Nearly two s later, 'Dawson's Creek' actor reflects on historic gay kiss

‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
IS KERR SMH GAY?
KERR SMH REFLECTS ON HIS "INTENSE" "DAWSON'S CREEK" GAY KISSTHE GROUNDBREAKG SAME-SEX SMOOCH AIRED 19 YEARS {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;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHOCTOBER 17, 2019/4:17 {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:1460PX;WIDTH:2099PX;}WARNER BROS.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHOCTOBER 17, 2019 / 4:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KERR SMH REFLECTS ON HIS \"INTENSE\" \"DAWSON'S CREEK\" GAY KISS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-17T20:17:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-17T20:17:19.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}KERR SMH IS BACK ON TELEVISN AS MR. HONEY ON THE NEW SEASON OF RIVERDALE, BUT HE RECENTLY SAT DOWN TO REFLECT ON HIS ROLE ANOTHER CLASSIC HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA: DAWSON'S {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;}IN AN TERVIEW WH TOO FAB, SMH REFLECTED ON THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY KISS BETWEEN HIS CHARACTER, JACK MCPHEE, AND ETHAN BRODY (ADAM KFMAN), WHICH FIRST AIRED 19 YEARS {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:75%;} .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;}“[SERI CREATOR KEV WILLIAMSON] SAID, ‘KERR, LET’S GO GET SOME FFEE,’” SMH TOLD THE OUTLET, RELLG WHEN WILLIAMSON VISED THE DAWSON'S CREEK SET. “I WENT, ‘OH NO, AM I FIRED?’ AND HE THROWS THIS IA, ‘WE WANT TO GO DOWN A DIFFERENT AVENUE WH JACK.'”{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 REMEMBER LLG EVERYBODY I RPECTED AND SAID, ‘HEY SHOULD I DO THIS?’ DOG THE FIRST MALE-MALE KISS, I REMEMBER WAS TENSE,” SMH ADD. “I’M GLAD WE DID , AND WAS PART OF HISTORY.”{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;}WILLIAMSON WAS NOT OUT AT THE TIME, AND SMH WENT ON TO EXPLA HOW JACK'S STORYLE WAS REALLY SPIRED BY THE DRAMA'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, GREG {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;}AS NEWNOWNEXT PREVLY REPORTED, THE SMOOCH WAS A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR LGBTQ REPRENTATN MEDIA—ONE OF THE FIRST REAL, ROMANTIC GAY KISS ON PRIMETIME TELEVISN—BUT BERLANTI RECEIVED A LOT OF PHBACK OVER {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 HAD TO THREATEN TO QU, BASILLY BEE THEY WOULDN’T LET HAVE THE CHARACTERS KISS,” THE LOVE, SIMON DIRECTOR TOLD INDIEWIRE. “AT THE TIME, THERE WERE SHOWS THAT WERE FE TO SHOW LOTS OF VLENCE WORK, BUT THEY WOULDN’T ALLOW A KISS BETWEEN TWO GAY CHARACTERS. THEY ASKED ME TO N THE SHOW THAT YEAR, AND PART OF MY AGREEMENT WH THEM WAS THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW THE CHARACTER, JACK, TO HAVE A KISS. THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGOTIATN ABOUT THAT KISS.”{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
KERR SMH, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE; A GAY MAN WH A WIFE
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS

‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’

Right before Kerr Smh was pulled asi and told his “Dawson’s Creek” character Jack McPhee was gay, he thought he was beg fired. “There’s always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle or whatever.

I was talkg to Casey [Cott, who plays gay stunt Kev on ‘Riverdale’] and he’s playg pretty much the same character I played on ‘Dawson’s. So when high schooler Jack McPhee (Smh) me out season 2, a natural narrative followed: Jack fell for openly gay llege heartthrob Ethan (Kfman), and his feelgs led to a fateful and groundbreakg kiss an episo tled “Te Love.

IS KERR SMH GAY?

Fattore, saw the scene g: “Everybody asks qutns when they’re a teenager — gay or straight — and on this show, you’re gog to agonize over them at great length, g very big words, and then suck up and face your fears the season fale, ” she says the latt issue of Us, on newsstands now. “There were so few posive reprentatns of gay people pop culture. “Look at any show today — edy or drama — you’re gog to have gay, lbian and transgenr characters.

In the 1999-2000 season, Dawson’s Creek featured the first gay male kiss wh character Jack McPhee.

KERR SMH REFLECTS ON HIS "INTENSE" "DAWSON'S CREEK" GAY KISSTHE GROUNDBREAKG SAME-SEX SMOOCH AIRED 19 YEARS {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;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHOCTOBER 17, 2019/4:17 {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:1460PX;WIDTH:2099PX;}WARNER BROS.BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHOCTOBER 17, 2019 / 4:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KERR SMH REFLECTS ON HIS \"INTENSE\" \"DAWSON'S CREEK\" GAY KISS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-17T20:17:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-17T20:17:19.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}KERR SMH IS BACK ON TELEVISN AS MR. HONEY ON THE NEW SEASON OF RIVERDALE, BUT HE RECENTLY SAT DOWN TO REFLECT ON HIS ROLE ANOTHER CLASSIC HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA: DAWSON'S {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;}IN AN TERVIEW WH TOO FAB, SMH REFLECTED ON THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY KISS BETWEEN HIS CHARACTER, JACK MCPHEE, AND ETHAN BRODY (ADAM KFMAN), WHICH FIRST AIRED 19 YEARS {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:75%;} .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;}“[SERI CREATOR KEV WILLIAMSON] SAID, ‘KERR, LET’S GO GET SOME FFEE,’” SMH TOLD THE OUTLET, RELLG WHEN WILLIAMSON VISED THE DAWSON'S CREEK SET. “I WENT, ‘OH NO, AM I FIRED?’ AND HE THROWS THIS IA, ‘WE WANT TO GO DOWN A DIFFERENT AVENUE WH JACK.'”{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 REMEMBER LLG EVERYBODY I RPECTED AND SAID, ‘HEY SHOULD I DO THIS?’ DOG THE FIRST MALE-MALE KISS, I REMEMBER WAS TENSE,” SMH ADD. “I’M GLAD WE DID , AND WAS PART OF HISTORY.”{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;}WILLIAMSON WAS NOT OUT AT THE TIME, AND SMH WENT ON TO EXPLA HOW JACK'S STORYLE WAS REALLY SPIRED BY THE DRAMA'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, GREG {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;}AS NEWNOWNEXT PREVLY REPORTED, THE SMOOCH WAS A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR LGBTQ REPRENTATN MEDIA—ONE OF THE FIRST REAL, ROMANTIC GAY KISS ON PRIMETIME TELEVISN—BUT BERLANTI RECEIVED A LOT OF PHBACK OVER {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 HAD TO THREATEN TO QU, BASILLY BEE THEY WOULDN’T LET HAVE THE CHARACTERS KISS,” THE LOVE, SIMON DIRECTOR TOLD INDIEWIRE. “AT THE TIME, THERE WERE SHOWS THAT WERE FE TO SHOW LOTS OF VLENCE WORK, BUT THEY WOULDN’T ALLOW A KISS BETWEEN TWO GAY CHARACTERS. THEY ASKED ME TO N THE SHOW THAT YEAR, AND PART OF MY AGREEMENT WH THEM WAS THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW THE CHARACTER, JACK, TO HAVE A KISS. THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGOTIATN ABOUT THAT KISS.”{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

Gay kiss on televisn are no big al now, but back at the begng of the century, there were few gay characters on the airwav at all, let alone smoochg on them. “Back ‘98, I thk was, or ‘99 — when we cid to do this gay storyle — back then, there weren’t a lot of gay characters on televisn. ”Intertgly enough, Smh was hired to create a love triangle between himself, Joey Potter, and Dawson Leary, so he was a ltle thrown when the gay storyle me up.

Intertgly enough, Smh’s turn on Dawson’s Creek really set the stage for The Fosters: This past season, there was a gay male kiss between two teen boys — a scene that would not have been possible if not for Smh’s lip lock 15 years ago.

KERR SMH, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE; A GAY MAN WH A WIFE

Kerr Smh has never ma any public statement about this, so all mors about if Kerr Smh is gay rema pletely unfound and unproven.