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GAY CHARACTERS
Romano was an unrepentant jerk—sexist, homophobic, overwhelmgly obnox and pathologilly obssed wh beg ntrol. Appearg before Weaver me out, she was the show's first major gay character (although her orientatn was much more obliquely referenced) and jt the kd of admirable no-nonsense physician ER had plenty of the early seasons.
And, although might seem downright normal now, there was a time where showg gay characters and relatnships on TV was pretty much unheard of. It was one of the first tim mastream TV featured a ma character who was gay at all, and givg her relatnship wh Sandy the same weight as every other relatnship on the show was a landmark achievement. Romano, who was a stnch homophobe, tried to have Kim fired by brgg up bog charg.
He later forc her to tt his closeted-gay lover which ends the lover's ath due to an allergic reactn to penicill of which Kerry admistered. Inn was approached about the reveal Kerry Weaver beg gay durg the prelimary discsns for season 7.