY FILLS THE STEREOTYPE OF THE GAY BT IEND. IT DRAWS ON HOW TWO-DIMENSNAL THOSE CHARACTERS WERE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT DONNY IS ALSO A FUN, LOVG GUY WHO’S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE JOURNEY NATALIE’S ON, LEARNG TO LOVE HERSELF, SO HE KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER SI OF THAT RABOW LOOKS {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;}EVEN THOUGH HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE A RITURE OF A GAY MAN, “SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, LIKE, 100 YEARS,” DONNY ULD’VE BEEN MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE. WAS THAT A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE?{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;}THAT WAS FELY ON OUR MDS. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO PUNCH UP WHEN YOU’RE DOG EDY, AND YOU NEVER WANT TO MAKE FUN OF MARGALIZED MUNI. IT WAS A NVERSATN I HAD WH OUR DIRECTOR, TODD STRSS-SCHULSON, THAT STARTED BEFORE I HAD THE PART. IN MY LAST DN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DIDN’T WANT DONNY TO BE OFFENSIVE. WHAT WE FOUND THAT FOCED THE PERFORMANCE IS THE IA THAT HE’S FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE HIMSELF, WHICH HAS EED HIM UP TO LOVE THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. I ALWAYS TRIED TO PLAY THAT HE LOV NATALIE AND DON’T RE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THK. BUT HE’S ALSO REPRENTG THIS ROM- WORLD, SO THE EDIAN SI OF ME WANTED TO HEIGHTEN {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;}WHOUT GIVG TOO MUCH AWAY, WE DISVER THERE’S MORE TO DONNY THAN MEETS THE EYE. DID THAT REMPTN GIVE YOU THE EEDOM TO GO BIGGER?{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;}YEAH, ONCE YOU SEE HIS MONOLOGUE AT THE END, CELEBRATG THE LOVE HE HAS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS, YOU REALIZE THAT HE ISN’T JT A STEREOTYPE. THAT DID ALLOW ME TO GO OVER THE TOP, PLAY AROUND, AND BE REALLY {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;}HAVE YOU SEEN ANYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA MISSG THE JOKE OR JUDGG YOUR CHARACTER BASED SOLELY ON THE TRAILER?{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 HAVEN’T READ TOO MUCH, BUT THAT’S CROSSED MY PUTER SCREEN A UPLE TIM. IT’S ALWAYS ON THE BACK OF MY BRA. BUT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THIS ROM- WORLD AND THOSE TROP THAT EXISTED FOR SO LONG. I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY DONNY’S SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, ’S BEE NATALIE IS MORE AWARE, MORE SOCIALLY NSC, AND HOPEFULLY THE VOICE OF OUR MORN {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;}DID YOU BASE DONNY ON ANY SPECIFIC FICTNAL GAY BT IENDS?{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;}NOT SO MUCH GAY BT IENDS, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL RNN. THE ’90S WERE SUCH A PEAK ERA FOR ROM-S, AND I LOVE HOW MUCH MICHELE, LISA KUDROW’S CHARACTER, LOV HER BT IEND, SO I WANTED TO PLAY WH THAT KD OF LOVE AND EXCEMENT. GOG WAY BACK, ANOTHER SPIRATN WAS ROSALD RSELL AUNTIE MAME. [LGHS] NOT THAT WHAT I’M DOG IS ANYWHERE NEAR THOSE TWO INIC PERFORMANC, BUT THAT LT FOR LIFE AND LOVE FOR OTHERS REALLY DROVE HOME FOR ME.ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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 HAVE A NATALIE YOUR LIFE?{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 BT IENDS ARE BOTH STRAIGHT WOMEN, AND I’M VERY VTED THEIR LIV, SO I ALSO DREW A LOT OF SPIRATN OM THOSE RELATNSHIPS. I CURRENTLY LIVE WH ONE OF THEM, AND I’LL JT BURST TO HER ROOM WHETHER SHE ASKS ME TO OR {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;}DONNY HAS SOME GREAT ONE-LERS AND TCHPHRAS. ANY FAVOR?{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;}DONNY SAYS “BOOCH” A LOT, AND I’VE BEEN SAYG THAT A LOT REAL LIFE SCE PLAYG HIM. LIKE, “WHAT’S UP, BOOCH?” WHEN REBEL AND I TEXT OR HANG OUT, THAT’S STILL HOW WE REFER TO EACH OTHER. I LOVE {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;}OH, WHEN YOU AND REBEL HANG? NO BIG {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;}[LGHS] WHO, ME AND REBS? WHAT? WE’RE BFFS!{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;}DONNY ALSO GIV A LOT OF LOOK—BOLD PATTERNS, PLAIDS, AND FLORALS. HOW DO HIS STYLE PARE TO YOURS?{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;}DONNY HAS THE STYLE I WISH I HAD. I WISH I ULD VISUALIZE AND PULL OFF AN OUTF THE WAY HE DO. I’M A JEANS AND T-SHIRT KD OF GUY, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORE PARTS OF PLAYG DONNY WAS ALL THE STUME FTGS, WHERE WE TRIED ON TONS OF DOLCE & GABBANA. THERE WERE SO MANY MOMENTS I’D BE WEARG A HEADWRAP, ALL THE SRV, AND WE’D BE LIKE, “IS THIS TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH?”{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;}AT ONE POT HE WEARS A PURPLE BANDANA. DID YOU REFER TO THE GAY HANKY ON 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;}I DIDN’T. WHAT DO MEAN?ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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;}PIERCGS, HAS OR {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;}OH, RIGHT! I ACTUALLY LIKE TO CHECK ON THAT CHART EVERY NOW AND THEN. I’M SURE DONNY IS VERY TO PIERCGS. HE PROBABLY WENT THROUGH A PHASE WHERE HE WAS GOG TO GIVE GO HIMSELF BUT HURT TOO {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 ROCK A SNAZZY LEATHER JACKET WHILE RIDG A {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 KNOW WHAT’S CRAZY? I GOT THAT LEATHER JACKET AS A GIFT AT THE END OF SHOOTG. I LOVED WEARG SO MUCH, I WAS JT PRANCG AROUND THE SET , SO SIX WEEKS LATER THEY ME TO MY TRAILER AND GAVE TO ME. I WAS SO MOVED. IT’S HANGG MY BEDROOM RIGHT {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;}FOR THE MOVIE’S BIG FALE, YOU GOT TO DANCE TO MADONNA’S “EXPRS YOURSELF” ALONGSI REBEL, PRIYANKA CHOPRA, ADAM DEVE, BETTY GILP, AND LIAM HEMSWORTH. COULD YOU APPRECIATE THE SURREALY OF THAT MOMENT, OR WERE YOU TOO FOCED ON THE MOV?{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;}[LGHS] I WAS NERVO ABOUT HTG THE CHOREOGRAPHY! YOU SHOULD’VE SEEN ME REHEARSAL—I THK PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS HOPELS—BUT BETTY GILP WAS A REAL ROCK AND HELPED ME THROUGH . I’M A HUGE FAN OF MILS, SO TO BE A PART OF THIS BIG MOVIE MIL MOMENT, DANCG ONT OF GRAND CENTRAL... I ACTUALLY TOOK ALL ON MY R RI HOME, LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK DID I JT 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;}WE BRIEFLY MEET DONNY’S BOYIEND, PLAYED BY EDIAN AND SNL WRER BOWEN YANG. THAT MT’VE BEEN A FUN DAY ON {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 AND I WERE JT REMISCG ABOUT THE OTHER DAY. WE SHARE AN ON-SCREEN KISS, WHICH IS PRETTY OL BEE THE NUMBER OF HETERO KISS YOU SEE MASTREAM MOVI STILL DWARFS SAME-SEX KISS. I’VE KNOWN BOWEN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SO WE KEPT LOOKG AT EACH OTHER ON SET, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I N’T BELIEVE THIS IS {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;}SPEAKG OF GAY IENDSHIPS, YOU PLAY WAER CURTIS, A BUDDY OF DREW TARVER’S PROTAGONIST, ON COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE OTHER {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;}YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCED BY THE IA OF PLAYG WHATEVER THE MORN VERSN IS OF TWO PLATONIC GAY IENDS. MY PLATONIC GAY IENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN SO REWARDG, SO EXPLORG THAT PART OF THE CHARACTER HAS BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC. I LOVE THE SHOW’S CREATORS, CHRIS KELLY AND SARAH SCHNEIR, AND DREW IS A IEND OF ME, SO WAS ANOTHER AMAZG EXPERIENCE WHERE I GOT TO WORK WH PEOPLE I ALREADY RPECTED AND ADMIRED.THE GOOD PLACE/{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 POPPED UP LAST MONTH AS AFTERLIFE NEWER JOHN WHEATON, A FORMER GOSSIP BLOGGER, ON THE THIRD SEASON FALE OF THE GOOD {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;}THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL BEE D’ARCY CARN, WHO PLAYS JA, IS ONE OF MY BT IENDS. SHE AND I HAVE BEEN DOG EDY TOGETHER AT UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS, SO BEG TOGETHER ON HER H NBC SHOW WAS ANOTHER MOMENT I ULDN’T BELIEVE WAS ACTUALLY {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 WASN’T MA EXPLIC, BUT IS SAFE TO ASSUME JOHN IS GAY?{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 FUNNY BEE THAT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP TO ME EHER, BUT THAT WAS SORT OF THE CHOICE I WAS MAKG, SO Y, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUS HE’S PROBABLY {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;}HOPEFULLY YOU’LL GET TO EXPLORE THAT NEXT {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;}WOULDN’T THAT BE FUN?{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;}AS YOU MENTNED, YOU’RE A UCB VETERAN. WAS THERE A TIME EARLY YOUR EDY REER THAT YOU DOWNPLAYED YOUR SEXUALY?{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;}DEFELY, YEAH, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY SEEG OTHER EDIANS BEG A LOT BRAVER THAN I WAS. I SAW THE SUCCS AND PERSONAL REWARDS THEY GOT JT OM BEG THEMSELV, DOG THEIR MOST HONT MATERIAL, AND MA ME FEEL LIKE I ULD ALSO START EXPLORG THAT AND EXPRSG {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 ENJOY SEEG YOU EDY SHOWS WH ALL-GAY LE-UPS LIKE LIVE ON BROADGAY, WE WILL TURN YOU GAY, AND GAY PRI IMPROV {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’RE BEG PLETELY OURSELV WHEN WE DO THOSE SHOWS, SO WE’RE ALL HAVG THE TIME OF OUR LIV. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I JT DO ME, TAK AWAY THE BULLSH AND LETS ME HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS POSSIBLE. IF PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO WATCH ME BEE I’M TOO GAY OR NOT GAY ENOUGH, THAT’S ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}ISN’T IT ROMANTIC IS NOW {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
• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE
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• THE RISE OF BRANDON STT JON: THE GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER GHOST STEALG HEARTSFABULOUSLY DEAD“GHOSTS” STAR BRANDON STT JON TALKS ALL THE HILAR AND HEARTWARMG PERKS OF PLAYG CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON THE H CBS EDY SERI AND HIS HUGE BREAKOUT YEAR.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED JAN. 19, 2023 4:51AM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY LUIS G. RENDON/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYDPE BEG A “GHOST”—AND NTRARY TO THAT KD’S REPUTATN FOR CG A CHILL—BRANDON STT JON DO NOT ENJOY THE LD. YET HE HAS ENOUGH WTER WEATHER GEAR TO PETE THE IDAROD.THE LOS ANGEL-BASED ACTOR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCG WEATHER WHIPLASH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS HE TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH TO THE MONTREAL SET OF THE CBS EDY GHOSTS. IN THE SERI, ABOUT A BED AND BREAKFAST OWNER WHO HS HER HEAD AND WAK UP DISVERG THAT SHE N SEE AND SPEAK WH THE SPIRS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ON THE PROPERTY, JON PLAYS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT, A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DYSENTERY. ISAAC AND HIS FELLOW GHOSTS OM OVER THE S—A PROHIBN-ERA JAZZ SGER, A NATIVE AMERIN, A DOUCHEBAG VTMENT BANKER—SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSI TRAVERSG THE GROUNDS OF THE MANOR’S SET, PERHAPS THE ONLY ASPECT OF SHOOTG GHOSTS THAT HASN’T BEEN A JOY FOR JON.BACK OCTOBER, JON WALKED TO A NORTH FACE STORE MONTREAL. “I SAID, ‘HI, I LIVE L.A. I AM NERVO ABOUT THE WTER.’ THE WOMAN WAS LIKE, ‘SAY NO MORE,’ AND SHE BROUGHT ME TO A BACK ROOM WHERE WAS, LIKE, KEVLAR SUS,” HE SAYS. “SO I HAVE THIS BIG, BULKY BLACK AT. I AM OBSSED WH . IT IS KEEPG ME ALIVE.” THE PURCHASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR WEARG ON A TELEVISN SET, “BUT I N NOW WHSTAND WHATEVER IS A BIATHLON ATHLETE DO.” PHOTO BY JONATHAN WENK/CBS VIA GETTY IMAG WHEN JON PHON THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, HE’S TAKG SHELTER OM THE LD WHILE SHOOTG GHOSTS’ SEASON 2 FALE. ASKED TO REVEAL EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENS, HE LGHS. “SURE. JT TELL ME YOUR LAWYER’S NAME AND I’LL BE ASKG HIM TO REPRENT ME.”IT’S A B OF A SURREAL MOMENT JON’ REER. NOT ONLY IS HE WRAPPG A SEND SEASON OF HIS SHOW, BUT WHEN WE NEXT TALK TO HIM, ’S THE BALLROOM AT A HOTEL LOS ANGEL, WHERE THE CRICS CHOICE AWARDS HAD JT TAKEN PLACE. HE HAD SWAPPED HIS FLUFFY PARKA FOR A BONAIR GOLD TUXEDO JACKET WH BLACK TRIM, AS BOTH HE AND GHOSTS WERE NOMATED—HIM FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR A COMEDY AND THE SHOW FOR BT COMEDY SERI. IN BETWEEN CHATS WH HIS BT IEND AND DATE FOR THE NIGHT, D’ARCY CARN (THE GOOD PLACE, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN), AND BILLY EICHNER (BROS, BILLY ON THE STREET), HE MARVELED WH OVER THE UNEXPECTED SUCCS OF BOTH THE SHOW AND OF HIMSELF.THE SERI HAS BEE A HEADLE-MAKG H FOR CBS— S ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK THAT HAD BEEN RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON, THE WORK TOUTED GHOSTS AS THE TOP EDY ON TELEVISN LIVE AND STREAMG VIEWERSHIP OVER A WEEK. ALONGSI ABC’S ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, ’S BEEN HERALD AS AN EXAMPLE THAT THE BROADST EDY ISN’T JT MAKG A EBACK TERMS OF VIEWERSHIP, BUT CRIL AND MEDIA BUZZ AS WELL.IT’S ALSO THE BIGGT SHOWSE JON HAS HAD TH FAR HIS REER. AFTER PERFORMG WH THE UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA THEATER BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGEL, HE BEGAN BOOKG RECURRG ROL ON SERI LIKE THE GOOD PLACE AND THE OTHER TWO. HIS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH WAS A MEMORABLE SUPPORTG ROLE THE REBEL WILSON-STARRG SATIRE ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, PLAYG WILSON’S FLAMBOYANTLY GAY NEIGHBOR AND NFIDANT HER ROM- FANTASY WORLD. GHOSTS IS HIS FIRST REGULAR SERI ROLE, AND, BEYOND THE PLATFORM ’S GIVEN HIM, RRI SPECIAL MEANG.WHILE, Y, GHOSTS IS A VERY FUNNY EDY CENTERED AROUND THE HIJKS THAT ENSUE WHEN A MORN WOMAN SUDNLY MT AL WH THE MANDS OF GHOSTS OM DIFFERENT ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY, ’S ALSO SURPRISGLY POIGNANT. THE SHOW EXPLOR WHAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE OM DIFFERENT GENERATNS (SPANNG HUNDREDS OF YEARS) TO BE FORCED TO EVOLVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE WORLD—AND OF THEMSELV—AS THEY GROW ACCTOMED TO CHANGG TIM. THE EMOTNAL RE OF THAT IS ISAAC’S STORYLE, AS HE FALLY ADMS TO HIMSELF, AND THEN TO HIS FELLOW GHOSTS, THAT HE’S GAY, RECKONS WH 250 YEARS OF BEG CLOSETED, AND FALLY STARTS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER (AD) SOLDIER.“IF YOU WERE TO TELL 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON THAT THIS IS THE CHARACTER HE’S PLAYG ON TELEVISN, WOULD BLOW HIS MD,” JON, WHO IS GAY, SAYS. “I JT DIDN’T SEE TOO MANY CHARACTERS LIKE THIS ON A S. OR IF YOU DID SEE THEM AT ALL, A LOT OF TIM WAS VERY, VERY DRAMATIC, VERY, VERY PAFUL STORI.” FOR JON, THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE FELT LIKE BEG SHOT OUT OF A NNON TO A DIFFERENT ECHELON OF THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY, AFTER A REER AS A JOURNEYMAN CHARACTER ACTOR AND EDY WRER. IT’S BEEN AN UNMOORG EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE THAT HAS RONATED AND PIERCED THE DISORIENTG CHAOS OF PRS JUNKETS, TALK SHOW APPEARANC, AND, NOW, WALKG DOWN RED RPETS OF AWARDS SHOWS AS AN ACTG NOMEE BEE OF HOW PERSONALLY SIGNIFINT ISAAC’S STORYLE HAS BEEN.STILL, THAT CHAOS HAS BEEN…CHAOTIC.“I TEND TO GET OVERWHELMED VERY EASILY, SO I SOMETIM END UP SHRKG A LTLE B,” HE SAYS. “I REMEMBER THE DAY OF COMICCON, WAS ALMOST LIKE A LUCID DREAM. LIKE, YOU WAKE UP AT FIVE THE MORNG AND YOU’RE GETTG YOUR HAIR AND MAKP DONE. CERTALY, YOU DIDN’T SLEEP WELL THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO ALREADY SORT OF FEELS LIKE YOU’RE ASLEEP. AND THEN YOU’RE ON A ROOFTOP AND YOU’RE HAVG REALLY NICE FFEE WH ONE OUTLET, AND THE NEXT THG YOU KNOW, YOU’RE ON A YACHT AND YOU’RE DANCG. AND THEN YOU’RE WALKG TO THE NEXT EVENT, WATCHG PEOPLE PASS BY YOU DRSED LIKE STAR TREK CHARACTERS.”“IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR MY BRA TO PROCS WHERE I WAS,” HE ADDS. “IT’S SORT OF LIKE WHEN THE SHIP ME OVER THE HORIZON TO THE NEW WORLD: WHAT PEOPLE MT HAVE THOUGHT SEEG THE SHIPS RISE OVER THE HORIZON. IT’S LIKE, OH MY GOD, LIKE AN ALIEN WORLD.” OR, PERHAPS, SUFFERG A BAD FALL AT THE BED AND BREAKFAST YOU N, WAKG UP, AND SUDNLY THE GHOSTS OF A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER AND A BOY SUT LEAR WH AN ARROW HIS NECK ARE TALKG TO YOU. AT THE TIME THE PILOT SCRIPT FOR GHOSTS ME HIS WAY 2021, JON HAD BEEN WORKG ON A PILOT HE HAD SOLD TO NBC THAT HE WAS GOG TO STAR , BUT WHICH HADN’T GONE FORWARD AT THE WORK. HE REMEMBERS THKG HOW FUNNY THE GHOSTS SCRIPT WAS, BUT ALSO THAT HE WOULD NEVER BOOK THE ROLE: “THEY’LL NEVER THK OF ME AS A SOLDIER. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE THAT.” BUT THE SEND HE STARTED READG THE L FOR HIS DN, JT FELT RIGHT. THE STYLE OF REMD HIM OF THE MOVIE CLUE, “LIKE AN ENSEMBLE PIECE OF SANE CHARACTERS NNG AROUND THE HOE TOGETHER.”WHILE WAS OBV OM THE WAY ISAAC SPOKE AND BEHAVED THE PILOT THAT HE WAS CLOSETED, THERE WAS ONE THG THAT WASN’T REVEALED RIGHT AWAY: THAT HIS LAST NAME IS HIGGTOOT. JON ONLY FOUND THAT OUT WHEN SHOOTG STARTED AND THERE WAS A PROP WIKIPEDIA PAGE THAT HAD BEEN CREATED FOR ISAAC ON SET, REVEALG HIS FULL NAME AS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT. “I THOUGHT WAS SO FUNNY.” (EDOR’S NOTE: IT IS. I’VE GIGGLED EACH TIME I’VE WRTEN THIS PIECE.)WHEN ME TO TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO BE A CLOSETED GAY SOLDIER THE REVOLUTNARY WAR, THERE WASN’T EXACTLY A TROVE OF FIRSTHAND ACUNTS TO ME AS REARCH. “I TRIED TO THK OF THIS TERMS OF, IF NOT THE CHARACTER THAT EXISTED THEN, BUT AS ONE WHO HAS ALSO EXISTED FOR 250 YEARS,” JON SAID. “LIKE, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OVER TIME?” PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG AS A BASELE, HE LLED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIERS THROUGH POP CULTURE, OM PROJECTS LIKE THE PATRT, THE JOHN ADAMS MISERI, AND, OF URSE, HATON. (A HILAR NNG JOKE GHOSTS IS ISAAC’S PAST RIVALRY WH ALEXANR HATON AND HIS BTER BAFFLEMENT THAT HE BEME SUCH AN INIC FIGURE THROUGH THE BROADWAY MIL.) GROWG UP BEL AIR, MARYLAND, JON ALSO VISED COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG OFTEN AS A KID, SO HE WENT THROUGH HIS BRA’S FIL OF WHAT HE LEARNED ON THOSE TRIPS. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A EDY SERI, “I WANTED THERE TO BE A SKELETON OF TTH TO THE HISTORIL EXPERIENCE,” HE SAYS, MAKG HIMSELF LGH. “THAT’S GOG TO BE THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: A SKELETON OF TTH.’”ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THGS ABOUT GHOSTS IS THAT, BY HAVG A ST OF GHOSTS REPRENTG SO MANY ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY—AND THE BIAS THAT MAY HAVE EXISTED DURG THOSE PERDS— PORTRAYS THE UTOPIAN IAL OF HOW TIME AND MUNY N LEAD TO MORAL EVOLUTN AND ACCEPTANCE. EVEN WHEN TO ONE’S SELF.“I THK THERE’S A WORLD WHERE ISAAC PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW THE RT OF THE GHOSTS WOULD REACT,” JON SAYS ABOUT ISAAC’S G OUT STORYLE. “HE PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW HE WAS GOG TO REACT.” THERE’S ALSO A LOT ABOUT THAT ARC THAT LIGHTLY TOUCH ON TODAY’S SOCPOLIL DISURSE, WHICH PEOPLE STAND THEIR MORAL GROUND ON SO-LLED “NTROVERSIAL” ISSU LIKE LGBT RIGHTS BEE ’S WHAT THE FOUNDG FATHERS “WANTED.” ISAAC VERY WELL ULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE GROUP THAT MA THOSE CISNS—YET THE TTH OF HIS VERY SELF WAS MA TOO AGONIZG TO ACCEPT BEE OF THOSE VERY PEOPLE.“HE’S A GUY WHO EXISTED AT A TIME HISTORY WHEN HE ABSOLUTELY ULDN’T BE WHO HE WAS, AND HE WAS ALSO PART OF CREATG A LONGSTANDG LEGACY THAT PEOPLE STILL REFER BACK TO—REFERENCG WHAT PEOPLE THAT TIME PERD THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW RIDICULOLY WRONG WAS,” JON SAYS. “I THK THERE’S SOMETHG SUBVERSIVE ABOUT THAT.”THERE’S A VALID ARGUMENT THAT ’S SILLY OR ANTIQUATED TO, 2023, TREAT A G OUT STORYLE ON WORK TV AS SOMETHG STILL PROGRSIVE AND MEANGFUL. IT’S BEEN S SCE ELLEN AND WILL & GRACE. OVER 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED SCE KURT STGGLED TO E OUT ON GLEE. LGBT CHARACTERS ON BROADST SERI HAVE BEEN STEADILY ON THE RISE. YET THERE STILL IS NO DISUNTG THAT WATCHG ISAAC E TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY AND HIS FORT LEVEL EXPRSG IS MOVG, EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND PROGRS. (TRY WATCHG THE GHOSTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OM EARLIER THE SEASON WHOUT TEARG UP.) GHOSTS, AGA, IS THE NUMBER ONE EDY ON TV RIGHT NOW, ON A WORK WH A WI, MASTREAM REACH THAT CLUS BROAD MOGRAPHICS. AND ’S VTG ONE OF S BIGGT STORYL A PERSON’S EXPERIENCE NAVIGATG THEIR SEXUALY— AN EXTREMELY POSIVE WAY, TO BOOT. “THAT’S WHAT BLOWS MY MD,” JON SAYS, REFERENCG AGA WHAT 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON WOULD THK.JON’ MOST HIGH-PROFILE ACTG JOBS HAVE BEEN PLAYG GAY MEN, AND, THE OTHER TWO AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, EMBRACG A EEG UNAPOLOGETIC ATTU AND FLAMBOYANCE. THGS ARE A B MORE UNRSTATED WHEN TO CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON GHOSTS (GIGGLG AGA), BUT THAT’S THE POT—AND, FOR HIM, WHY ’S BEEN SO REWARDG TO PLAY.“I DON’T KNOW IF THE SEXUALY HAS ANYTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH,” HE SAYS, THEN ONCE AGA LGHG. “THAT’S ANOTHER GREAT TLE FOR THE PIECE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: THE SEXUALY HAS NOTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH.’”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. KEV FALLON

IS BRANDON BLACKWELL GAY? WHAT IS THE SEXUALY OF ‘THE CHASE’ STAR?

Is Brandon Blackwell gay? Still, today we’re gog to foc on Brandon Blackwell bee many people believe he is gay.

‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

So is Brandon Blackwell homosexual real life? Is Ben Chan Gay?

Is Brandon Blackwell Gay? No, Brandon Blackwell is not gay.

” This uld have fueled the gay mors but has nothg to do wh his sexualy. ” Gay?

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

”Wolf had sought refuge Florida 15 years ago when he was done wh ral Oregon, the childhood home where he suffered embedd racism and homophobia on a daily basis.

Among his motivatns for wrg the book was to reclaim tersectnaly om DeSantis and others on the right who seek to hijack explas: “I wanted to give a human flavour to what tersectnaly actually looks and feels like and what feels like to experience racism and homophobia at the same time. Growg up a nservative majory whe town was difficult bee the same kid who would ll me the N-word on one day would ll me a homophobic slur on another day and I was nstantly navigatg the tersectns of those two thgs.

THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYPBRANDON STT JON IS THE FLAMG HEART OF “ISN’T IT ROMANTIC.”{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;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019/5:40 {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:1200PX;WIDTH:2864PX;}ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER BROS.BY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019 / 5:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+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":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}HOLLYWOOD HAS FOUND A NEW GAY BTIE BRANDON STT {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;}ISN’T IT ROMANTIC STARS PCH PERFECT’S REBEL WILSON AS NATALIE, A NEW YORK CY ARCHECT WHO EXPLIBLY FDS HERSELF THE LEADG LADY A ROMANTIC EDY. NAVIGATG RIDICULOLY UNREALISTIC ROM- TROP THIS ALTERNATE PG-13 UNIVERSE, NATALIE GETS A FLAMBOYANT NFIDANT PLAYED BY JON, AN UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA EDIAN WHO’S NO STRANGER TO GAY {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 STEALG SCEN TV EDI THE OTHER TWO AND THE GOOD PLACE, JON EXPLAS WHY HE’S NEVER AAID TO QUEEN OUT FOR A LGH.ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 11: BRANDON STT JON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF WARNER BROS. PICTUR' "ISN'T IT ROMANTIC" AT THE THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL ON FEBARY 11, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAG){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’VE BEEN SEEG A LOT OF YOU LATELY. I FEEL LIKE YOU’RE HAVG A {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 MIGHT BE A MOMENT. MAYBE ’S MORE LIKE A SEND THAT’S LEADG TO A MOMENT? IT DO SEEM LIKE ALL THE THGS ARE HAPPENG AT {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;}NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS {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, MY GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE SHORTT REER POSSIBLE, WHERE ALL MY PROJECTS E OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND EVERYONE’S IMMEDIATELY SICK 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;}YOU HAVE A SMALL BUT PIVOTAL ROLE AS A ED BOOK BUYER CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? ARE YOU TAKG CRED FOR THE FILM’S SUCCS?{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;}FULL CRED, ABSOLUTELY. MELISSA MCCARTHY AND RICHARD E. GRANT ACTUALLY TEXTED TO THANK ME AFTER RECEIVG THEIR OSR NOMATNS. [LGHS] THE MOVIE’S SO GREAT, AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE A PART 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;}WHAT WAS LIKE TO SHOOT YOUR NONTATNAL BOOKSTORE SCENE WH MELISSA?{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;}SHE’S A EDIC IN, SO WAS A THRILL. I THK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTG, AND I WAS SO EXCED. AFTER MY FIRST TAKE, THE DIRECTOR, MARIELLE HELLER, SAID, “BRANDON, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS ISN’T A BROAD EDY.” I WAS LIKE, “OH!”CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME?/FOX {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;}TELL ME ABOUT DONNY, YOUR CHARACTER ISN’T {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;}REBEL’S CHARACTER, NATALIE, TALKS ABOUT HOW EVERYONE ROM-S IS A TERRIBLE STEREOTYPE, AND DONNY FILLS THE STEREOTYPE OF THE GAY BT IEND. IT DRAWS ON HOW TWO-DIMENSNAL THOSE CHARACTERS WERE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT DONNY IS ALSO A FUN, LOVG GUY WHO’S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE JOURNEY NATALIE’S ON, LEARNG TO LOVE HERSELF, SO HE KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER SI OF THAT RABOW LOOKS {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;}EVEN THOUGH HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE A RITURE OF A GAY MAN, “SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, LIKE, 100 YEARS,” DONNY ULD’VE BEEN MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE. WAS THAT A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE?{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;}THAT WAS FELY ON OUR MDS. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO PUNCH UP WHEN YOU’RE DOG EDY, AND YOU NEVER WANT TO MAKE FUN OF MARGALIZED MUNI. IT WAS A NVERSATN I HAD WH OUR DIRECTOR, TODD STRSS-SCHULSON, THAT STARTED BEFORE I HAD THE PART. IN MY LAST DN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DIDN’T WANT DONNY TO BE OFFENSIVE. WHAT WE FOUND THAT FOCED THE PERFORMANCE IS THE IA THAT HE’S FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE HIMSELF, WHICH HAS EED HIM UP TO LOVE THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. I ALWAYS TRIED TO PLAY THAT HE LOV NATALIE AND DON’T RE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THK. BUT HE’S ALSO REPRENTG THIS ROM- WORLD, SO THE EDIAN SI OF ME WANTED TO HEIGHTEN {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;}WHOUT GIVG TOO MUCH AWAY, WE DISVER THERE’S MORE TO DONNY THAN MEETS THE EYE. DID THAT REMPTN GIVE YOU THE EEDOM TO GO BIGGER?{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;}YEAH, ONCE YOU SEE HIS MONOLOGUE AT THE END, CELEBRATG THE LOVE HE HAS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS, YOU REALIZE THAT HE ISN’T JT A STEREOTYPE. THAT DID ALLOW ME TO GO OVER THE TOP, PLAY AROUND, AND BE REALLY {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;}HAVE YOU SEEN ANYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA MISSG THE JOKE OR JUDGG YOUR CHARACTER BASED SOLELY ON THE TRAILER?{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 HAVEN’T READ TOO MUCH, BUT THAT’S CROSSED MY PUTER SCREEN A UPLE TIM. IT’S ALWAYS ON THE BACK OF MY BRA. BUT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THIS ROM- WORLD AND THOSE TROP THAT EXISTED FOR SO LONG. I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY DONNY’S SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, ’S BEE NATALIE IS MORE AWARE, MORE SOCIALLY NSC, AND HOPEFULLY THE VOICE OF OUR MORN {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;}DID YOU BASE DONNY ON ANY SPECIFIC FICTNAL GAY BT IENDS?{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;}NOT SO MUCH GAY BT IENDS, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL RNN. THE ’90S WERE SUCH A PEAK ERA FOR ROM-S, AND I LOVE HOW MUCH MICHELE, LISA KUDROW’S CHARACTER, LOV HER BT IEND, SO I WANTED TO PLAY WH THAT KD OF LOVE AND EXCEMENT. GOG WAY BACK, ANOTHER SPIRATN WAS ROSALD RSELL AUNTIE MAME. [LGHS] NOT THAT WHAT I’M DOG IS ANYWHERE NEAR THOSE TWO INIC PERFORMANC, BUT THAT LT FOR LIFE AND LOVE FOR OTHERS REALLY DROVE HOME FOR ME.ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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 HAVE A NATALIE YOUR LIFE?{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 BT IENDS ARE BOTH STRAIGHT WOMEN, AND I’M VERY VTED THEIR LIV, SO I ALSO DREW A LOT OF SPIRATN OM THOSE RELATNSHIPS. I CURRENTLY LIVE WH ONE OF THEM, AND I’LL JT BURST TO HER ROOM WHETHER SHE ASKS ME TO OR {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;}DONNY HAS SOME GREAT ONE-LERS AND TCHPHRAS. ANY FAVOR?{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;}DONNY SAYS “BOOCH” A LOT, AND I’VE BEEN SAYG THAT A LOT REAL LIFE SCE PLAYG HIM. LIKE, “WHAT’S UP, BOOCH?” WHEN REBEL AND I TEXT OR HANG OUT, THAT’S STILL HOW WE REFER TO EACH OTHER. I LOVE {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;}OH, WHEN YOU AND REBEL HANG? NO BIG {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;}[LGHS] WHO, ME AND REBS? WHAT? WE’RE BFFS!{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;}DONNY ALSO GIV A LOT OF LOOK—BOLD PATTERNS, PLAIDS, AND FLORALS. HOW DO HIS STYLE PARE TO YOURS?{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;}DONNY HAS THE STYLE I WISH I HAD. I WISH I ULD VISUALIZE AND PULL OFF AN OUTF THE WAY HE DO. I’M A JEANS AND T-SHIRT KD OF GUY, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORE PARTS OF PLAYG DONNY WAS ALL THE STUME FTGS, WHERE WE TRIED ON TONS OF DOLCE & GABBANA. THERE WERE SO MANY MOMENTS I’D BE WEARG A HEADWRAP, ALL THE SRV, AND WE’D BE LIKE, “IS THIS TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH?”{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;}AT ONE POT HE WEARS A PURPLE BANDANA. DID YOU REFER TO THE GAY HANKY ON 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;}I DIDN’T. WHAT DO MEAN?ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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;}PIERCGS, HAS OR {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;}OH, RIGHT! I ACTUALLY LIKE TO CHECK ON THAT CHART EVERY NOW AND THEN. I’M SURE DONNY IS VERY TO PIERCGS. HE PROBABLY WENT THROUGH A PHASE WHERE HE WAS GOG TO GIVE GO HIMSELF BUT HURT TOO {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 ROCK A SNAZZY LEATHER JACKET WHILE RIDG A {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 KNOW WHAT’S CRAZY? I GOT THAT LEATHER JACKET AS A GIFT AT THE END OF SHOOTG. I LOVED WEARG SO MUCH, I WAS JT PRANCG AROUND THE SET , SO SIX WEEKS LATER THEY ME TO MY TRAILER AND GAVE TO ME. I WAS SO MOVED. IT’S HANGG MY BEDROOM RIGHT {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;}FOR THE MOVIE’S BIG FALE, YOU GOT TO DANCE TO MADONNA’S “EXPRS YOURSELF” ALONGSI REBEL, PRIYANKA CHOPRA, ADAM DEVE, BETTY GILP, AND LIAM HEMSWORTH. COULD YOU APPRECIATE THE SURREALY OF THAT MOMENT, OR WERE YOU TOO FOCED ON THE MOV?{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;}[LGHS] I WAS NERVO ABOUT HTG THE CHOREOGRAPHY! YOU SHOULD’VE SEEN ME REHEARSAL—I THK PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS HOPELS—BUT BETTY GILP WAS A REAL ROCK AND HELPED ME THROUGH . I’M A HUGE FAN OF MILS, SO TO BE A PART OF THIS BIG MOVIE MIL MOMENT, DANCG ONT OF GRAND CENTRAL... I ACTUALLY TOOK ALL ON MY R RI HOME, LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK DID I JT 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;}WE BRIEFLY MEET DONNY’S BOYIEND, PLAYED BY EDIAN AND SNL WRER BOWEN YANG. THAT MT’VE BEEN A FUN DAY ON {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 AND I WERE JT REMISCG ABOUT THE OTHER DAY. WE SHARE AN ON-SCREEN KISS, WHICH IS PRETTY OL BEE THE NUMBER OF HETERO KISS YOU SEE MASTREAM MOVI STILL DWARFS SAME-SEX KISS. I’VE KNOWN BOWEN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SO WE KEPT LOOKG AT EACH OTHER ON SET, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I N’T BELIEVE THIS IS {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;}SPEAKG OF GAY IENDSHIPS, YOU PLAY WAER CURTIS, A BUDDY OF DREW TARVER’S PROTAGONIST, ON COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE OTHER {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;}YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCED BY THE IA OF PLAYG WHATEVER THE MORN VERSN IS OF TWO PLATONIC GAY IENDS. MY PLATONIC GAY IENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN SO REWARDG, SO EXPLORG THAT PART OF THE CHARACTER HAS BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC. I LOVE THE SHOW’S CREATORS, CHRIS KELLY AND SARAH SCHNEIR, AND DREW IS A IEND OF ME, SO WAS ANOTHER AMAZG EXPERIENCE WHERE I GOT TO WORK WH PEOPLE I ALREADY RPECTED AND ADMIRED.THE GOOD PLACE/{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 POPPED UP LAST MONTH AS AFTERLIFE NEWER JOHN WHEATON, A FORMER GOSSIP BLOGGER, ON THE THIRD SEASON FALE OF THE GOOD {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;}THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL BEE D’ARCY CARN, WHO PLAYS JA, IS ONE OF MY BT IENDS. 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Last month DeSantis’s mpaign released an anti-LGBTQ+ vio assailg Tmp for his past support of gay and transgenr ments: “It is a sry time to be not jt LGBTQ but LGBTQ and Black this state and ultimately that’s the tent. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE

The church, part of the Uned Church of Christ, is led by Pastor Jamie Frazier, an openly gay Black mister. Stamps poted out that anizatns like the Chigo Center for HIV Elimatn, the Chigo Black Gay Men’s Cc, Brave Space Alliance, Impulse Chigo (a group dited to promotg healthier sexual liftyl among gay men), the School of Opulence Chigo (which striv to promote posivy wh the ballroom muny and s fai), and more were reprented the room.

IS BRANDON FLOWERS GAY?

A 30-year-old gay man om the south si chimed next, one of many who traveled om out south to attend the event on the northwt si, spoke about how queer youth on the south si are neglected and need celebratory programs as robt as those up north. Another olr gay man rpond to all the prev ncerns and said, “Everythg you are sayg here, we were talkg about the 1970s, ” and he remend that an enty be anized that regularly meets and is acuntable for trackg the multudo queer ncerns. And most of the stuff has been que ankly for whe and gay men.

You might remember Brandon Stt Jon as the sassy gay iend Isn’t It Romantic (2019).

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Brandon has played his fair share of gay characters on-screen jtifyg his role. Due to the lack of rmatn regardg his potential future wife and possible girliend, many assume him to be gay real life as well.

EHealth’s grant was restated May, but do not provi fundg for any rearch Cha or wh Gay Stolberg is a Washgton Corrponnt verg health policy.

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'

More about Sheryl Gay StolbergAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Hollywood has found a new gay btie Brandon Stt ’t It Romantic stars Pch Perfect’s Rebel Wilson as Natalie, a New York Cy archect who explibly fds herself the leadg lady a romantic edy.

THE RISE OF BRANDON STT JON: THE GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER GHOST STEALG HEARTSFABULOUSLY DEAD“GHOSTS” STAR BRANDON STT JON TALKS ALL THE HILAR AND HEARTWARMG PERKS OF PLAYG CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON THE H CBS EDY SERI AND HIS HUGE BREAKOUT YEAR.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED JAN. 19, 2023 4:51AM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY LUIS G. RENDON/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYDPE BEG A “GHOST”—AND NTRARY TO THAT KD’S REPUTATN FOR CG A CHILL—BRANDON STT JON DO NOT ENJOY THE LD. YET HE HAS ENOUGH WTER WEATHER GEAR TO PETE THE IDAROD.THE LOS ANGEL-BASED ACTOR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCG WEATHER WHIPLASH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS HE TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH TO THE MONTREAL SET OF THE CBS EDY GHOSTS. IN THE SERI, ABOUT A BED AND BREAKFAST OWNER WHO HS HER HEAD AND WAK UP DISVERG THAT SHE N SEE AND SPEAK WH THE SPIRS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ON THE PROPERTY, JON PLAYS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT, A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DYSENTERY. ISAAC AND HIS FELLOW GHOSTS OM OVER THE S—A PROHIBN-ERA JAZZ SGER, A NATIVE AMERIN, A DOUCHEBAG VTMENT BANKER—SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSI TRAVERSG THE GROUNDS OF THE MANOR’S SET, PERHAPS THE ONLY ASPECT OF SHOOTG GHOSTS THAT HASN’T BEEN A JOY FOR JON.BACK OCTOBER, JON WALKED TO A NORTH FACE STORE MONTREAL. “I SAID, ‘HI, I LIVE L.A. I AM NERVO ABOUT THE WTER.’ THE WOMAN WAS LIKE, ‘SAY NO MORE,’ AND SHE BROUGHT ME TO A BACK ROOM WHERE WAS, LIKE, KEVLAR SUS,” HE SAYS. “SO I HAVE THIS BIG, BULKY BLACK AT. I AM OBSSED WH . IT IS KEEPG ME ALIVE.” THE PURCHASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR WEARG ON A TELEVISN SET, “BUT I N NOW WHSTAND WHATEVER IS A BIATHLON ATHLETE DO.” PHOTO BY JONATHAN WENK/CBS VIA GETTY IMAG WHEN JON PHON THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, HE’S TAKG SHELTER OM THE LD WHILE SHOOTG GHOSTS’ SEASON 2 FALE. ASKED TO REVEAL EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENS, HE LGHS. “SURE. JT TELL ME YOUR LAWYER’S NAME AND I’LL BE ASKG HIM TO REPRENT ME.”IT’S A B OF A SURREAL MOMENT JON’ REER. NOT ONLY IS HE WRAPPG A SEND SEASON OF HIS SHOW, BUT WHEN WE NEXT TALK TO HIM, ’S THE BALLROOM AT A HOTEL LOS ANGEL, WHERE THE CRICS CHOICE AWARDS HAD JT TAKEN PLACE. HE HAD SWAPPED HIS FLUFFY PARKA FOR A BONAIR GOLD TUXEDO JACKET WH BLACK TRIM, AS BOTH HE AND GHOSTS WERE NOMATED—HIM FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR A COMEDY AND THE SHOW FOR BT COMEDY SERI. IN BETWEEN CHATS WH HIS BT IEND AND DATE FOR THE NIGHT, D’ARCY CARN (THE GOOD PLACE, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN), AND BILLY EICHNER (BROS, BILLY ON THE STREET), HE MARVELED WH OVER THE UNEXPECTED SUCCS OF BOTH THE SHOW AND OF HIMSELF.THE SERI HAS BEE A HEADLE-MAKG H FOR CBS— S ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK THAT HAD BEEN RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON, THE WORK TOUTED GHOSTS AS THE TOP EDY ON TELEVISN LIVE AND STREAMG VIEWERSHIP OVER A WEEK. ALONGSI ABC’S ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, ’S BEEN HERALD AS AN EXAMPLE THAT THE BROADST EDY ISN’T JT MAKG A EBACK TERMS OF VIEWERSHIP, BUT CRIL AND MEDIA BUZZ AS WELL.IT’S ALSO THE BIGGT SHOWSE JON HAS HAD TH FAR HIS REER. AFTER PERFORMG WH THE UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA THEATER BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGEL, HE BEGAN BOOKG RECURRG ROL ON SERI LIKE THE GOOD PLACE AND THE OTHER TWO. HIS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH WAS A MEMORABLE SUPPORTG ROLE THE REBEL WILSON-STARRG SATIRE ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, PLAYG WILSON’S FLAMBOYANTLY GAY NEIGHBOR AND NFIDANT HER ROM- FANTASY WORLD. GHOSTS IS HIS FIRST REGULAR SERI ROLE, AND, BEYOND THE PLATFORM ’S GIVEN HIM, RRI SPECIAL MEANG.WHILE, Y, GHOSTS IS A VERY FUNNY EDY CENTERED AROUND THE HIJKS THAT ENSUE WHEN A MORN WOMAN SUDNLY MT AL WH THE MANDS OF GHOSTS OM DIFFERENT ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY, ’S ALSO SURPRISGLY POIGNANT. THE SHOW EXPLOR WHAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE OM DIFFERENT GENERATNS (SPANNG HUNDREDS OF YEARS) TO BE FORCED TO EVOLVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE WORLD—AND OF THEMSELV—AS THEY GROW ACCTOMED TO CHANGG TIM. THE EMOTNAL RE OF THAT IS ISAAC’S STORYLE, AS HE FALLY ADMS TO HIMSELF, AND THEN TO HIS FELLOW GHOSTS, THAT HE’S GAY, RECKONS WH 250 YEARS OF BEG CLOSETED, AND FALLY STARTS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER (AD) SOLDIER.“IF YOU WERE TO TELL 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON THAT THIS IS THE CHARACTER HE’S PLAYG ON TELEVISN, WOULD BLOW HIS MD,” JON, WHO IS GAY, SAYS. “I JT DIDN’T SEE TOO MANY CHARACTERS LIKE THIS ON A S. OR IF YOU DID SEE THEM AT ALL, A LOT OF TIM WAS VERY, VERY DRAMATIC, VERY, VERY PAFUL STORI.” FOR JON, THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE FELT LIKE BEG SHOT OUT OF A NNON TO A DIFFERENT ECHELON OF THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY, AFTER A REER AS A JOURNEYMAN CHARACTER ACTOR AND EDY WRER. IT’S BEEN AN UNMOORG EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE THAT HAS RONATED AND PIERCED THE DISORIENTG CHAOS OF PRS JUNKETS, TALK SHOW APPEARANC, AND, NOW, WALKG DOWN RED RPETS OF AWARDS SHOWS AS AN ACTG NOMEE BEE OF HOW PERSONALLY SIGNIFINT ISAAC’S STORYLE HAS BEEN.STILL, THAT CHAOS HAS BEEN…CHAOTIC.“I TEND TO GET OVERWHELMED VERY EASILY, SO I SOMETIM END UP SHRKG A LTLE B,” HE SAYS. “I REMEMBER THE DAY OF COMICCON, WAS ALMOST LIKE A LUCID DREAM. LIKE, YOU WAKE UP AT FIVE THE MORNG AND YOU’RE GETTG YOUR HAIR AND MAKP DONE. CERTALY, YOU DIDN’T SLEEP WELL THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO ALREADY SORT OF FEELS LIKE YOU’RE ASLEEP. AND THEN YOU’RE ON A ROOFTOP AND YOU’RE HAVG REALLY NICE FFEE WH ONE OUTLET, AND THE NEXT THG YOU KNOW, YOU’RE ON A YACHT AND YOU’RE DANCG. AND THEN YOU’RE WALKG TO THE NEXT EVENT, WATCHG PEOPLE PASS BY YOU DRSED LIKE STAR TREK CHARACTERS.”“IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR MY BRA TO PROCS WHERE I WAS,” HE ADDS. “IT’S SORT OF LIKE WHEN THE SHIP ME OVER THE HORIZON TO THE NEW WORLD: WHAT PEOPLE MT HAVE THOUGHT SEEG THE SHIPS RISE OVER THE HORIZON. IT’S LIKE, OH MY GOD, LIKE AN ALIEN WORLD.” OR, PERHAPS, SUFFERG A BAD FALL AT THE BED AND BREAKFAST YOU N, WAKG UP, AND SUDNLY THE GHOSTS OF A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER AND A BOY SUT LEAR WH AN ARROW HIS NECK ARE TALKG TO YOU. AT THE TIME THE PILOT SCRIPT FOR GHOSTS ME HIS WAY 2021, JON HAD BEEN WORKG ON A PILOT HE HAD SOLD TO NBC THAT HE WAS GOG TO STAR , BUT WHICH HADN’T GONE FORWARD AT THE WORK. HE REMEMBERS THKG HOW FUNNY THE GHOSTS SCRIPT WAS, BUT ALSO THAT HE WOULD NEVER BOOK THE ROLE: “THEY’LL NEVER THK OF ME AS A SOLDIER. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE THAT.” BUT THE SEND HE STARTED READG THE L FOR HIS DN, JT FELT RIGHT. THE STYLE OF REMD HIM OF THE MOVIE CLUE, “LIKE AN ENSEMBLE PIECE OF SANE CHARACTERS NNG AROUND THE HOE TOGETHER.”WHILE WAS OBV OM THE WAY ISAAC SPOKE AND BEHAVED THE PILOT THAT HE WAS CLOSETED, THERE WAS ONE THG THAT WASN’T REVEALED RIGHT AWAY: THAT HIS LAST NAME IS HIGGTOOT. JON ONLY FOUND THAT OUT WHEN SHOOTG STARTED AND THERE WAS A PROP WIKIPEDIA PAGE THAT HAD BEEN CREATED FOR ISAAC ON SET, REVEALG HIS FULL NAME AS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT. “I THOUGHT WAS SO FUNNY.” (EDOR’S NOTE: IT IS. I’VE GIGGLED EACH TIME I’VE WRTEN THIS PIECE.)WHEN ME TO TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO BE A CLOSETED GAY SOLDIER THE REVOLUTNARY WAR, THERE WASN’T EXACTLY A TROVE OF FIRSTHAND ACUNTS TO ME AS REARCH. “I TRIED TO THK OF THIS TERMS OF, IF NOT THE CHARACTER THAT EXISTED THEN, BUT AS ONE WHO HAS ALSO EXISTED FOR 250 YEARS,” JON SAID. “LIKE, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OVER TIME?” PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG AS A BASELE, HE LLED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIERS THROUGH POP CULTURE, OM PROJECTS LIKE THE PATRT, THE JOHN ADAMS MISERI, AND, OF URSE, HATON. (A HILAR NNG JOKE GHOSTS IS ISAAC’S PAST RIVALRY WH ALEXANR HATON AND HIS BTER BAFFLEMENT THAT HE BEME SUCH AN INIC FIGURE THROUGH THE BROADWAY MIL.) GROWG UP BEL AIR, MARYLAND, JON ALSO VISED COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG OFTEN AS A KID, SO HE WENT THROUGH HIS BRA’S FIL OF WHAT HE LEARNED ON THOSE TRIPS. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A EDY SERI, “I WANTED THERE TO BE A SKELETON OF TTH TO THE HISTORIL EXPERIENCE,” HE SAYS, MAKG HIMSELF LGH. “THAT’S GOG TO BE THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: A SKELETON OF TTH.’”ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THGS ABOUT GHOSTS IS THAT, BY HAVG A ST OF GHOSTS REPRENTG SO MANY ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY—AND THE BIAS THAT MAY HAVE EXISTED DURG THOSE PERDS— PORTRAYS THE UTOPIAN IAL OF HOW TIME AND MUNY N LEAD TO MORAL EVOLUTN AND ACCEPTANCE. EVEN WHEN TO ONE’S SELF.“I THK THERE’S A WORLD WHERE ISAAC PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW THE RT OF THE GHOSTS WOULD REACT,” JON SAYS ABOUT ISAAC’S G OUT STORYLE. “HE PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW HE WAS GOG TO REACT.” THERE’S ALSO A LOT ABOUT THAT ARC THAT LIGHTLY TOUCH ON TODAY’S SOCPOLIL DISURSE, WHICH PEOPLE STAND THEIR MORAL GROUND ON SO-LLED “NTROVERSIAL” ISSU LIKE LGBT RIGHTS BEE ’S WHAT THE FOUNDG FATHERS “WANTED.” ISAAC VERY WELL ULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE GROUP THAT MA THOSE CISNS—YET THE TTH OF HIS VERY SELF WAS MA TOO AGONIZG TO ACCEPT BEE OF THOSE VERY PEOPLE.“HE’S A GUY WHO EXISTED AT A TIME HISTORY WHEN HE ABSOLUTELY ULDN’T BE WHO HE WAS, AND HE WAS ALSO PART OF CREATG A LONGSTANDG LEGACY THAT PEOPLE STILL REFER BACK TO—REFERENCG WHAT PEOPLE THAT TIME PERD THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW RIDICULOLY WRONG WAS,” JON SAYS. “I THK THERE’S SOMETHG SUBVERSIVE ABOUT THAT.”THERE’S A VALID ARGUMENT THAT ’S SILLY OR ANTIQUATED TO, 2023, TREAT A G OUT STORYLE ON WORK TV AS SOMETHG STILL PROGRSIVE AND MEANGFUL. IT’S BEEN S SCE ELLEN AND WILL & GRACE. OVER 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED SCE KURT STGGLED TO E OUT ON GLEE. LGBT CHARACTERS ON BROADST SERI HAVE BEEN STEADILY ON THE RISE. YET THERE STILL IS NO DISUNTG THAT WATCHG ISAAC E TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY AND HIS FORT LEVEL EXPRSG IS MOVG, EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND PROGRS. (TRY WATCHG THE GHOSTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OM EARLIER THE SEASON WHOUT TEARG UP.) GHOSTS, AGA, IS THE NUMBER ONE EDY ON TV RIGHT NOW, ON A WORK WH A WI, MASTREAM REACH THAT CLUS BROAD MOGRAPHICS. AND ’S VTG ONE OF S BIGGT STORYL A PERSON’S EXPERIENCE NAVIGATG THEIR SEXUALY— AN EXTREMELY POSIVE WAY, TO BOOT. “THAT’S WHAT BLOWS MY MD,” JON SAYS, REFERENCG AGA WHAT 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON WOULD THK.JON’ MOST HIGH-PROFILE ACTG JOBS HAVE BEEN PLAYG GAY MEN, AND, THE OTHER TWO AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, EMBRACG A EEG UNAPOLOGETIC ATTU AND FLAMBOYANCE. THGS ARE A B MORE UNRSTATED WHEN TO CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON GHOSTS (GIGGLG AGA), BUT THAT’S THE POT—AND, FOR HIM, WHY ’S BEEN SO REWARDG TO PLAY.“I DON’T KNOW IF THE SEXUALY HAS ANYTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH,” HE SAYS, THEN ONCE AGA LGHG. “THAT’S ANOTHER GREAT TLE FOR THE PIECE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: THE SEXUALY HAS NOTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH.’”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. KEV FALLON

Navigatg ridiculoly unrealistic rom- trop this alternate PG-13 universe, Natalie gets a flamboyant nfidant played by Jon, an Upright Cizens Briga edian who’s no stranger to gay stealg scen TV edi The Other Two and The Good Place, Jon explas why he’s never aaid to queen out for a lgh. ”Tell me about Donny, your character Isn’t ’s character, Natalie, talks about how everyone rom-s is a terrible stereotype, and Donny fills the stereotype of the gay bt iend. But Donny is also a fun, lovg guy who’s already been through the journey Natalie’s on, learng to love herself, so he knows what the other si of that rabow looks though he’s supposed to be a riture of a gay man, “settg gay rights back, like, 100 years, ” Donny uld’ve been much more offensive.

I hope people know that when we say Donny’s settg gay rights back, ’s bee Natalie is more aware, more socially nsc, and hopefully the voice of our morn you base Donny on any specific fictnal gay bt iends? Not so much gay bt iends, but I was spired by Romy and Michele’s High School Rnn. Did you refer to the gay hanky on that?