Y Brandon Stt Jon Is Gay: Meet His Partner

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• Y BRANDON STT JON IS GAY: MEET HIS PARTNER
• THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYPBRANDON STT JON IS THE FLAMG HEART OF “ISN’T IT ROMANTIC.”{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;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019/5:40 {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:1200PX;WIDTH:2864PX;}ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER BROS.BY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019 / 5:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+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":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}HOLLYWOOD HAS FOUND A NEW GAY BTIE BRANDON STT {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;}ISN’T IT ROMANTIC STARS PCH PERFECT’S REBEL WILSON AS NATALIE, A NEW YORK CY ARCHECT WHO EXPLIBLY FDS HERSELF THE LEADG LADY A ROMANTIC EDY. NAVIGATG RIDICULOLY UNREALISTIC ROM- TROP THIS ALTERNATE PG-13 UNIVERSE, NATALIE GETS A FLAMBOYANT NFIDANT PLAYED BY JON, AN UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA EDIAN WHO’S NO STRANGER TO GAY {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;}AFTER STEALG SCEN TV EDI THE OTHER TWO AND THE GOOD PLACE, JON EXPLAS WHY HE’S NEVER AAID TO QUEEN OUT FOR A LGH.ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 11: BRANDON STT JON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF WARNER BROS. PICTUR' "ISN'T IT ROMANTIC" AT THE THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL ON FEBARY 11, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAG){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’VE BEEN SEEG A LOT OF YOU LATELY. I FEEL LIKE YOU’RE HAVG A {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;}IT MIGHT BE A MOMENT. MAYBE ’S MORE LIKE A SEND THAT’S LEADG TO A MOMENT? IT DO SEEM LIKE ALL THE THGS ARE HAPPENG AT {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;}NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS {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;}WELL, MY GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE SHORTT REER POSSIBLE, WHERE ALL MY PROJECTS E OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND EVERYONE’S IMMEDIATELY SICK OF {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;}YOU HAVE A SMALL BUT PIVOTAL ROLE AS A ED BOOK BUYER CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? ARE YOU TAKG CRED FOR THE FILM’S SUCCS?{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;}FULL CRED, ABSOLUTELY. MELISSA MCCARTHY AND RICHARD E. GRANT ACTUALLY TEXTED TO THANK ME AFTER RECEIVG THEIR OSR NOMATNS. [LGHS] THE MOVIE’S SO GREAT, AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE A PART OF {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;}WHAT WAS LIKE TO SHOOT YOUR NONTATNAL BOOKSTORE SCENE WH MELISSA?{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;}SHE’S A EDIC IN, SO WAS A THRILL. I THK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTG, AND I WAS SO EXCED. AFTER MY FIRST TAKE, THE DIRECTOR, MARIELLE HELLER, SAID, “BRANDON, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS ISN’T A BROAD EDY.” I WAS LIKE, “OH!”CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME?/FOX {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;}TELL ME ABOUT DONNY, YOUR CHARACTER ISN’T {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;}REBEL’S CHARACTER, NATALIE, TALKS ABOUT HOW EVERYONE ROM-S IS A TERRIBLE STEREOTYPE, AND DONNY FILLS THE STEREOTYPE OF THE GAY BT IEND. IT DRAWS ON HOW TWO-DIMENSNAL THOSE CHARACTERS WERE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT DONNY IS ALSO A FUN, LOVG GUY WHO’S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE JOURNEY NATALIE’S ON, LEARNG TO LOVE HERSELF, SO HE KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER SI OF THAT RABOW LOOKS {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;}EVEN THOUGH HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE A RITURE OF A GAY MAN, “SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, LIKE, 100 YEARS,” DONNY ULD’VE BEEN MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE. WAS THAT A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE?{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;}THAT WAS FELY ON OUR MDS. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO PUNCH UP WHEN YOU’RE DOG EDY, AND YOU NEVER WANT TO MAKE FUN OF MARGALIZED MUNI. IT WAS A NVERSATN I HAD WH OUR DIRECTOR, TODD STRSS-SCHULSON, THAT STARTED BEFORE I HAD THE PART. IN MY LAST DN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DIDN’T WANT DONNY TO BE OFFENSIVE. WHAT WE FOUND THAT FOCED THE PERFORMANCE IS THE IA THAT HE’S FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE HIMSELF, WHICH HAS EED HIM UP TO LOVE THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. I ALWAYS TRIED TO PLAY THAT HE LOV NATALIE AND DON’T RE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THK. BUT HE’S ALSO REPRENTG THIS ROM- WORLD, SO THE EDIAN SI OF ME WANTED TO HEIGHTEN {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;}WHOUT GIVG TOO MUCH AWAY, WE DISVER THERE’S MORE TO DONNY THAN MEETS THE EYE. DID THAT REMPTN GIVE YOU THE EEDOM TO GO BIGGER?{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;}YEAH, ONCE YOU SEE HIS MONOLOGUE AT THE END, CELEBRATG THE LOVE HE HAS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS, YOU REALIZE THAT HE ISN’T JT A STEREOTYPE. THAT DID ALLOW ME TO GO OVER THE TOP, PLAY AROUND, AND BE REALLY {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;}HAVE YOU SEEN ANYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA MISSG THE JOKE OR JUDGG YOUR CHARACTER BASED SOLELY ON THE TRAILER?{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 HAVEN’T READ TOO MUCH, BUT THAT’S CROSSED MY PUTER SCREEN A UPLE TIM. IT’S ALWAYS ON THE BACK OF MY BRA. BUT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THIS ROM- WORLD AND THOSE TROP THAT EXISTED FOR SO LONG. I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY DONNY’S SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, ’S BEE NATALIE IS MORE AWARE, MORE SOCIALLY NSC, AND HOPEFULLY THE VOICE OF OUR MORN {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;}DID YOU BASE DONNY ON ANY SPECIFIC FICTNAL GAY BT IENDS?{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;}NOT SO MUCH GAY BT IENDS, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL RNN. THE ’90S WERE SUCH A PEAK ERA FOR ROM-S, AND I LOVE HOW MUCH MICHELE, LISA KUDROW’S CHARACTER, LOV HER BT IEND, SO I WANTED TO PLAY WH THAT KD OF LOVE AND EXCEMENT. GOG WAY BACK, ANOTHER SPIRATN WAS ROSALD RSELL AUNTIE MAME. [LGHS] NOT THAT WHAT I’M DOG IS ANYWHERE NEAR THOSE TWO INIC PERFORMANC, BUT THAT LT FOR LIFE AND LOVE FOR OTHERS REALLY DROVE HOME FOR ME.ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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;}DO YOU HAVE A NATALIE YOUR LIFE?{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;}MY BT IENDS ARE BOTH STRAIGHT WOMEN, AND I’M VERY VTED THEIR LIV, SO I ALSO DREW A LOT OF SPIRATN OM THOSE RELATNSHIPS. I CURRENTLY LIVE WH ONE OF THEM, AND I’LL JT BURST TO HER ROOM WHETHER SHE ASKS ME TO OR {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;}DONNY HAS SOME GREAT ONE-LERS AND TCHPHRAS. ANY FAVOR?{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;}DONNY SAYS “BOOCH” A LOT, AND I’VE BEEN SAYG THAT A LOT REAL LIFE SCE PLAYG HIM. LIKE, “WHAT’S UP, BOOCH?” WHEN REBEL AND I TEXT OR HANG OUT, THAT’S STILL HOW WE REFER TO EACH OTHER. I LOVE {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;}OH, WHEN YOU AND REBEL HANG? NO BIG {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;}[LGHS] WHO, ME AND REBS? WHAT? WE’RE BFFS!{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;}DONNY ALSO GIV A LOT OF LOOK—BOLD PATTERNS, PLAIDS, AND FLORALS. HOW DO HIS STYLE PARE TO YOURS?{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;}DONNY HAS THE STYLE I WISH I HAD. I WISH I ULD VISUALIZE AND PULL OFF AN OUTF THE WAY HE DO. I’M A JEANS AND T-SHIRT KD OF GUY, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORE PARTS OF PLAYG DONNY WAS ALL THE STUME FTGS, WHERE WE TRIED ON TONS OF DOLCE & GABBANA. THERE WERE SO MANY MOMENTS I’D BE WEARG A HEADWRAP, ALL THE SRV, AND WE’D BE LIKE, “IS THIS TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH?”{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;}AT ONE POT HE WEARS A PURPLE BANDANA. DID YOU REFER TO THE GAY HANKY ON THAT?{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 DIDN’T. WHAT DO MEAN?ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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;}PIERCGS, HAS OR {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;}OH, RIGHT! I ACTUALLY LIKE TO CHECK ON THAT CHART EVERY NOW AND THEN. I’M SURE DONNY IS VERY TO PIERCGS. HE PROBABLY WENT THROUGH A PHASE WHERE HE WAS GOG TO GIVE GO HIMSELF BUT HURT TOO {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;}YOU ALSO ROCK A SNAZZY LEATHER JACKET WHILE RIDG A {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;}YOU KNOW WHAT’S CRAZY? I GOT THAT LEATHER JACKET AS A GIFT AT THE END OF SHOOTG. I LOVED WEARG SO MUCH, I WAS JT PRANCG AROUND THE SET , SO SIX WEEKS LATER THEY ME TO MY TRAILER AND GAVE TO ME. I WAS SO MOVED. IT’S HANGG MY BEDROOM RIGHT {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;}FOR THE MOVIE’S BIG FALE, YOU GOT TO DANCE TO MADONNA’S “EXPRS YOURSELF” ALONGSI REBEL, PRIYANKA CHOPRA, ADAM DEVE, BETTY GILP, AND LIAM HEMSWORTH. COULD YOU APPRECIATE THE SURREALY OF THAT MOMENT, OR WERE YOU TOO FOCED ON THE MOV?{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;}[LGHS] I WAS NERVO ABOUT HTG THE CHOREOGRAPHY! YOU SHOULD’VE SEEN ME REHEARSAL—I THK PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS HOPELS—BUT BETTY GILP WAS A REAL ROCK AND HELPED ME THROUGH . I’M A HUGE FAN OF MILS, SO TO BE A PART OF THIS BIG MOVIE MIL MOMENT, DANCG ONT OF GRAND CENTRAL... I ACTUALLY TOOK ALL ON MY R RI HOME, LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK DID I JT DO?!{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;}WE BRIEFLY MEET DONNY’S BOYIEND, PLAYED BY EDIAN AND SNL WRER BOWEN YANG. THAT MT’VE BEEN A FUN DAY ON {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;}HE AND I WERE JT REMISCG ABOUT THE OTHER DAY. WE SHARE AN ON-SCREEN KISS, WHICH IS PRETTY OL BEE THE NUMBER OF HETERO KISS YOU SEE MASTREAM MOVI STILL DWARFS SAME-SEX KISS. I’VE KNOWN BOWEN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SO WE KEPT LOOKG AT EACH OTHER ON SET, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I N’T BELIEVE THIS IS {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;}SPEAKG OF GAY IENDSHIPS, YOU PLAY WAER CURTIS, A BUDDY OF DREW TARVER’S PROTAGONIST, ON COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE OTHER {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;}YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCED BY THE IA OF PLAYG WHATEVER THE MORN VERSN IS OF TWO PLATONIC GAY IENDS. MY PLATONIC GAY IENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN SO REWARDG, SO EXPLORG THAT PART OF THE CHARACTER HAS BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC. I LOVE THE SHOW’S CREATORS, CHRIS KELLY AND SARAH SCHNEIR, AND DREW IS A IEND OF ME, SO WAS ANOTHER AMAZG EXPERIENCE WHERE I GOT TO WORK WH PEOPLE I ALREADY RPECTED AND ADMIRED.THE GOOD PLACE/{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;}YOU ALSO POPPED UP LAST MONTH AS AFTERLIFE NEWER JOHN WHEATON, A FORMER GOSSIP BLOGGER, ON THE THIRD SEASON FALE OF THE GOOD {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;}THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL BEE D’ARCY CARN, WHO PLAYS JA, IS ONE OF MY BT IENDS. 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WAS THERE A TIME EARLY YOUR EDY REER THAT YOU DOWNPLAYED YOUR SEXUALY?{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;}DEFELY, YEAH, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY SEEG OTHER EDIANS BEG A LOT BRAVER THAN I WAS. I SAW THE SUCCS AND PERSONAL REWARDS THEY GOT JT OM BEG THEMSELV, DOG THEIR MOST HONT MATERIAL, AND MA ME FEEL LIKE I ULD ALSO START EXPLORG THAT AND EXPRSG {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 ENJOY SEEG YOU EDY SHOWS WH ALL-GAY LE-UPS LIKE LIVE ON BROADGAY, WE WILL TURN YOU GAY, AND GAY PRI IMPROV {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;}WE’RE BEG PLETELY OURSELV WHEN WE DO THOSE SHOWS, SO WE’RE ALL HAVG THE TIME OF OUR LIV. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I JT DO ME, TAK AWAY THE BULLSH AND LETS ME HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS POSSIBLE. IF PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO WATCH ME BEE I’M TOO GAY OR NOT GAY ENOUGH, THAT’S ON {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;}ISN’T IT ROMANTIC IS NOW {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
• THE RISE OF BRANDON STT JON: THE GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER GHOST STEALG HEARTSFABULOUSLY DEAD“GHOSTS” STAR BRANDON STT JON TALKS ALL THE HILAR AND HEARTWARMG PERKS OF PLAYG CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON THE H CBS EDY SERI AND HIS HUGE BREAKOUT YEAR.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDPUBLISHED JAN. 19, 2023 4:51AM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY LUIS G. RENDON/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYDPE BEG A “GHOST”—AND NTRARY TO THAT KD’S REPUTATN FOR CG A CHILL—BRANDON STT JON DO NOT ENJOY THE LD. YET HE HAS ENOUGH WTER WEATHER GEAR TO PETE THE IDAROD.THE LOS ANGEL-BASED ACTOR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCG WEATHER WHIPLASH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS HE TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH TO THE MONTREAL SET OF THE CBS EDY GHOSTS. IN THE SERI, ABOUT A BED AND BREAKFAST OWNER WHO HS HER HEAD AND WAK UP DISVERG THAT SHE N SEE AND SPEAK WH THE SPIRS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ON THE PROPERTY, JON PLAYS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT, A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DYSENTERY. ISAAC AND HIS FELLOW GHOSTS OM OVER THE S—A PROHIBN-ERA JAZZ SGER, A NATIVE AMERIN, A DOUCHEBAG VTMENT BANKER—SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSI TRAVERSG THE GROUNDS OF THE MANOR’S SET, PERHAPS THE ONLY ASPECT OF SHOOTG GHOSTS THAT HASN’T BEEN A JOY FOR JON.BACK OCTOBER, JON WALKED TO A NORTH FACE STORE MONTREAL. “I SAID, ‘HI, I LIVE L.A. I AM NERVO ABOUT THE WTER.’ THE WOMAN WAS LIKE, ‘SAY NO MORE,’ AND SHE BROUGHT ME TO A BACK ROOM WHERE WAS, LIKE, KEVLAR SUS,” HE SAYS. “SO I HAVE THIS BIG, BULKY BLACK AT. I AM OBSSED WH . IT IS KEEPG ME ALIVE.” THE PURCHASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR WEARG ON A TELEVISN SET, “BUT I N NOW WHSTAND WHATEVER IS A BIATHLON ATHLETE DO.” PHOTO BY JONATHAN WENK/CBS VIA GETTY IMAG WHEN JON PHON THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, HE’S TAKG SHELTER OM THE LD WHILE SHOOTG GHOSTS’ SEASON 2 FALE. ASKED TO REVEAL EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENS, HE LGHS. “SURE. JT TELL ME YOUR LAWYER’S NAME AND I’LL BE ASKG HIM TO REPRENT ME.”IT’S A B OF A SURREAL MOMENT JON’ REER. NOT ONLY IS HE WRAPPG A SEND SEASON OF HIS SHOW, BUT WHEN WE NEXT TALK TO HIM, ’S THE BALLROOM AT A HOTEL LOS ANGEL, WHERE THE CRICS CHOICE AWARDS HAD JT TAKEN PLACE. HE HAD SWAPPED HIS FLUFFY PARKA FOR A BONAIR GOLD TUXEDO JACKET WH BLACK TRIM, AS BOTH HE AND GHOSTS WERE NOMATED—HIM FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR A COMEDY AND THE SHOW FOR BT COMEDY SERI. IN BETWEEN CHATS WH HIS BT IEND AND DATE FOR THE NIGHT, D’ARCY CARN (THE GOOD PLACE, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN), AND BILLY EICHNER (BROS, BILLY ON THE STREET), HE MARVELED WH OVER THE UNEXPECTED SUCCS OF BOTH THE SHOW AND OF HIMSELF.THE SERI HAS BEE A HEADLE-MAKG H FOR CBS— S ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK THAT HAD BEEN RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON, THE WORK TOUTED GHOSTS AS THE TOP EDY ON TELEVISN LIVE AND STREAMG VIEWERSHIP OVER A WEEK. ALONGSI ABC’S ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, ’S BEEN HERALD AS AN EXAMPLE THAT THE BROADST EDY ISN’T JT MAKG A EBACK TERMS OF VIEWERSHIP, BUT CRIL AND MEDIA BUZZ AS WELL.IT’S ALSO THE BIGGT SHOWSE JON HAS HAD TH FAR HIS REER. AFTER PERFORMG WH THE UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA THEATER BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGEL, HE BEGAN BOOKG RECURRG ROL ON SERI LIKE THE GOOD PLACE AND THE OTHER TWO. HIS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH WAS A MEMORABLE SUPPORTG ROLE THE REBEL WILSON-STARRG SATIRE ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, PLAYG WILSON’S FLAMBOYANTLY GAY NEIGHBOR AND NFIDANT HER ROM- FANTASY WORLD. GHOSTS IS HIS FIRST REGULAR SERI ROLE, AND, BEYOND THE PLATFORM ’S GIVEN HIM, RRI SPECIAL MEANG.WHILE, Y, GHOSTS IS A VERY FUNNY EDY CENTERED AROUND THE HIJKS THAT ENSUE WHEN A MORN WOMAN SUDNLY MT AL WH THE MANDS OF GHOSTS OM DIFFERENT ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY, ’S ALSO SURPRISGLY POIGNANT. THE SHOW EXPLOR WHAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE OM DIFFERENT GENERATNS (SPANNG HUNDREDS OF YEARS) TO BE FORCED TO EVOLVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE WORLD—AND OF THEMSELV—AS THEY GROW ACCTOMED TO CHANGG TIM. THE EMOTNAL RE OF THAT IS ISAAC’S STORYLE, AS HE FALLY ADMS TO HIMSELF, AND THEN TO HIS FELLOW GHOSTS, THAT HE’S GAY, RECKONS WH 250 YEARS OF BEG CLOSETED, AND FALLY STARTS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER (AD) SOLDIER.“IF YOU WERE TO TELL 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON THAT THIS IS THE CHARACTER HE’S PLAYG ON TELEVISN, WOULD BLOW HIS MD,” JON, WHO IS GAY, SAYS. “I JT DIDN’T SEE TOO MANY CHARACTERS LIKE THIS ON A S. OR IF YOU DID SEE THEM AT ALL, A LOT OF TIM WAS VERY, VERY DRAMATIC, VERY, VERY PAFUL STORI.” FOR JON, THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE FELT LIKE BEG SHOT OUT OF A NNON TO A DIFFERENT ECHELON OF THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY, AFTER A REER AS A JOURNEYMAN CHARACTER ACTOR AND EDY WRER. IT’S BEEN AN UNMOORG EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE THAT HAS RONATED AND PIERCED THE DISORIENTG CHAOS OF PRS JUNKETS, TALK SHOW APPEARANC, AND, NOW, WALKG DOWN RED RPETS OF AWARDS SHOWS AS AN ACTG NOMEE BEE OF HOW PERSONALLY SIGNIFINT ISAAC’S STORYLE HAS BEEN.STILL, THAT CHAOS HAS BEEN…CHAOTIC.“I TEND TO GET OVERWHELMED VERY EASILY, SO I SOMETIM END UP SHRKG A LTLE B,” HE SAYS. “I REMEMBER THE DAY OF COMICCON, WAS ALMOST LIKE A LUCID DREAM. LIKE, YOU WAKE UP AT FIVE THE MORNG AND YOU’RE GETTG YOUR HAIR AND MAKP DONE. CERTALY, YOU DIDN’T SLEEP WELL THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO ALREADY SORT OF FEELS LIKE YOU’RE ASLEEP. AND THEN YOU’RE ON A ROOFTOP AND YOU’RE HAVG REALLY NICE FFEE WH ONE OUTLET, AND THE NEXT THG YOU KNOW, YOU’RE ON A YACHT AND YOU’RE DANCG. AND THEN YOU’RE WALKG TO THE NEXT EVENT, WATCHG PEOPLE PASS BY YOU DRSED LIKE STAR TREK CHARACTERS.”“IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR MY BRA TO PROCS WHERE I WAS,” HE ADDS. “IT’S SORT OF LIKE WHEN THE SHIP ME OVER THE HORIZON TO THE NEW WORLD: WHAT PEOPLE MT HAVE THOUGHT SEEG THE SHIPS RISE OVER THE HORIZON. IT’S LIKE, OH MY GOD, LIKE AN ALIEN WORLD.” OR, PERHAPS, SUFFERG A BAD FALL AT THE BED AND BREAKFAST YOU N, WAKG UP, AND SUDNLY THE GHOSTS OF A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER AND A BOY SUT LEAR WH AN ARROW HIS NECK ARE TALKG TO YOU. AT THE TIME THE PILOT SCRIPT FOR GHOSTS ME HIS WAY 2021, JON HAD BEEN WORKG ON A PILOT HE HAD SOLD TO NBC THAT HE WAS GOG TO STAR , BUT WHICH HADN’T GONE FORWARD AT THE WORK. HE REMEMBERS THKG HOW FUNNY THE GHOSTS SCRIPT WAS, BUT ALSO THAT HE WOULD NEVER BOOK THE ROLE: “THEY’LL NEVER THK OF ME AS A SOLDIER. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE THAT.” BUT THE SEND HE STARTED READG THE L FOR HIS DN, JT FELT RIGHT. THE STYLE OF REMD HIM OF THE MOVIE CLUE, “LIKE AN ENSEMBLE PIECE OF SANE CHARACTERS NNG AROUND THE HOE TOGETHER.”WHILE WAS OBV OM THE WAY ISAAC SPOKE AND BEHAVED THE PILOT THAT HE WAS CLOSETED, THERE WAS ONE THG THAT WASN’T REVEALED RIGHT AWAY: THAT HIS LAST NAME IS HIGGTOOT. JON ONLY FOUND THAT OUT WHEN SHOOTG STARTED AND THERE WAS A PROP WIKIPEDIA PAGE THAT HAD BEEN CREATED FOR ISAAC ON SET, REVEALG HIS FULL NAME AS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT. “I THOUGHT WAS SO FUNNY.” (EDOR’S NOTE: IT IS. I’VE GIGGLED EACH TIME I’VE WRTEN THIS PIECE.)WHEN ME TO TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO BE A CLOSETED GAY SOLDIER THE REVOLUTNARY WAR, THERE WASN’T EXACTLY A TROVE OF FIRSTHAND ACUNTS TO ME AS REARCH. “I TRIED TO THK OF THIS TERMS OF, IF NOT THE CHARACTER THAT EXISTED THEN, BUT AS ONE WHO HAS ALSO EXISTED FOR 250 YEARS,” JON SAID. “LIKE, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OVER TIME?” PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG AS A BASELE, HE LLED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIERS THROUGH POP CULTURE, OM PROJECTS LIKE THE PATRT, THE JOHN ADAMS MISERI, AND, OF URSE, HATON. (A HILAR NNG JOKE GHOSTS IS ISAAC’S PAST RIVALRY WH ALEXANR HATON AND HIS BTER BAFFLEMENT THAT HE BEME SUCH AN INIC FIGURE THROUGH THE BROADWAY MIL.) GROWG UP BEL AIR, MARYLAND, JON ALSO VISED COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG OFTEN AS A KID, SO HE WENT THROUGH HIS BRA’S FIL OF WHAT HE LEARNED ON THOSE TRIPS. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A EDY SERI, “I WANTED THERE TO BE A SKELETON OF TTH TO THE HISTORIL EXPERIENCE,” HE SAYS, MAKG HIMSELF LGH. “THAT’S GOG TO BE THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: A SKELETON OF TTH.’”ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THGS ABOUT GHOSTS IS THAT, BY HAVG A ST OF GHOSTS REPRENTG SO MANY ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY—AND THE BIAS THAT MAY HAVE EXISTED DURG THOSE PERDS— PORTRAYS THE UTOPIAN IAL OF HOW TIME AND MUNY N LEAD TO MORAL EVOLUTN AND ACCEPTANCE. EVEN WHEN TO ONE’S SELF.“I THK THERE’S A WORLD WHERE ISAAC PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW THE RT OF THE GHOSTS WOULD REACT,” JON SAYS ABOUT ISAAC’S G OUT STORYLE. “HE PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW HE WAS GOG TO REACT.” THERE’S ALSO A LOT ABOUT THAT ARC THAT LIGHTLY TOUCH ON TODAY’S SOCPOLIL DISURSE, WHICH PEOPLE STAND THEIR MORAL GROUND ON SO-LLED “NTROVERSIAL” ISSU LIKE LGBT RIGHTS BEE ’S WHAT THE FOUNDG FATHERS “WANTED.” ISAAC VERY WELL ULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE GROUP THAT MA THOSE CISNS—YET THE TTH OF HIS VERY SELF WAS MA TOO AGONIZG TO ACCEPT BEE OF THOSE VERY PEOPLE.“HE’S A GUY WHO EXISTED AT A TIME HISTORY WHEN HE ABSOLUTELY ULDN’T BE WHO HE WAS, AND HE WAS ALSO PART OF CREATG A LONGSTANDG LEGACY THAT PEOPLE STILL REFER BACK TO—REFERENCG WHAT PEOPLE THAT TIME PERD THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW RIDICULOLY WRONG WAS,” JON SAYS. “I THK THERE’S SOMETHG SUBVERSIVE ABOUT THAT.”THERE’S A VALID ARGUMENT THAT ’S SILLY OR ANTIQUATED TO, 2023, TREAT A G OUT STORYLE ON WORK TV AS SOMETHG STILL PROGRSIVE AND MEANGFUL. IT’S BEEN S SCE ELLEN AND WILL & GRACE. OVER 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED SCE KURT STGGLED TO E OUT ON GLEE. LGBT CHARACTERS ON BROADST SERI HAVE BEEN STEADILY ON THE RISE. YET THERE STILL IS NO DISUNTG THAT WATCHG ISAAC E TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY AND HIS FORT LEVEL EXPRSG IS MOVG, EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND PROGRS. (TRY WATCHG THE GHOSTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OM EARLIER THE SEASON WHOUT TEARG UP.) GHOSTS, AGA, IS THE NUMBER ONE EDY ON TV RIGHT NOW, ON A WORK WH A WI, MASTREAM REACH THAT CLUS BROAD MOGRAPHICS. AND ’S VTG ONE OF S BIGGT STORYL A PERSON’S EXPERIENCE NAVIGATG THEIR SEXUALY— AN EXTREMELY POSIVE WAY, TO BOOT. “THAT’S WHAT BLOWS MY MD,” JON SAYS, REFERENCG AGA WHAT 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON WOULD THK.JON’ MOST HIGH-PROFILE ACTG JOBS HAVE BEEN PLAYG GAY MEN, AND, THE OTHER TWO AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, EMBRACG A EEG UNAPOLOGETIC ATTU AND FLAMBOYANCE. THGS ARE A B MORE UNRSTATED WHEN TO CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON GHOSTS (GIGGLG AGA), BUT THAT’S THE POT—AND, FOR HIM, WHY ’S BEEN SO REWARDG TO PLAY.“I DON’T KNOW IF THE SEXUALY HAS ANYTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH,” HE SAYS, THEN ONCE AGA LGHG. “THAT’S ANOTHER GREAT TLE FOR THE PIECE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: THE SEXUALY HAS NOTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH.’”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. KEV FALLON
• REBEL WILSON SISTED ON STG A GAY ACTOR FOR GAY CHARACTER ‘ISN’T IT ROMANTIC’

Y BRANDON STT JON IS GAY: MEET HIS PARTNER

Brandon Stt Jon has publilly e out as gay.

THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYPBRANDON STT JON IS THE FLAMG HEART OF “ISN’T IT ROMANTIC.”{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;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019/5:40 {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:1200PX;WIDTH:2864PX;}ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER BROS.BY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 13, 2019 / 5:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS BREAKOUT ROM-COM STAR IS EMBRACG BIG GAY STEREOTYP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-13T22:40:04.000+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":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}HOLLYWOOD HAS FOUND A NEW GAY BTIE BRANDON STT {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;}ISN’T IT ROMANTIC STARS PCH PERFECT’S REBEL WILSON AS NATALIE, A NEW YORK CY ARCHECT WHO EXPLIBLY FDS HERSELF THE LEADG LADY A ROMANTIC EDY. NAVIGATG RIDICULOLY UNREALISTIC ROM- TROP THIS ALTERNATE PG-13 UNIVERSE, NATALIE GETS A FLAMBOYANT NFIDANT PLAYED BY JON, AN UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA EDIAN WHO’S NO STRANGER TO GAY {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;}AFTER STEALG SCEN TV EDI THE OTHER TWO AND THE GOOD PLACE, JON EXPLAS WHY HE’S NEVER AAID TO QUEEN OUT FOR A LGH.ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 11: BRANDON STT JON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF WARNER BROS. PICTUR' "ISN'T IT ROMANTIC" AT THE THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL ON FEBARY 11, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAG){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’VE BEEN SEEG A LOT OF YOU LATELY. I FEEL LIKE YOU’RE HAVG A {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;}IT MIGHT BE A MOMENT. MAYBE ’S MORE LIKE A SEND THAT’S LEADG TO A MOMENT? IT DO SEEM LIKE ALL THE THGS ARE HAPPENG AT {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;}NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS {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;}WELL, MY GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE SHORTT REER POSSIBLE, WHERE ALL MY PROJECTS E OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND EVERYONE’S IMMEDIATELY SICK OF {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;}YOU HAVE A SMALL BUT PIVOTAL ROLE AS A ED BOOK BUYER CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? ARE YOU TAKG CRED FOR THE FILM’S SUCCS?{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;}FULL CRED, ABSOLUTELY. MELISSA MCCARTHY AND RICHARD E. GRANT ACTUALLY TEXTED TO THANK ME AFTER RECEIVG THEIR OSR NOMATNS. [LGHS] THE MOVIE’S SO GREAT, AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE A PART OF {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;}WHAT WAS LIKE TO SHOOT YOUR NONTATNAL BOOKSTORE SCENE WH MELISSA?{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;}SHE’S A EDIC IN, SO WAS A THRILL. I THK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTG, AND I WAS SO EXCED. AFTER MY FIRST TAKE, THE DIRECTOR, MARIELLE HELLER, SAID, “BRANDON, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS ISN’T A BROAD EDY.” I WAS LIKE, “OH!”CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME?/FOX {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;}TELL ME ABOUT DONNY, YOUR CHARACTER ISN’T {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;}REBEL’S CHARACTER, NATALIE, TALKS ABOUT HOW EVERYONE ROM-S IS A TERRIBLE STEREOTYPE, AND DONNY FILLS THE STEREOTYPE OF THE GAY BT IEND. IT DRAWS ON HOW TWO-DIMENSNAL THOSE CHARACTERS WERE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT DONNY IS ALSO A FUN, LOVG GUY WHO’S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE JOURNEY NATALIE’S ON, LEARNG TO LOVE HERSELF, SO HE KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER SI OF THAT RABOW LOOKS {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;}EVEN THOUGH HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE A RITURE OF A GAY MAN, “SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, LIKE, 100 YEARS,” DONNY ULD’VE BEEN MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE. WAS THAT A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE?{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;}THAT WAS FELY ON OUR MDS. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO PUNCH UP WHEN YOU’RE DOG EDY, AND YOU NEVER WANT TO MAKE FUN OF MARGALIZED MUNI. IT WAS A NVERSATN I HAD WH OUR DIRECTOR, TODD STRSS-SCHULSON, THAT STARTED BEFORE I HAD THE PART. IN MY LAST DN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DIDN’T WANT DONNY TO BE OFFENSIVE. WHAT WE FOUND THAT FOCED THE PERFORMANCE IS THE IA THAT HE’S FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE HIMSELF, WHICH HAS EED HIM UP TO LOVE THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. I ALWAYS TRIED TO PLAY THAT HE LOV NATALIE AND DON’T RE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THK. BUT HE’S ALSO REPRENTG THIS ROM- WORLD, SO THE EDIAN SI OF ME WANTED TO HEIGHTEN {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;}WHOUT GIVG TOO MUCH AWAY, WE DISVER THERE’S MORE TO DONNY THAN MEETS THE EYE. DID THAT REMPTN GIVE YOU THE EEDOM TO GO BIGGER?{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;}YEAH, ONCE YOU SEE HIS MONOLOGUE AT THE END, CELEBRATG THE LOVE HE HAS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS, YOU REALIZE THAT HE ISN’T JT A STEREOTYPE. THAT DID ALLOW ME TO GO OVER THE TOP, PLAY AROUND, AND BE REALLY {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;}HAVE YOU SEEN ANYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA MISSG THE JOKE OR JUDGG YOUR CHARACTER BASED SOLELY ON THE TRAILER?{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 HAVEN’T READ TOO MUCH, BUT THAT’S CROSSED MY PUTER SCREEN A UPLE TIM. IT’S ALWAYS ON THE BACK OF MY BRA. BUT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THIS ROM- WORLD AND THOSE TROP THAT EXISTED FOR SO LONG. I HOPE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY DONNY’S SETTG GAY RIGHTS BACK, ’S BEE NATALIE IS MORE AWARE, MORE SOCIALLY NSC, AND HOPEFULLY THE VOICE OF OUR MORN {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;}DID YOU BASE DONNY ON ANY SPECIFIC FICTNAL GAY BT IENDS?{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;}NOT SO MUCH GAY BT IENDS, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL RNN. THE ’90S WERE SUCH A PEAK ERA FOR ROM-S, AND I LOVE HOW MUCH MICHELE, LISA KUDROW’S CHARACTER, LOV HER BT IEND, SO I WANTED TO PLAY WH THAT KD OF LOVE AND EXCEMENT. GOG WAY BACK, ANOTHER SPIRATN WAS ROSALD RSELL AUNTIE MAME. [LGHS] NOT THAT WHAT I’M DOG IS ANYWHERE NEAR THOSE TWO INIC PERFORMANC, BUT THAT LT FOR LIFE AND LOVE FOR OTHERS REALLY DROVE HOME FOR ME.ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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;}DO YOU HAVE A NATALIE YOUR LIFE?{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;}MY BT IENDS ARE BOTH STRAIGHT WOMEN, AND I’M VERY VTED THEIR LIV, SO I ALSO DREW A LOT OF SPIRATN OM THOSE RELATNSHIPS. I CURRENTLY LIVE WH ONE OF THEM, AND I’LL JT BURST TO HER ROOM WHETHER SHE ASKS ME TO OR {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;}DONNY HAS SOME GREAT ONE-LERS AND TCHPHRAS. ANY FAVOR?{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;}DONNY SAYS “BOOCH” A LOT, AND I’VE BEEN SAYG THAT A LOT REAL LIFE SCE PLAYG HIM. LIKE, “WHAT’S UP, BOOCH?” WHEN REBEL AND I TEXT OR HANG OUT, THAT’S STILL HOW WE REFER TO EACH OTHER. I LOVE {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;}OH, WHEN YOU AND REBEL HANG? NO BIG {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;}[LGHS] WHO, ME AND REBS? WHAT? WE’RE BFFS!{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;}DONNY ALSO GIV A LOT OF LOOK—BOLD PATTERNS, PLAIDS, AND FLORALS. HOW DO HIS STYLE PARE TO YOURS?{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;}DONNY HAS THE STYLE I WISH I HAD. I WISH I ULD VISUALIZE AND PULL OFF AN OUTF THE WAY HE DO. I’M A JEANS AND T-SHIRT KD OF GUY, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORE PARTS OF PLAYG DONNY WAS ALL THE STUME FTGS, WHERE WE TRIED ON TONS OF DOLCE & GABBANA. THERE WERE SO MANY MOMENTS I’D BE WEARG A HEADWRAP, ALL THE SRV, AND WE’D BE LIKE, “IS THIS TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH?”{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;}AT ONE POT HE WEARS A PURPLE BANDANA. DID YOU REFER TO THE GAY HANKY ON THAT?{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 DIDN’T. WHAT DO MEAN?ISN'T IT ROMANTIC/WARNER {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;}PIERCGS, HAS OR {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;}OH, RIGHT! I ACTUALLY LIKE TO CHECK ON THAT CHART EVERY NOW AND THEN. I’M SURE DONNY IS VERY TO PIERCGS. HE PROBABLY WENT THROUGH A PHASE WHERE HE WAS GOG TO GIVE GO HIMSELF BUT HURT TOO {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;}YOU ALSO ROCK A SNAZZY LEATHER JACKET WHILE RIDG A {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;}YOU KNOW WHAT’S CRAZY? I GOT THAT LEATHER JACKET AS A GIFT AT THE END OF SHOOTG. I LOVED WEARG SO MUCH, I WAS JT PRANCG AROUND THE SET , SO SIX WEEKS LATER THEY ME TO MY TRAILER AND GAVE TO ME. I WAS SO MOVED. IT’S HANGG MY BEDROOM RIGHT {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;}FOR THE MOVIE’S BIG FALE, YOU GOT TO DANCE TO MADONNA’S “EXPRS YOURSELF” ALONGSI REBEL, PRIYANKA CHOPRA, ADAM DEVE, BETTY GILP, AND LIAM HEMSWORTH. COULD YOU APPRECIATE THE SURREALY OF THAT MOMENT, OR WERE YOU TOO FOCED ON THE MOV?{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;}[LGHS] I WAS NERVO ABOUT HTG THE CHOREOGRAPHY! YOU SHOULD’VE SEEN ME REHEARSAL—I THK PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS HOPELS—BUT BETTY GILP WAS A REAL ROCK AND HELPED ME THROUGH . I’M A HUGE FAN OF MILS, SO TO BE A PART OF THIS BIG MOVIE MIL MOMENT, DANCG ONT OF GRAND CENTRAL... I ACTUALLY TOOK ALL ON MY R RI HOME, LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK DID I JT DO?!{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;}WE BRIEFLY MEET DONNY’S BOYIEND, PLAYED BY EDIAN AND SNL WRER BOWEN YANG. THAT MT’VE BEEN A FUN DAY ON {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;}HE AND I WERE JT REMISCG ABOUT THE OTHER DAY. WE SHARE AN ON-SCREEN KISS, WHICH IS PRETTY OL BEE THE NUMBER OF HETERO KISS YOU SEE MASTREAM MOVI STILL DWARFS SAME-SEX KISS. I’VE KNOWN BOWEN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SO WE KEPT LOOKG AT EACH OTHER ON SET, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I N’T BELIEVE THIS IS {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;}SPEAKG OF GAY IENDSHIPS, YOU PLAY WAER CURTIS, A BUDDY OF DREW TARVER’S PROTAGONIST, ON COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE OTHER {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;}YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCED BY THE IA OF PLAYG WHATEVER THE MORN VERSN IS OF TWO PLATONIC GAY IENDS. MY PLATONIC GAY IENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN SO REWARDG, SO EXPLORG THAT PART OF THE CHARACTER HAS BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC. I LOVE THE SHOW’S CREATORS, CHRIS KELLY AND SARAH SCHNEIR, AND DREW IS A IEND OF ME, SO WAS ANOTHER AMAZG EXPERIENCE WHERE I GOT TO WORK WH PEOPLE I ALREADY RPECTED AND ADMIRED.THE GOOD PLACE/{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;}YOU ALSO POPPED UP LAST MONTH AS AFTERLIFE NEWER JOHN WHEATON, A FORMER GOSSIP BLOGGER, ON THE THIRD SEASON FALE OF THE GOOD {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;}THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL BEE D’ARCY CARN, WHO PLAYS JA, IS ONE OF MY BT IENDS. SHE AND I HAVE BEEN DOG EDY TOGETHER AT UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS, SO BEG TOGETHER ON HER H NBC SHOW WAS ANOTHER MOMENT I ULDN’T BELIEVE WAS ACTUALLY {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;}IT WASN’T MA EXPLIC, BUT IS SAFE TO ASSUME JOHN IS GAY?{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;}IT’S FUNNY BEE THAT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP TO ME EHER, BUT THAT WAS SORT OF THE CHOICE I WAS MAKG, SO Y, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUS HE’S PROBABLY {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;}HOPEFULLY YOU’LL GET TO EXPLORE THAT NEXT {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;}WOULDN’T THAT BE FUN?{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 YOU MENTNED, YOU’RE A UCB VETERAN. WAS THERE A TIME EARLY YOUR EDY REER THAT YOU DOWNPLAYED YOUR SEXUALY?{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;}DEFELY, YEAH, BUT I WAS SPIRED BY SEEG OTHER EDIANS BEG A LOT BRAVER THAN I WAS. I SAW THE SUCCS AND PERSONAL REWARDS THEY GOT JT OM BEG THEMSELV, DOG THEIR MOST HONT MATERIAL, AND MA ME FEEL LIKE I ULD ALSO START EXPLORG THAT AND EXPRSG {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 ENJOY SEEG YOU EDY SHOWS WH ALL-GAY LE-UPS LIKE LIVE ON BROADGAY, WE WILL TURN YOU GAY, AND GAY PRI IMPROV {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;}WE’RE BEG PLETELY OURSELV WHEN WE DO THOSE SHOWS, SO WE’RE ALL HAVG THE TIME OF OUR LIV. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I JT DO ME, TAK AWAY THE BULLSH AND LETS ME HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS POSSIBLE. 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Also, Read: Tom Wellg Gay Rumors, He Has Kids Wh His Wife Jsi Rose Lee, Net Worth Explored. Brandon Stt Jon, one of the proment actors the film dtry, has been the limelight of the media recently as he me out and publicly admted to beg gay. As the famo Actor prevly played many rol movi and seri as a homosexual, cludg The Other Two and The Good Place, where people liked his actg him beg gay.

However, after he opened up about beg gay not only on screen but real life, people started negatively mentg based on his sexual orientatn. Brandon Stt Jon Gay (Source: Instagram).

In addn, he has helped spreadg social awarens about solvg the problems which homosexual people are ntuoly facg. Cse of Death Explaed: Was He Gay?

THE RISE OF BRANDON STT JON: THE GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER GHOST STEALG HEARTSFABULOUSLY DEAD“GHOSTS” STAR BRANDON STT JON TALKS ALL THE HILAR AND HEARTWARMG PERKS OF PLAYG CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON THE H CBS EDY SERI AND HIS HUGE BREAKOUT YEAR.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDPUBLISHED JAN. 19, 2023 4:51AM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY LUIS G. RENDON/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYDPE BEG A “GHOST”—AND NTRARY TO THAT KD’S REPUTATN FOR CG A CHILL—BRANDON STT JON DO NOT ENJOY THE LD. YET HE HAS ENOUGH WTER WEATHER GEAR TO PETE THE IDAROD.THE LOS ANGEL-BASED ACTOR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCG WEATHER WHIPLASH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS HE TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH TO THE MONTREAL SET OF THE CBS EDY GHOSTS. IN THE SERI, ABOUT A BED AND BREAKFAST OWNER WHO HS HER HEAD AND WAK UP DISVERG THAT SHE N SEE AND SPEAK WH THE SPIRS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ON THE PROPERTY, JON PLAYS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT, A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DYSENTERY. ISAAC AND HIS FELLOW GHOSTS OM OVER THE S—A PROHIBN-ERA JAZZ SGER, A NATIVE AMERIN, A DOUCHEBAG VTMENT BANKER—SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSI TRAVERSG THE GROUNDS OF THE MANOR’S SET, PERHAPS THE ONLY ASPECT OF SHOOTG GHOSTS THAT HASN’T BEEN A JOY FOR JON.BACK OCTOBER, JON WALKED TO A NORTH FACE STORE MONTREAL. “I SAID, ‘HI, I LIVE L.A. I AM NERVO ABOUT THE WTER.’ THE WOMAN WAS LIKE, ‘SAY NO MORE,’ AND SHE BROUGHT ME TO A BACK ROOM WHERE WAS, LIKE, KEVLAR SUS,” HE SAYS. “SO I HAVE THIS BIG, BULKY BLACK AT. I AM OBSSED WH . IT IS KEEPG ME ALIVE.” THE PURCHASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR WEARG ON A TELEVISN SET, “BUT I N NOW WHSTAND WHATEVER IS A BIATHLON ATHLETE DO.” PHOTO BY JONATHAN WENK/CBS VIA GETTY IMAG WHEN JON PHON THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, HE’S TAKG SHELTER OM THE LD WHILE SHOOTG GHOSTS’ SEASON 2 FALE. ASKED TO REVEAL EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENS, HE LGHS. “SURE. JT TELL ME YOUR LAWYER’S NAME AND I’LL BE ASKG HIM TO REPRENT ME.”IT’S A B OF A SURREAL MOMENT JON’ REER. NOT ONLY IS HE WRAPPG A SEND SEASON OF HIS SHOW, BUT WHEN WE NEXT TALK TO HIM, ’S THE BALLROOM AT A HOTEL LOS ANGEL, WHERE THE CRICS CHOICE AWARDS HAD JT TAKEN PLACE. HE HAD SWAPPED HIS FLUFFY PARKA FOR A BONAIR GOLD TUXEDO JACKET WH BLACK TRIM, AS BOTH HE AND GHOSTS WERE NOMATED—HIM FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR A COMEDY AND THE SHOW FOR BT COMEDY SERI. IN BETWEEN CHATS WH HIS BT IEND AND DATE FOR THE NIGHT, D’ARCY CARN (THE GOOD PLACE, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN), AND BILLY EICHNER (BROS, BILLY ON THE STREET), HE MARVELED WH OVER THE UNEXPECTED SUCCS OF BOTH THE SHOW AND OF HIMSELF.THE SERI HAS BEE A HEADLE-MAKG H FOR CBS— S ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK THAT HAD BEEN RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON, THE WORK TOUTED GHOSTS AS THE TOP EDY ON TELEVISN LIVE AND STREAMG VIEWERSHIP OVER A WEEK. ALONGSI ABC’S ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, ’S BEEN HERALD AS AN EXAMPLE THAT THE BROADST EDY ISN’T JT MAKG A EBACK TERMS OF VIEWERSHIP, BUT CRIL AND MEDIA BUZZ AS WELL.IT’S ALSO THE BIGGT SHOWSE JON HAS HAD TH FAR HIS REER. AFTER PERFORMG WH THE UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA THEATER BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGEL, HE BEGAN BOOKG RECURRG ROL ON SERI LIKE THE GOOD PLACE AND THE OTHER TWO. HIS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH WAS A MEMORABLE SUPPORTG ROLE THE REBEL WILSON-STARRG SATIRE ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, PLAYG WILSON’S FLAMBOYANTLY GAY NEIGHBOR AND NFIDANT HER ROM- FANTASY WORLD. GHOSTS IS HIS FIRST REGULAR SERI ROLE, AND, BEYOND THE PLATFORM ’S GIVEN HIM, RRI SPECIAL MEANG.WHILE, Y, GHOSTS IS A VERY FUNNY EDY CENTERED AROUND THE HIJKS THAT ENSUE WHEN A MORN WOMAN SUDNLY MT AL WH THE MANDS OF GHOSTS OM DIFFERENT ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY, ’S ALSO SURPRISGLY POIGNANT. THE SHOW EXPLOR WHAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE OM DIFFERENT GENERATNS (SPANNG HUNDREDS OF YEARS) TO BE FORCED TO EVOLVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE WORLD—AND OF THEMSELV—AS THEY GROW ACCTOMED TO CHANGG TIM. THE EMOTNAL RE OF THAT IS ISAAC’S STORYLE, AS HE FALLY ADMS TO HIMSELF, AND THEN TO HIS FELLOW GHOSTS, THAT HE’S GAY, RECKONS WH 250 YEARS OF BEG CLOSETED, AND FALLY STARTS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER (AD) SOLDIER.“IF YOU WERE TO TELL 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON THAT THIS IS THE CHARACTER HE’S PLAYG ON TELEVISN, WOULD BLOW HIS MD,” JON, WHO IS GAY, SAYS. “I JT DIDN’T SEE TOO MANY CHARACTERS LIKE THIS ON A S. OR IF YOU DID SEE THEM AT ALL, A LOT OF TIM WAS VERY, VERY DRAMATIC, VERY, VERY PAFUL STORI.” FOR JON, THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE FELT LIKE BEG SHOT OUT OF A NNON TO A DIFFERENT ECHELON OF THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY, AFTER A REER AS A JOURNEYMAN CHARACTER ACTOR AND EDY WRER. IT’S BEEN AN UNMOORG EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE THAT HAS RONATED AND PIERCED THE DISORIENTG CHAOS OF PRS JUNKETS, TALK SHOW APPEARANC, AND, NOW, WALKG DOWN RED RPETS OF AWARDS SHOWS AS AN ACTG NOMEE BEE OF HOW PERSONALLY SIGNIFINT ISAAC’S STORYLE HAS BEEN.STILL, THAT CHAOS HAS BEEN…CHAOTIC.“I TEND TO GET OVERWHELMED VERY EASILY, SO I SOMETIM END UP SHRKG A LTLE B,” HE SAYS. “I REMEMBER THE DAY OF COMICCON, WAS ALMOST LIKE A LUCID DREAM. LIKE, YOU WAKE UP AT FIVE THE MORNG AND YOU’RE GETTG YOUR HAIR AND MAKP DONE. CERTALY, YOU DIDN’T SLEEP WELL THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO ALREADY SORT OF FEELS LIKE YOU’RE ASLEEP. AND THEN YOU’RE ON A ROOFTOP AND YOU’RE HAVG REALLY NICE FFEE WH ONE OUTLET, AND THE NEXT THG YOU KNOW, YOU’RE ON A YACHT AND YOU’RE DANCG. AND THEN YOU’RE WALKG TO THE NEXT EVENT, WATCHG PEOPLE PASS BY YOU DRSED LIKE STAR TREK CHARACTERS.”“IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR MY BRA TO PROCS WHERE I WAS,” HE ADDS. “IT’S SORT OF LIKE WHEN THE SHIP ME OVER THE HORIZON TO THE NEW WORLD: WHAT PEOPLE MT HAVE THOUGHT SEEG THE SHIPS RISE OVER THE HORIZON. IT’S LIKE, OH MY GOD, LIKE AN ALIEN WORLD.” OR, PERHAPS, SUFFERG A BAD FALL AT THE BED AND BREAKFAST YOU N, WAKG UP, AND SUDNLY THE GHOSTS OF A REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIER AND A BOY SUT LEAR WH AN ARROW HIS NECK ARE TALKG TO YOU. AT THE TIME THE PILOT SCRIPT FOR GHOSTS ME HIS WAY 2021, JON HAD BEEN WORKG ON A PILOT HE HAD SOLD TO NBC THAT HE WAS GOG TO STAR , BUT WHICH HADN’T GONE FORWARD AT THE WORK. HE REMEMBERS THKG HOW FUNNY THE GHOSTS SCRIPT WAS, BUT ALSO THAT HE WOULD NEVER BOOK THE ROLE: “THEY’LL NEVER THK OF ME AS A SOLDIER. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE THAT.” BUT THE SEND HE STARTED READG THE L FOR HIS DN, JT FELT RIGHT. THE STYLE OF REMD HIM OF THE MOVIE CLUE, “LIKE AN ENSEMBLE PIECE OF SANE CHARACTERS NNG AROUND THE HOE TOGETHER.”WHILE WAS OBV OM THE WAY ISAAC SPOKE AND BEHAVED THE PILOT THAT HE WAS CLOSETED, THERE WAS ONE THG THAT WASN’T REVEALED RIGHT AWAY: THAT HIS LAST NAME IS HIGGTOOT. JON ONLY FOUND THAT OUT WHEN SHOOTG STARTED AND THERE WAS A PROP WIKIPEDIA PAGE THAT HAD BEEN CREATED FOR ISAAC ON SET, REVEALG HIS FULL NAME AS CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT. “I THOUGHT WAS SO FUNNY.” (EDOR’S NOTE: IT IS. I’VE GIGGLED EACH TIME I’VE WRTEN THIS PIECE.)WHEN ME TO TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO BE A CLOSETED GAY SOLDIER THE REVOLUTNARY WAR, THERE WASN’T EXACTLY A TROVE OF FIRSTHAND ACUNTS TO ME AS REARCH. “I TRIED TO THK OF THIS TERMS OF, IF NOT THE CHARACTER THAT EXISTED THEN, BUT AS ONE WHO HAS ALSO EXISTED FOR 250 YEARS,” JON SAID. “LIKE, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OVER TIME?” PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG AS A BASELE, HE LLED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT REVOLUTNARY WAR SOLDIERS THROUGH POP CULTURE, OM PROJECTS LIKE THE PATRT, THE JOHN ADAMS MISERI, AND, OF URSE, HATON. (A HILAR NNG JOKE GHOSTS IS ISAAC’S PAST RIVALRY WH ALEXANR HATON AND HIS BTER BAFFLEMENT THAT HE BEME SUCH AN INIC FIGURE THROUGH THE BROADWAY MIL.) GROWG UP BEL AIR, MARYLAND, JON ALSO VISED COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG OFTEN AS A KID, SO HE WENT THROUGH HIS BRA’S FIL OF WHAT HE LEARNED ON THOSE TRIPS. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A EDY SERI, “I WANTED THERE TO BE A SKELETON OF TTH TO THE HISTORIL EXPERIENCE,” HE SAYS, MAKG HIMSELF LGH. “THAT’S GOG TO BE THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: A SKELETON OF TTH.’”ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THGS ABOUT GHOSTS IS THAT, BY HAVG A ST OF GHOSTS REPRENTG SO MANY ERAS OF AMERIN HISTORY—AND THE BIAS THAT MAY HAVE EXISTED DURG THOSE PERDS— PORTRAYS THE UTOPIAN IAL OF HOW TIME AND MUNY N LEAD TO MORAL EVOLUTN AND ACCEPTANCE. EVEN WHEN TO ONE’S SELF.“I THK THERE’S A WORLD WHERE ISAAC PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW THE RT OF THE GHOSTS WOULD REACT,” JON SAYS ABOUT ISAAC’S G OUT STORYLE. “HE PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW HE WAS GOG TO REACT.” THERE’S ALSO A LOT ABOUT THAT ARC THAT LIGHTLY TOUCH ON TODAY’S SOCPOLIL DISURSE, WHICH PEOPLE STAND THEIR MORAL GROUND ON SO-LLED “NTROVERSIAL” ISSU LIKE LGBT RIGHTS BEE ’S WHAT THE FOUNDG FATHERS “WANTED.” ISAAC VERY WELL ULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE GROUP THAT MA THOSE CISNS—YET THE TTH OF HIS VERY SELF WAS MA TOO AGONIZG TO ACCEPT BEE OF THOSE VERY PEOPLE.“HE’S A GUY WHO EXISTED AT A TIME HISTORY WHEN HE ABSOLUTELY ULDN’T BE WHO HE WAS, AND HE WAS ALSO PART OF CREATG A LONGSTANDG LEGACY THAT PEOPLE STILL REFER BACK TO—REFERENCG WHAT PEOPLE THAT TIME PERD THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW RIDICULOLY WRONG WAS,” JON SAYS. “I THK THERE’S SOMETHG SUBVERSIVE ABOUT THAT.”THERE’S A VALID ARGUMENT THAT ’S SILLY OR ANTIQUATED TO, 2023, TREAT A G OUT STORYLE ON WORK TV AS SOMETHG STILL PROGRSIVE AND MEANGFUL. IT’S BEEN S SCE ELLEN AND WILL & GRACE. OVER 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED SCE KURT STGGLED TO E OUT ON GLEE. LGBT CHARACTERS ON BROADST SERI HAVE BEEN STEADILY ON THE RISE. YET THERE STILL IS NO DISUNTG THAT WATCHG ISAAC E TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY AND HIS FORT LEVEL EXPRSG IS MOVG, EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND PROGRS. (TRY WATCHG THE GHOSTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OM EARLIER THE SEASON WHOUT TEARG UP.) GHOSTS, AGA, IS THE NUMBER ONE EDY ON TV RIGHT NOW, ON A WORK WH A WI, MASTREAM REACH THAT CLUS BROAD MOGRAPHICS. AND ’S VTG ONE OF S BIGGT STORYL A PERSON’S EXPERIENCE NAVIGATG THEIR SEXUALY— AN EXTREMELY POSIVE WAY, TO BOOT. “THAT’S WHAT BLOWS MY MD,” JON SAYS, REFERENCG AGA WHAT 12-YEAR-OLD BRANDON WOULD THK.JON’ MOST HIGH-PROFILE ACTG JOBS HAVE BEEN PLAYG GAY MEN, AND, THE OTHER TWO AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, EMBRACG A EEG UNAPOLOGETIC ATTU AND FLAMBOYANCE. THGS ARE A B MORE UNRSTATED WHEN TO CAPTA ISAAC HIGGTOOT ON GHOSTS (GIGGLG AGA), BUT THAT’S THE POT—AND, FOR HIM, WHY ’S BEEN SO REWARDG TO PLAY.“I DON’T KNOW IF THE SEXUALY HAS ANYTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH,” HE SAYS, THEN ONCE AGA LGHG. “THAT’S ANOTHER GREAT TLE FOR THE PIECE. ‘BRANDON STT JON: THE SEXUALY HAS NOTHG TO DO WH THE APPROACH.’”KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. KEV FALLON

You might remember Brandon Stt Jon as the sassy gay iend Isn’t It Romantic (2019). Brandon has played his fair share of gay characters on-screen jtifyg his role.

Due to the lack of rmatn regardg his potential future wife and possible girliend, many assume him to be gay real life as well. Ghosts, CBS and Paramount+'s #1 new edy, is wng fans wh s lightfully hilar ensemble of ghosts om diverse backgrounds and time perds, but one character, particular, is standg out to seri, based on a Brish one of the same name, follows a young uple (Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar) who her an old hoe, and when they try to turn to a bed and breakfast, they learn that 's hnted by a group of eccentric ghosts that only one of them n early favore is a Revolutnary War officer named Capta Isaac Higgtoot, played wh a mix of proper perd puffg of the cht and eply relatable queer sensibili by out actor Brandon Stt has played his fair share of gay characters we love shows like The Other Two and The Good Place, but this is the most time he's got to spend velopg one character. '""Then to sort of play this character who has held onto that moment for much longer than any human uld ever hold onto for almost two and a half centuri, was so kd of sad, but also really, really excg to me to play as an actor, " he 's also exced to get to play a character who so plaly reprents Ameri and s history, and is also gay.

"Now that he's portrayg a gay character wh such a flhed-out journey, Jon also talked about what gay character om his younger years he remembers seeg himself . ""I thk to me, that was the first time I really saw a gay character on screen, and I didn't even know he was gay. Bee Brandon is an openly gay actor, Rebel Wilson fought hard to st him as the “gay bt iend” the anti-rom-.

REBEL WILSON SISTED ON STG A GAY ACTOR FOR GAY CHARACTER ‘ISN’T IT ROMANTIC’

“It was really important to me that we st an openly gay actor for the role of Donny so that the character uld not any way be nsted as mockg a gay guy, ” the Senr Year actor explaed to the LA Tim.

“I thk we make a really clever ment about how gay characters have been margalized the past few s, ” she ntued.

Relatnships and girliendsBrandon’s rather secretive when to talkg about his love life, and although he often jok about , he hasn’t spoken of a sgle woman, or perhaps a man whom he’s been of his fans on the ter have claimed that the popular edian’s perhaps gay, and that he’s havg a hard time g out of the closet; there are also some mors about Brandon havg been spotted kissg his supposed boyiend at a Los Angel club, but no evince has been provid to support ’s also been some talk on the ter about Brandon datg a non-celebry Amerin woman, havg met on a bld date, but this hasn’t been nfirmed eher. Ghosts is CBS's naway new edy h, and we love learng more about each dividual of our favore characters on the show is, of urse, the gay Revolutnary War Capta Isaac Higgtoot, played by Brandon Stt Jon. One thg most romantic edi have mon, bis makeover montag and unrealistic real tate, is the archetypal gay bt iend.

From Rupert Everett My Bt Friend's Weddg to Damien Mean Girls, every rom lead needs a stereotypilly gay BFF wh no life of their own outsi of liverg a poted "Oh, honey" and providg a shoulr to cry on when the dashg male lead (ually an archect) has disappoted her yet Isn't Romantic, out Febary 13, Natalie (Rebel Wilson) smacks her head and fds herself stuck si a romantic edy and her surly neighbor Donny, played by Brandon Stt Jon, be her eye-rollg gay btie a character that pok fun at this archetype. I do unt, you're gay, so that mak, exactly.

"Your role this film is tertg bee you are parodyg this ia of the gay bt iend.

So durg this like goln age of rom s, I was still a teenager and I was g of age, and when you would see on televisn or movi, the gay bt iend would always f to that one sort of role. Bee Brandon is an openly gay actor, Rebel Wilson fought hard to st him as the “gay bt iend” the anti-rom-.

“It was really important to me that we st an openly gay actor for the role of Donny so that the character uld not any way be nsted as mockg a gay guy, ” the Senr Year actor explaed to the LA Tim. Article ntu below advertisement“I thk we make a really clever ment about how gay characters have been margalized the past few s, ” she ntued.

Brandon Stt Jon beme more popular when he played the role of ‘Donny’, the GBF (Gay Bt Friend) of Natalie 2019’s “Isn’t It Romantic”. The producer, Rebel Wilson, was persistent stg the gay actor for the gay role.