The 'Te Blood' character played by late actor Nelsan Ellis was revelatory for me, a gay black boy growg up the heart of the Amerin South.
Contents:
- NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
- TE BLOOD'S LAFAYETTE SLAYS GAY STEREOTYP
- 'TE BLOOD' ACTOR LE GRIM QU OVER GAY ROLE (REPORT)
- TE BLOOD’S NELSAN ELLIS TALKS GAY STEREOTYP & TYLER PERRY
NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
Part of Te Blood’s appeal is that the st portrays their characters so well that ’s hard to believe they aren’t real. Enter Lafayette, played by Nelsan Ellis. Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil. * lafayette true blood gay in real life *
The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report Ellis’s ath, quoted her as sayg he had died om plitns of heart Illois-born actor played Lafayette, a gay short orr ok, on the HBO drama om 2008 to 2014, and more recently appeared the CBS tective seri Elementary. Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil. Here, he tells VIBE how he brought Lafayette to life, what the gay muny thks about the character and how he plans to transn beyond his Te Blood role.
So that stereotype you were playg mt have been a Queenie type of gay guy, huh? What’s been the feedback om the gay muny?
I don’t thk ’s a reflectn of the gay muny that’s jt Lafayette.
TE BLOOD'S LAFAYETTE SLAYS GAY STEREOTYP
Nelsan Ellis, the beloved Lafayette on 'Te Blood' only plays gay on TV but when asked about Le Grim' aparture, he was very straight forward. * lafayette true blood gay in real life *
But this is jt om what I hear, I haven’t really spoken to the gay muny outsi him [Lghs]. But then aga, I do play a gay character. I don’t answer that qutn, “Are you gay or not, ” when down to dtry people.
"Yet over s seven seasons the seri also went the extra e by cludg many gay, lbian, and bisexual characters who were jt as diverse, dangero, and memorable as Bon Temps' other rints. Relled by many as talented and unrrated, Ellis beme a Te Blood fan-favore for his portrayal of the scene-stealg, gay short orr ok at Merlotte’s Bar the fictnal Louisiana town.
'TE BLOOD' ACTOR LE GRIM QU OVER GAY ROLE (REPORT)
'Te Blood' Actor Le Grim Qu Over Gay Role * lafayette true blood gay in real life *
” Ellis’s character was ld for breakg stereotyp of gay men. Lafayette is a flamboyant, charismatic gay man.
Bee he is gay, people tend to unrtimate Lafayette, but he has taken down human men. Nelsan Ellis, the beloved Lafayette on ‘Te Blood’ only plays gay on TV. You qu your job bee you don’t want to play a gay part?
TE BLOOD’S NELSAN ELLIS TALKS GAY STEREOTYP & TYLER PERRY
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…“You make a statement when you do somethg like that… If you have a child, if you have a son, and he out as gay, what are you gog to do? If you have a dghter who out gay …? ”The heterosexual Ellis has embraced his gay character and allied himself wh his sizable gay followg, acceptg the Logo TV ‘NewNowNext’ award next for Ellis and Grim?
The actor pots out that this timate a male homosexual relatnship has been rare on Te Blood and that Lafayette’s scen wh Jús (Kev Alejandro) prev seasons were ls physil. Jam beme a vampire bee of tolerance to homosexualy the 1970s.
But his portrayal of the gay short-orr ok who als blood was so popular among fans that even though the character was killed off the book versn of the vampire drama, he was kept on for all seven seasons of the show, Rollg Stone reports. " When asked whether he had heard feedback om the gay muny, Ellis told the magaze, "Only that they haven't seen a du like that before. Season four of the h seri is unrway wh one notable wrkle central to the seri beg actor Nelsan Ellis’ portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds, a gay ok, prostute and “blood” aler.