Riverdale’s Kev Keller answers all the qutns gay men want to know

Contents:

• 'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
• IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?
• RIVERDALE’S KEV KELLER ANSWERS ALL THE QUTNS GAY MEN WANT TO KNOW
• CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
• CASEY COTT B: AGE, HEIGHT, GIRLIEND, IS HE GAY?

'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT

And whether or not he intifi as straight, gay, or bisexual don't change the fact that he has played Kev so well, allowg the character to she his own ways spe not beg one of the classic Archie characters. "Article ntu below advertisementCasey Cott has been lked to female performers the hasn't been any reason to suggt that Casey intifi as gay real life, and he has been lked to more than one female performer over the years.

IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?

He was still his fal year at llege when he was chosen to play the gay character. Is Casey Cott gay real life?

His Riverdale character, Kev Keller, is the first openly gay character the Archie Comics Universe.

What’s really ol about Kev is that ’s clear he is gay and ’s not hidn. For those that aren’t aware, Kev, played by Casey Cott, was origally tend as a recurrg character (basilly he was Betty’s “Gay Bt Friend” and ltle else).

RIVERDALE’S KEV KELLER ANSWERS ALL THE QUTNS GAY MEN WANT TO KNOW

Kev’s BFF and moral csar Betty is worried about his behavur and urg him to e “Grm” (which we assume is the Riverdale versn of Grdr – a popular hook-up app for gay men) but Kev disagre, argug that, “Nobody is who they say they are onle. Wh few openly gay men around, Kev’s optns are limed. This is on top of years of livg a heteronormative society where homophobia is still rife.

While thgs have improved a ltle recent tim, is still monplace for gay male characters mastream TV programm and films to be ltle more than promiscuo, sex-obssed begs.

CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR

To see Riverdale attempt to give more ntext to Kev’s life and give him an opportuny to open-up about his stggl is an important tone for gay teen characters.

The lk between gay sex and murr is a mon TV & film troupe. More recently, Stranger by the Lake also featured a murrer on the loose at a gay cisg spot.

"Cott himself fs fortably wh the h, young fac of CW's h new seri, a dark and slightly warped reworkg of the beloved Archie g-of-age show has Cott st as Kev Keller, the son of the town's sheriff, the bubbly bt iend to fellow stunt, Betty Cooper — and the first openly gay character  Archie this is our first time ever seeg a live-actn versn of the character (ntrastg the very inic eratns om Archie Comics), Cott allowed himself to be spired by the creative directn and excellent wrgs of Roberto Aguirre-Sasa to help him f seamlsly wh the rt of the kids other words, if you're lookg for a stereotypil gay bt iend, Cott's portrayal of Kev is far om a time where accurate LGBT reprentatn on televisn is paramount, Cott has ntually ma a nsc effort not to allow Kev to be fed solely by his says, I had a talk wh Roberto, our show nner, about this. What's really ol about Kev is that 's clear he is gay and 's not hidn. On ‘Riverdale‘, Kev is a badass gay character.

CASEY COTT B: AGE, HEIGHT, GIRLIEND, IS HE GAY?

Is Casey gay realy? However, unlike his character, Cott is not gay real life.

Kev is the first gay character the Archie ics seri. However, Cott is not gay real life. From the erasure of a nonilly asexual Jughead to Kev Keller beg wrten as a one dimensnal gay bt iend, Riverdale lets fans down by betrayg s own stcts for this "morn retellg" of the Archie ics.