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For eight years, Shawn Pyom played the gay character of Andrew Van Kamp on the ABC h Dperate Hoewiv. He played rebell teen the show's

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DPERATE HOEWIV TO ADD A GAY {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 BRIAN JUERGENSJULY 29, 2007/11:07 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJULY 29, 2007 / 11:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DPERATE HOEWIV TO ADD A GAY COUPLE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-07-30T03:07:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-07-30T03:07:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}WHEN TERI HATCHER SLID TO A SEAT NEXT TO MARC CHERRY AT THE ABC PRS TOUR PARTY LAST THURSDAY NIGHT LOS ANGEL, SHE WAS ALL EARS AND WI-EYED AS HER DPERATE HOEWIV BOSS WAS DISCSG ONE OF HER STORYL FOR NEXT SEASON WH ME AND A FEW 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;}{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;}CHERRY, HIS VOICE GROWG HOARSE OM NON-STOP TERVIEWS, SURPRISED BY REVEALG SOMETHG FOR THE FIRST TIME: AROUND EPISO FIVE, WE MAY BE SEEG A RABOW FLAG HANGG OUTSI ONE OF THE HOM ON WISTERIA LANE. IT SEEMS THAT HATCHER'S CHARACTER OF SWEET AND BUMBLG SAN – WHO MARRIED HUNKY MIKE DELFO (JAN DENTON) THE SEASON FALE – WILL GET NEW NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WH WHOM SHE WILL STANTLY CLASH AND, THEY WILL BE... A GAY UPLE!{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'S RIGHT: DPERATE HOEWIV, WHICH HAD TRATGLY PUT THE STORYLE OF GAY TEEN ANDREW VAN DE KAMP (SHAWN PYOM) ON THE BACK BURNER SEASON 3, IS FALLY HAVG S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE MOVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. "WE'RE GOG TO HAVE THE FIRST MALE SPERATE HOEWIV," SAID CHERRY, THE SHOW'S GAY CREATOR AND HEAD WRER. "THEY WILL MOVE TO THE OLD APPLEWHE HOE AND ONE OF THE GAY MEN WILL JT HAVE A ACT, HATEFUL RELATNSHIP WH TERI HATCHER."{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;}SO WHO WILL PLAY THE SAME-SEX UPLE? ROGER BART, SO FABULO AS THE GAY "WIFE" THE REMAKE OF "THE STEPFORD WIV" A FEW YEARS BACK WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ONE HALF BUT HE'S ALREADY PLAYED A HETEROSEXUAL ON HOEWIV AND A CREEPY ONE AT THAT: BREE'S WACKO PHARMACIST BE WHO KILLED HER FIRST HBAND, {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;}SAID CHERRY ABOUT POTENTIAL ACTORS FOR THE PART: "WE JT STARTED WRG THE EPISOS SO I PROBABLY WON'T START STG FOR ANOTHER FEW WEEKS."{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 DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR FOR SPIRATN SCE HE IS BASG THE CHARACTERS ON SOME OF THE REAL-LIFE NEIGHBORS HE HAS HAD SKIRMISH WH OVER THE YEARS. "I JT CID TO HAVE THEM MOVE ONTO THE STREET AND HAVE AS MANY ISSU AS ANY OTHER UPLE," CHERRY SAID WHILE SIPPG ON A KE SI THE PARTY AT THE BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL. "AND SAN WANTS TO BE SO POLILLY RRECT AND SHOW HOW OPEN-MD SHE IS AND SHE PUTS HER FOOT HER MOUTH STANTLY AND GO DOWNHILL OM THERE. I'M BASG A LTLE B ON MY RELATNSHIP WH MY NEIGHBORS."{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;}WHEN HATCHER WAS ASKED ABOUT SAN CLASHG WH ONE OF THE GAY MEN SHE WAS QUICK TO SAY: "NOT OVER BEG 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;}CHERRY TERJECTED: "SHE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY FIGHT OVER YET. THE [THE ACTORS] ARE THE LAST PERSON YOU WANT TO GO TO ABOUT THE STORYL."{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;}HATCHER'S SAN WILL NOT ONLY BE ADJTG TO A NEW MARRIAGE AND A NEW GAY NEIGHBOR SHE DON'T GET ALONG WH, BUT ALSO AN OLD IEND (DANA DELANY) WHO MOV BACK ONTO WISTERIA LANE WH HER HBAND (NATHAN FILLN) TO STIR THGS UP EVEN MORE. "I N'T TELL YOU HOW EXCED I AM ABOUT THIS SEASON," HATCHER SAID. "DANA DELANY IS SO GREAT. SHE'S GOT THE DRAMA AND THE EDY AND THE EDGE. SHE IS JT BRILLIANT."{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;}SO WHAT ABOUT ANDREW? MANY GAY VIEWERS HAVE BEEN PECIALLY TRIGUED WH, AND VTED , HIS CHARACTER EVER SCE SAN UGHT HIM KISSG JT (RYAN CARN) THE SWIMMG POOL THE FIRST HALF OF SEASON 1. ANDREW'S CLASH WH HIS MOTHER BREE (MARCIA CROSS) OVER HIS SEXUALY MA FOR SOME MEMORABLE SCEN SEASONS 1 AND 2. AFTER G OUT TO HIS MOTHER, BREE SAYS TO ANDREW WHAT CHERRY'S MOM SAID TO HIM REAL LIFE: "I'D STILL LOVE YOU, EVEN IF YOU WERE A MURRER."{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;}PYOM'S ANDREW HAD A B OF AN ONGOG ROMANCE WH JT AS CARN WHO APPEARED 11 EPISOS OVER TWO SEASONS. BUT WAS NEVER CLEAR IF ANDREW HAD TE FEELGS FOR THE CUTE BLOND BOY OR WAS JT TRYG TO DRIVE HIS MOTHER CRAZY BY FLNTG HER L AND ALLOWG HIM TO SPEND THE NIGHT HIS {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;}{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;}THEN ANDREW UPPED THE ANTE BY SCG BREE'S BISEXUAL SEX-ADDICT BOYIEND (LEE TERGEN). BREE PACKED ANDREW'S BAGS AND DUMPED HIM OFF THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. HE APPEARED AT THE START OF THE LAST SEASON HOMELS AND APPARENTLY TURNG TRICKS WHEN A GUILT-RIDN BREE BRGS HIM BACK {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;}SCE THEN, THE WRERS SEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN ANDREW A LOBOTOMY AND, POSSIBLY, STRATED HIM. HIS ROLE WAS RCED TO THE OCSNAL ONE-LER OVER THE DNER TABLE OR AT TOM AND LYTE'S PIZZA JOT WHERE HE {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;}CHERRY HAD DITED TO ME AT LAST SPRG'S GAY AND LBIAN ALLIANCE AGAST DEFAMATN (GLAAD) AWARDS THAT ANDREW MIGHT HAVE A NEW LOVE TERT SEASON 4 BUT WOULD NOT ELABORATE AND SAID THE CHARACTER WAS BY REBUILDG BRIDG WH HIS DYSFUNCTNAL {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;}"THIS IS A GUY WHO WAS KICKED OUT OF THE HOE BY HIS MOTHER LAST SEASON AND HAD SOME ROUGH EXPERIENC AND NOW HE'S BEG A FUNCTNG MEMBER OF THE FAY," CHERRY SAID THEN. "WHAT I REALLY WORKED SEEG HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE FAY AND WASN'T HIS GAYNS THAT ME FIRST, WAS HIM AS A SON TRYG TO RE-TABLISH HIS RELATNSHIP WH BREE. SO THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR MORE ABOUT TRYG TO GET BREE AND ANDREW TOGETHER AS A I'M SURE SOMETHG REALLY AWFUL IS GOG TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR."{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;}WAS ANDREW GOG TO HAVE A BOYIEND? "I THK THAT HE'LL HAVE SOME TERTG GAY ADVENTUR," CHERRY TOLD APRIL. "RIGHT NOW WE'RE JT WDG DOWN SEASON 3, BUT JUNE THE WRG STAFF GETS TOGETHER AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S HAD SUCH A TAME YEAR, 'S TIME TO KD OF JUICE HIM UP AGA."{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;}ON THURSDAY, CHERRY AGA PROMISED THGS WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS SEASON FOR THE REFORMED TROUBLEMAKER WHO MAY NOT BE SO REFORMED. "WE'RE NOT DOG MUCH WH HIM AT THE BEGNG OF THE YEAR BUT THE THIRD EPISO, WE HAVE A FUN THG THAT HAPPENS," CHERRY EXPLAED. ANDREW WILL SOMEHOW BEE VOLVED LYTE'S (FELICY HUFFMAN) NCER STORYLE AND REVERT TO HIS FORMER EVIL {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;}CHERRY SAID ANDREW'S SEXUALY WILL NOT BE PROMENTLY ALT WH EARLY EPISOS, PECIALLY WH THE NEW GAY NEIGHBORS SHAKG THGS {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;}THERE HAS BEEN SOME NOISE ABOUT ANDREW GOG THE BISEXUAL ROUTE BUT PYOM PROFSED TO NOT KNOWG 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;}"THAT'S THE CRAZY THG ABOUT THIS," HE SAID. "YOU KD OF GO TO BLDLY NOT KNOWG WHAT YOU ARE GOG TO BE DOG. IT WOULD BE NICE IF I ULD GET A NICE, HOT 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL ON THERE THAT I ULD FOOL AROUND WH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW THEY'LL CHOOSE SOMETHG GREAT WHETHER HE GO BI OR NOT, THEY'LL MAKE TERTG. WHATEVER THEY THROW AT ME, I'M WILLG TO TAKE."{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;}CHERRY ADDRSED THE BISEXUAL ISSUE FOR APRIL: "THAT'S A BATE I'M GOG TO HAVE WH THE WRERS. A LOT OF WRERS FEEL THAT SOMETIM YOUNG BOYS SAY 'BISEXUAL' BEE THAT'S 'A STOP ON THE WAY TO GAY TOWN.' BUT YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY THK MIGHT BE FASCATG IF ANDREW EXPERIMENTS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOME TERTG PLITNS OM THAT. I KNOW THAT SO MANY GAY TEENAGERS DO 'TRY ' JT TO PLEASE THEIR PARENTS. SO WE'LL SEE. SOMETHG SHOCKG WOULD HAPPEN AS A RULT."{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;}PYOM SAID AT THE ABC PARTY THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE CLEAR THAT HE HAS NO PROBLEM NTUG TO PLAY ANDREW AS A 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;}"I'VE BEEN QUOTED AND MISQUOTED MANY TIM ON THIS, BUT HERE'S THE TTH: BEG STRAIGHT, 'S UNFORTABLE HAVG TO KISS A GUY BUT AT THE VERY SAME TIME I KNOW 'S A PART OF MY JOB," HE SAID. "I'VE DONE SCEN WHERE I'VE HAD TO SP MARCIA'S FACE AND THAT WAS UNFORTABLE AS WELL - YOU HAVE TO DO THGS SOMETIM THAT ARE A STRETCH FOR YOU AS AN DIVIDUAL WHICH IS NORMALLY WHAT YOU DO ACTG. I DO FOR THE TEGRY OF THE CHARACTER."{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;}NO MATTER WHAT DPERATE HOEWIV HAS STORE FOR ANDREW - GOOD OR BAD - THE ARRIVAL OF A GAY UPLE ON WISTERIA LANE MEANS GAY FANS OF THE SHOW WILL HAVE A NEW REASON TO TUNE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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And, Bree absolutely flipped out when he told her that he is gay. She fds a pair of tnks, belongg to someone the pool who is not wearg them, Jt pops up and she realis that is not who she thought was, Andrew then pops up and tells her that he isn't gay, she tells him "of urse not" and leav out of awkwardns. Rex tells her that Andrew told him he thks he might be gay and that Rex might be able to take better.

Bree se Andrew kissg Jt and forbids him om seeg him as homosexualy will not be tolerated unr her roof, Andrew tells her that he will ntue to see Jt as he pleas. Jt is sad about loosg his boyiend so he and Bree plant some gay porn Andrew's thgs so that his grandparents learn he is gay and do not want him anymore, he is furiated wh his mother. Danielle suggts he is gay but Andrew says that At isn't gay, not even after three beers (implyg that he h on him).

After a tornado hs the Lane, Bree's roof is stroyed and her gay ntractor ref to work as his boyiend recently dumped him, Bree lls Andrew over to flirt wh him and rise his spirs exchange for bribery. Bob and Lee snigger about him all night and Bree nonts them, they tell her that Alex was a gay porn movie that they rented a few months prr. She wonrs what has happened to Andrew as she has grown acctomed to him beg gay.

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Bree throws Andrew an engagement party and v all of his gay iends, is an awkward suatn. Mary Beth reveals to Bree that she knows Andrew is gay, but she is marryg him for his pannship, Bree tells her that she n do better wh her life and she leav.

Bree says that she uld have too but he tells her that he is ashamed to always go cryg to his mother, she sorts out his money trouble and he ntu to lead a homosexual liftyle. As one of the few LGBT characters on primetime televisn secure wh their sexualy, Andrew's storyl have been well received by gay groups. A gay uple!

That's right: Dperate Hoewiv, which had tratgly put the storyle of gay teen Andrew Van De Kamp (Shawn Pyom) on the back burner Season 3, is fally havg s first same-sex uple move to the neighborhood.

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When my parents first heard I was gay, they kicked me out. They said I had based the entire fay and that they uldn't love me anymore until I had changed. But Andrew said that I should be ashamed of them bee they were too stupid to know how great I was. That's the thg about Andrew... * andrew desperate housewives gay *

"We're gog to have the first male sperate hoewiv, " said Cherry, the show's gay creator and head wrer. "They will move to the old Applewhe hoe and one of the gay men will jt have a act, hateful relatnship wh Teri Hatcher.

Roger Bart, so fabulo as the gay "wife" the remake of "The Stepford Wiv" a few years back would be perfect for one half but he's already played a heterosexual on Hoewiv and a creepy one at that: Bree's wacko pharmacist be who killed her first hband, Cherry about potential actors for the part: "We jt started wrg the episos so I probably won't start stg for another few weeks. "When Hatcher was asked about San clashg wh one of the gay men she was quick to say: "Not over beg gay! "Hatcher's San will not only be adjtg to a new marriage and a new gay neighbor she don't get along wh, but also an old iend (Dana Delany) who mov back onto Wisteria Lane wh her hband (Nathan Filln) to stir thgs up even more.

Many gay viewers have been pecially trigued wh, and vted , his character ever sce San ught him kissg Jt (Ryan Carn) the swimmg pool the first half of Season 1. His role was rced to the ocsnal one-ler over the dner table or at Tom and Lyte's pizza jot where he had dited to me at last sprg's Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) Awards that Andrew might have a new love tert Season 4 but would not elaborate and said the character was by rebuildg bridg wh his dysfunctnal fay.

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Gay characters often got short shrift on “Dperate Hoewiv” which begs fal season this fall.

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