Kyle Dean Massey talks about the ground 'Nashville' is breakg through his new, openly gay character.
Contents:
- KYLE DEAN MASSEY OPENS UP ON GAY ‘NASHVILLE’ CHARACTER
- 'NASHVILLE' ACTOR CHRIS CARMACK ON WHY HE WANTED TO PLAY GAY 'RIGHT'
- ‘NASHVILLE’ SEASON 3 SPOILERS: IS WILL ANNOUNCG HE IS GAY? A NEW CHARACTER MIGHT LEAD HIM OUT OF THE CLOSET
- THE GAY COUNTRY STAR FROM CMT'S NASHVILLE LANDS A (FICTNAL) BUDWEISER AD PROGRSIVE INTEGRATN
- CHRIS CARMACK ON ‘NASHVILLE’ DRAMA, NEW EP AND EMBRACG GAY MICIANS
KYLE DEAN MASSEY OPENS UP ON GAY ‘NASHVILLE’ CHARACTER
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However, he is a closeted gay man tryg to make a name for himself a highly prejudiced society and reveals his te nature to Gunnar when he tri to kiss him. While filmg a realy TV show Will unknowgly nfs that he is gay to Layla while the meras are rollg.
When his father viss he has to hi his te nature sce his father is homophobic but when Will holds a prs nference he fally has the urage to e out.
He signs to Le Wheeler's label and works wh songwrer Kev Bicks, who is also gay. He go on a televisn show and lls out the host for her anti-gay views, gag the admiratn of the gay muny.
'NASHVILLE' ACTOR CHRIS CARMACK ON WHY HE WANTED TO PLAY GAY 'RIGHT'
'Nashville' EP Marshall Herskovz says Will, a gay character, won't be fed by his sexualy Season 5. * nashville tv show gay character *
Will was a closeted gay man who eventually me to terms wh his sexualy. Broadway vet jos the show as an openly gay songwrer a storyle that reflects real-life stggl the entertament dtry.
Life the closet is about to get even more plited for Nashville‘s gay untry heartthrob Will Lexgton, thanks to the arrival of one Kev Bicks. As Rollg Stone Country revealed last month, actor Kyle Dean Massey has joed the ABC drama, playg an openly gay sger-songwrer who llaborat on songs wh Will, played by Chris Carmack. ” He himself is an openly gay entertaer, as well, havg appeared several Broadway and televisn shows.
‘NASHVILLE’ SEASON 3 SPOILERS: IS WILL ANNOUNCG HE IS GAY? A NEW CHARACTER MIGHT LEAD HIM OUT OF THE CLOSET
'Nashville' Actor Chris Carmack On Why He Wanted To Play Gay 'Right' * nashville tv show gay character *
Even livg New York Cy, where really is [accepted] as far as beg an actor, I know a lot of gay people who are not openly gay bee of the stigma, or the prenceived ia that may e along wh that label, ” says Massey. A lot of people are OK wh their brother or their uncle or their bt iend beg gay, but they don’t really want their untry star to be gay.
“Then to be around my character, who is totally chill about , pletely open about and succsful while still beg openly gay, I thk the storyle addrs a lot of thgs. It asks a lot of qutns: Can people accept this [person who] creat somethg that is mascule, and do beg gay mean that you’re sudnly not?
And while he don’t have to image what ’s like for his character to be openly gay, he do have to work to properly portray another of Kev’s tras, nfsg that he has no personal aptu for songwrg.
THE GAY COUNTRY STAR FROM CMT'S NASHVILLE LANDS A (FICTNAL) BUDWEISER AD PROGRSIVE INTEGRATN
A new gay character might make Will realize that he don't have to live the closet forever on "Nashville" Season 3. * nashville tv show gay character *
Discreetly Gay Guy. Gay Stnk... In his short time on Nashville, Will Lexgton has been a closeted gay male, a nflicted gay untry mician and a proud csar for gay acceptance.
Will snuck around wh var guys, engaged a sham marriage, fally me out to his iends, fought his disapprovg parents, fend off the advanc of an on-the-downlow olr untry artist, fell love wh a fellow male songwrer and eventually held a prs nference to announce his sexualy to the world… then had to fight to fd a label willg to promote an openly gay untry artist.
CHRIS CARMACK ON ‘NASHVILLE’ DRAMA, NEW EP AND EMBRACG GAY MICIANS
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It was a big moment when untry star Will Lexgton me out as gay the season 3 fale of ABC's h show "Nashville, " and the actor behd the role, Chris Carmack, told HuffPost Live on Monday that he wanted to do jtice.
Carmack, who recently performed at GLAAD's "Concert For Love And Acceptance" durg the CMA Ftival, told host Marc Lamont Hill that he always assumed his "Nashville" character was gay. "Carmack said 's important to reflect popular culture what's on Ameri's md, which, for now, is equaly for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny.
In jail after a brawl a bar, Will nfs to Gunnar that he's gay. He has been hidg his sexualy, and the Inter has started to speculate that he is gay.