Sndal star Jeff Perry opens up about portrayg a gay character on the show. Fd out what he had to say...

Contents:

• HOW A STRAIGHT GUY AND GAY GUY MAKE THE PERFECT UPLE
• COULD ‘SNDAL’ FEATURE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT?
• SNDAL STAR JEFF PERRY OPENS UP ABOUT PORTRAYG A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW

HOW A STRAIGHT GUY AND GAY GUY MAKE THE PERFECT UPLE

Jeff Perry, who plays the seri’ Machiavellian Whe Hoe Chief of Staff, didn’t know his character was gay until the fourth episo.

Dan Butsky had already played a gay man the 2001 film, “All Over The Guy, ” which he wrote and produced. Perry is a straight married man wh a dghter, but playg a gay man.

“I’m a gay dad and wrer real life, ” says Butsky “and I am a gay dad wrer on the show.

COULD ‘SNDAL’ FEATURE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT?

Confsns of a Gay Dad. “If were 10 years ago and the Whe Hoe Chief of Staff were gay, ” he says. “Twenty-five years ago I didn’t want anyone the world to know I was gay, and now I am balls-to-the-wall who I am real life.

Then I read a script and ’s, ‘Oh, I’m gay. See Where Grey’s Anatomy Falls on Our List of the Bt Gay Weddgs on TV.

The relatnship between Cys and Fz is plex, but every aspect of their personal liv is fair game save one: that Cys is a gay man a Republin admistratn rarely up. “You don’t need a big back story of why he’s gay – he jt is, ” Perry said. “And I was remd by someone, gosh, if that happens, he’d be our first gay print!

SNDAL STAR JEFF PERRY OPENS UP ABOUT PORTRAYG A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW

"I have been gay my entire life, sce I was a child.

Though some of that live big ci n feel like half of the world is gay, 's a stark difference om many livg small towns. "I was takg my mom somewhere one day and she jt asked 'are you gay?