The actor, who me out publicly around the same time as his character Levi a few years ago, is proud the show will she a light on the discrimatory polici around gay men and sex.
Contents:
- GREY'S ANATOMY ACTOR JAKE BORELLI OUT AS GAY
- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
- JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
- GREY'S ANATOMY CHARACTER LAMENTS YEARS 'WASTED' TO GAY SHAME
- JENNIFER GREY ON THE MOMENT HER FATHER JOEL GREY WAS OUTED AS GAY TO HER: 'IT WAS A SNIPER ATTACK'
GREY'S ANATOMY ACTOR JAKE BORELLI OUT AS GAY
After his character shared the first gay male kiss on the h drama, Borelli ma his own statement onle. * grey's gay *
Actor Jake Borelli remembers that when he was a kid growg up Oh, he sperately wanted to see gay characters on TV.On Thursday’s episo of Grey’s Anatomy, he was one of the actors featured the show’s first gay male romance, between his character, tern Dr. The two shared a kiss, and Schmt me out as gay.Afterward, Borelli explaed how much all meant to him.“As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me. This is exactly the kd of story I craved as a young gay kid growg up Oh, and blows my md that I’m able to brg life to Dr.
Be happy!” someone wrote.“As a lbian myself, you have no ia how much means that gay people are out there reprentg gay characters,” add another.
'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
“I am so proud of you and I love you so so much Jake.”Another viewer thanked Borelli for reprentg someone like him, for beg the kd of character that young Borelli wanted to see.“This is hontly such an amazg thg,” he wrote, “As a gay man myself, is so great to see you be able to be yourself real life and on tv.”Read more om Yahoo Entertament:Here’s the story: ‘The Brady Bunch’ kids are all grown up and back at their TV homeFay of the late Chris Cornell su doctor for allegedly overprcribg dgs to him before his suiciCelebry Halloween stum 2018: The Kardashians as Victoria’s Secret Angels, Beyoncé as FloJo, and more.
ELLEN POMPEO Grey’s Anatomy has always phed boundari, but on Thursday night’s episo, fally troduced a storyle fans have been wag 15 years for — a gay male romance between two doctors. The actor, 27, opened up about his sexualy an Instagram post, wrg, “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me.
EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
“So, the story didn’t beg wh, ‘Hey, we’ve never done a gay male love story. Knight, who portrayed erstwhile tern Gee, me out the wake of a media enzy surroundg -star Isaiah Washgton’s e of a gay slur on set.
JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
Jake Borelli, the actor who plays him, did, Thursday, after the long-nng medil drama troduced s first-ever gay romance and male-on-male kiss between Schmt and new character Ni Kim (Alex Landi), Borelli celebrated the landmark moment on Instagram. “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me, " the 27-year-old wrote.
MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
"This is exactly the kd of story I craved as a young gay kid growg up Oh, and blows my md that I’m able to brg life to Dr.
GREY'S ANATOMY CHARACTER LAMENTS YEARS 'WASTED' TO GAY SHAME
Shownner Krista Vernoff told Entertament Weekly that she was spired to wre the gay romance for Borelli's character bee Schmt remd her of a iend llege "who was sort of a clumsy, fumferg type who would trip over his own feet and would stutter, and then he me out toward the end of our hman year and emerged as a pletely different human beg bee he was livg his tth.
I’m jt really glad that we touched on a nerve for people and spired a lot of bisexual, pansexual, and gay people to unrstand their own sexual orientatns through this particular person’s journey. "I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most tertg part of me, " the Grey's Anatomy star tells PEOPLE exclively.
JENNIFER GREY ON THE MOMENT HER FATHER JOEL GREY WAS OUTED AS GAY TO HER: 'IT WAS A SNIPER ATTACK'
Knight is gay, he has nfirmed exclively to PEOPLE.
“While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most tertg part of me. The beloved character, who me out as gay at the same time Jake Borelli, who portrays him, me out publicly, worked amid the trma of early COVID-19 last season, and suffered full-on burnout after losg his first patient unr the hospal's new trag method this season.