The man who played Vo Spatafore on beg the butt of fat jok, gay jok, and the star of a famo gif.
Contents:
- THAT GAY EPISO: HOW SAM MALONE SHOWED ACCEPTANCE IS MACHO ON ‘CHEERS’
- WAS PHIL LEOTARDO GAY?
- ''THE SOPRANOS'': TONY'S GAY ISSU
- HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?
- MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
- JOE GANNASLI DISCS HIS LIFE DURG AND SCE PLAYG GAY MOBSTER VO SPATAFORE ON ‘THE SOPRANOS’
THAT GAY EPISO: HOW SAM MALONE SHOWED ACCEPTANCE IS MACHO ON ‘CHEERS’
One tertg theory floatg around the The Sopranos universe is that Phil Leotardo is gay or bisexual. * vito gay episode *
In 2004, the Season 5 episo "Unintified Black Mal", is disclosed to viewers Vo is fact homosexual after he is seen performg fellat on a secury guard early one morng at the Esplana nstctn se by Meadow's boyiend, Fn De Trol. Later, that eveng while makg a llectn at a gay bar, two Lupertazzi Fay associat, one named Sal Iaccuzzo, saw Vo dancg provotively wh a gay man.
WAS PHIL LEOTARDO GAY?
On June 27, 1969, a police raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar lled the Stonewall took a surprisg turn when patrons cid was time to fight b…" class="ember-view * vito gay episode *
The Iaccuzzo character was based on real-life Gambo Crime Fay po Matthew Lanniello, who was known to extort and own several nightclubs New York Cy that tered to homosexual clientele.
''THE SOPRANOS'': TONY'S GAY ISSU
Lupertazzi crime fay boss Phil Leotardo, a vilent homophobe, mand Vo's ath, so Tony quietly arranged for Carlo Gervasi to make a h on Vo.
HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?
It was later revealed that Vo was found wh a pool cue stick his rectum, a msage that he was killed bee of his homosexualy.
MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
Phil Leotardo later told Vo's wife, Marie, that her hband was probably killed by two homosexual transients Vo had picked up at a bar. After that, was barely addrsed until the next season, when Vo was spotted at a gay bar by some guys nnected to the Jersey mob.
Not only was a quiet, sweet story, but put the issue of homosexualy the mob the foreont, which wasn’t jt new to The Sopranos but to the mafia genre as a whole.
Back 2006, some The Sopranos fanbase reiled at the ia of a gay love story their favore show, but the arc did earn The Sopranos s only GLAAD nomatn.
JOE GANNASLI DISCS HIS LIFE DURG AND SCE PLAYG GAY MOBSTER VO SPATAFORE ON ‘THE SOPRANOS’
Also, the years sce, Vo’s fal arc has received kudos for addrsg gay relatnships a new light while also standg the tt of time as one of the most memorable storyl The Sopranos.