'Love, Simon' star Joey Pollari out as gay

LOVE, SIMON STAR JOEY POLLARI HAS E OUT AS GAY
‘LOVE, SIMON’ ACTOR JOEY POLLARI COM OUT AS GAY
IS JOEY POLLARI GAY?
"LOVE, SIMON" AND "AMERIN CRIME" ACTOR JOEY POLLARI COM OUT AS GAY"I THK ALL MY IENDS AND FAY KNEW ON SOME LEVEL. I THK MAYBE TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED."{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 15, 2018/1:26 {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:658PX;WIDTH:1600PX;}20TH CENTURY FOXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 15, 2018 / 1:26 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"LOVE, SIMON\" AND \"AMERIN CRIME\" ACTOR JOEY POLLARI COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-15T17:26:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-15T17:26:38.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}LOVE, SIMON IS SPIRG A LOT OF PEOPLE—EVEN THE ACTORS THE {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;}JOEY POLLARI, WHO PLAYS LYLE, A WAFFLE HOE EMPLOYEE AND POTENTIAL LOVE TERT FOR SIMON (NICK ROBSON) THE FILM, PUBLICLY ME OUT DURG A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE {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;}"HIS EXPERIENCE WAS SIAR TO ME," SAID THE ACTOR, REFERRG TO SIMON'S EMOTNAL JOURNEY THE {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;}"THE ONLY PART THAT WAS DIFFICULT WAS ME G OUT TO MYSELF. AND I THK THAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT G-OUT," 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;}"I THK ALL MY IENDS AND FAY KNEW ON SOME LEVEL. I THK MAYBE TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED," POLLARI SAID. HE ALSO ADDS HOW HIS MOTHER KNEW AND HAD BEEN "WAG FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME."{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 MOM KNEW. SHE LAID HTS FOR ME EVERYWHERE," 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;}LOVE, SIMON IS POLLARI'S SEND GAY ROLE. HE STARTED OFF DISNEY CHANNEL MOVI LIKE SKYNNERS AND MTV'S THE INBETWEENERS, BUT WAS HIS PERFORMANCE AS A CLOSETED GAY TEEN ON THE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME THAT PROVED TO BE HIS BREAKOUT {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;}"A LOT OF THE TROUBLE WAS SELF-SHAME. I DO BELIEVE A SYSTEM OF POWER, OF PATRIARCHY, OF MASCULY DID IMPACT ME," POLLARI SAID HIS ADVOTE {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;}"THE GREATT DIFFICULTY I FOUND WAS THAT DIDN'T MATCH MY IA OF MYSELF. IT SEEMED NGENT WH THE FUTURE I IMAGED FOR MYSELF, THE INTY I HAD STCK UP WH OTHERS," THE ACTOR EXPLAED. "{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;}THE TERPLAY BETWEEN ME AND WOMEN, ME AND MEN, NOW SUDNLY SEEMED ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THAT JT DIDN'T SEEM FAIR OR RIGHT."ROD ECKENROTH/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 13: (L-R) NATASHA ROTHWELL, ALEXANDRA SHIPP, CLARK MOORE, KEIYNAN LONSDALE, TALHA BATEMAN, JOSH DUHAMEL, CASSIDY MCCLCY, JACK ANTONOFF, JOEY POLLARI JE LENB JR., DREW STARKEY, KATHERE LANGFORD, NICK ROBSON, AND TONY HALE ATTEND A SPECIAL SCREENG OF 20TH CENTURY FOX'S "LOVE, SIMON" AT WTFIELD CENTURY CY ON MARCH 13, 2018 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ROD ECKENROTH/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;}THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME POLLARI HAS BROUGHT UP THE IA OF STGGLG WH THE IA OF BEG GAY AND MASCULY. IN 2016 HE SPOKE WH VANY FAIR ABOUT HIS ROLE ON AMERIN CRIME, AND HOW HE RELATED TO HIS CHARACTER, ERIC:{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 DYNAMIC OF TRYG TO BE A MAN, I THK EVERY [GUY] FEELS THAT. GROWG UP AND DOG THEATER AND ACTG WAS NOT SEEN AS THE MOST MASCULE THG. THAT STGGLE TO BE SEEN AS A MAN, AS AN EQUAL, IS UNIVERSAL.”{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;}LOVE, SIMON HS THEATERS MARCH {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
‘LOVE, SIMON’ STAR JOEY POLLARI HAS COME OUT AS GAY
AMERIN CRIME’S JOEY POLLARI ON THE ROLE OF A (YOUNG) LIFETIMETALKG WH ONE OF AMERIN CRIME’S BREAKOUT DISTURBED GAY TEENS.BY RICHARD LAWSONFEBARY 18, 2016PHOTO BY BRANDON B. JONSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“I WAS TOLD THAT OTHER ACTORS HAD TURNED DOWN,” JOEY POLLARI SAYS OF HIS TRICKY, POTENTIALLY NTROVERSIAL ROLE ON THE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME, ABC’S DARK, SIGHTFUL ENSEMBLE PIECE ABOUT THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF A SEXUAL ASSLT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL. “I DON’T UNRSTAND WHY.” BEFORE BEG ST ON AMERIN CRIME, POLLARI, 21, WAS PERHAPS BT KNOWN FOR HIS STARRG ROLE AS AN AWKWARD, HORNY, RED-BLOOD HETEROSEXUAL TEEN ON THE SHORT-LIVED AMERIN ADAPTATN OF THE RNCHY, LADDISH BRISH EDY THE INBETWEENERS. HE’S GOT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KD OF JOB NOW, PLAYG ERIC, A GAY JOCK, CLOSETED AT THE BEGNG OF THE SEASON, WHOSE ANGER AND AGGRSN IS TURNED BOTH WARD AND OUTWARD, HARMG HIMSELF AND THOSE AROUND HIM—WOMEN, OTHER GAY KIDS, ETC. HE’S A STEREOTYPIL BTISH HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETE, BUT ONE LAN WH SOME EP, RELATABLE ANGUISH, ILLTRATED REFULLY BY THE SHOW’S WRERS.SO, WHY WOULD ANY ACTOR PASS UP AN OPPORTUNY TO PLAY SUCH PLEXY? “I DON’T UNRSTAND WHY PEOPLE WERE NNG AWAY OM ,” POLLARI TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE LAST WEEK. “I WAS EXCED TO LVE TO [].” (DID HIS HANDLERS—AGENTS AND MANAGERS AND PUBLICISTS AND THE LIKE—EVER RAISE ANY OBJECTNS? “NO, NEVER.”) HE AND THE OTHER YOUNG ACTORS WHO FORM THE CENTER OF THIS SEASON (LIKE AMERIN HORROR STORY, AMERIN CRIME—NOT TO BE NFED WH AMERIN CRIME STORY, WHICH FOLLOWS A SIAR MOL—IS AN ANTHOLOGY SERI THAT CHANG SEASON TO SEASON) HAVE BEEN ON A MANDG PRS REGIMEN SCE THE PREMIERE. IT'S BEEN PECIALLY BY FOR POLLARI AND CONNOR JSUP, WHO PLAYS THE (ALSO GAY) VICTIM OF THE CG SEXUAL ASSLT, A BLURRY CRIME THAT SPIRALS OUT TO AFFECT FELLOW STUNTS, AS WELL AS FACULTY AND PARENTS.THEY’VE BEEN KEPT SO BY DOG TERVIEWS, I SPECT, BEE ’S RARE TO SEE A SERI, LET ALONE ONE ON WORK TELEVISN, THAT EXPLOR TEENAGE SEXUAL INTY—CISGENR MALE HOMOSEXUALY, TO BE SPECIFIC— SUCH ANK, NUANCED, NTEMPORARY TERMS. (THE SHOW ALSO GRAPPL WH RACE AND CLASS ISSU FT, SURPRISG WAYS.) NATURALLY, JOURNALISTS, GAY OR OTHERWISE, ARE EAGER TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND POLLARI ACKNOWLEDG THAT THE SEASON HAS HAD SOME WATERSHED MOMENTS THAT VE. “[IN ONE SCENE,] ERIC SAYS, ‘I’M GAY BUT I’M NOT A FAGGOT,’ WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT WORD WAS SAID ON ABC. I WAS TOLD MOMENTS BEFORE SHOOTG. THAT BAFFL ME, NSIRG ALL THE OTHER WORDS THAT ARE ALLOWED, AND SOME THAT AREN’T ALLOWED.” BUT HE SE HIS CHARACTER’S ARC AS BEG ABOUT MORE THAN JT A NFLICTED GAY TEEN. “FROM MOMENT ONE, SEEMED LIKE WAS ABOUT SOMETHG SO MUCH BIGGER THAN HIS SEXUALY. IT WAS ABOUT SHAME, AND MALE AGGRSN, AND THAT NVERSATN WH SPORTS. I ULDN’T WA TO BE PART OF THAT TAPTRY.”POLLARI’S BEEN AN ACTOR FOR A LONG TIME, WAS A THEATER KID GROWG UP, SO I WAS CUR WHAT, IF ANY, EXPERIENCE HE’D HAD WH THE SHOW’S WORLD OF HIGH SCHOOL ALPHA MALE POSTURG. “I [WAS] HIGH SCHOOL, I WASN’T ALWAYS AWAY SHOOTG. SO, THE SUAL NATURE OF HETERONORMATIVE ATTUS THAT DIMISH WOMEN, ARE HOMOPHOBIC—THAT TO ME IS SOMETHG THAT I’VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.” AFTER ASKG HIM IF HE WAS AN ATHLETE SCHOOL OR IF HE WAS TOO BY BEG A THEATER KID, I FELT THE NEED TO QUALIFY THAT, OF URSE, HE ULD HAVE BEEN BOTH. POLLARI LGHED AND REPLIED, “I APPRECIATE THAT.” (FOR THE RERD, THOUGH? “I HAD TO LEARN BASKETBALL FOR THE SHOW.”)THROUGHOUT OUR NVERSATN, POLLARI WAS SMART, GENIAL, ENGAGED—NOTHG LIKE OBSTATE, TORTURED ERIC. WHICH IS A TTAMENT TO HIS SKILLS AS AN ACTOR, THOUGH POLLARI SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY FOUND A NNECTN WH HIS CHARACTER THAT ALMOST MA PLAYG HIM EASY. “THAT DYNAMIC OF TRYG TO BE A MAN, I THK EVERY [GUY] FEELS THAT. GROWG UP AND DOG THEATER AND ACTG WAS NOT SEEN AS THE MOST MASCULE THG. THAT STGGLE TO BE SEEN AS A MAN, AS AN EQUAL, IS UNIVERSAL.”THE SEASON HAS PROGRSED TO SOME PRETTY DARK PLAC (THE FEBARY 17 EPISO TOOK A SHOCKG, HIO TURN VOLVG JSUP’S CHARACTER AND ANOTHER BOY), PROBABLY GETTG FURTHER AND FURTHER OM POLLARI’S OWN EXPERIENC. BUT HE WAS PREPARED FOR THAT. “[WHEN I WAS ST], JOHN RIDLEY, OUR CREATOR, SAID, ‘THIS IS GOG TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU, YOUNG MAN.’” POLLARI DIDN’T KNOW WHERE HIS CHARACTER WAS HEAD, EXACTLY, BUT HE AT LEAST KNEW WAS NOWHERE GOOD. “WHICH WAS AN ODD FORT,” POLLARI SAID WH A CHUCKLE. (ARE 21-YEAR-OLDS OLD ENOUGH TO CHUCKLE, ACTUALLY?)AFTER ALL THAT GRIMNS, MIGHT BE NICE TO PURSUE SOMETHG LIGHTER NEXT. POLLARI KEPT MENTNG HIS THEATER ROOTS, SO I WONRED IF HE’D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THAT. HE SAID ONE DREAM ROLE IS TOM THE GLASS MENAGERIE. BUT THAT’S STILL PRETTY HEAVY. MAYBE A MIL STEAD? “NO, I STARTED MIL THEATER, BUT HAVE MOVED AWAY OM THAT. I STILL LOVE , BUT I’D LOVE TO GET BACK TO DRAMA. OR EVEN EDY. AFTER AMERIN CRIME, I’M THKG I NEED TO DO A SLAPSTICK EDY.”I TOLD HIM THAT WOULD AT LEAST BE NICE TO SEE HIM SE SOMETHG. HE LET OUT ANOTHER LGH AND SAID, “THEY’VE BEEN SENDG OUT PICTUR FOR THIS. IT’S GOT ME SG, ’S LIKE ON-SET PHOTOS OF ME SG. AND I HAVE TO WARN PEOPLE, ‘ACTUALLY, THIS EPISO YOU WILL NOT SEE ERIC SG. FALSE LEAD. RED HERRG.’”MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHRICHARD LAWSON
‘LOVE, SIMON’ STAR JOEY POLLARI OUT AS GAY
"AMERIN CRIME" STAR JOEY POLLARI ON PLAYG A CLOSETED TEEN: "THERE IS A PART OF HIM THAT WANTS LOVE"POLLARI PLAYS ERIC, ONE OF THE TEENS ACCED OF RAPG A HIGH-SCHOOL BASKETBALL {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 JIM HALTERMANJANUARY 14, 2016/1:33 PMBY JIM HALTERMANJANUARY 14, 2016 / 1:33 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"AMERIN CRIME\" STAR JOEY POLLARI ON PLAYG A CLOSETED TEEN: \"THERE IS A PART OF HIM THAT WANTS LOVE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-01-14T18:33:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-01-14T18:33:29.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","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;}LAST WEEK, ABC'S AMERIN CRIME KICKED OFF S SEND SEASON WH THE HARROWG TALE OF TAYLOR BLAE (CONNOR JSUP), A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO CLAIMS HE WAS RAPED BY 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;}IN LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, WE LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE POSSIBLE ATTACKERS IS SECRETLY {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;}JOEY POLLARI, WHO PLAYS THE CLOSETED TEEN, ERIC, TELLS NNN THAT HIS CHARACTERS HAS "TWO PERSONAS" HE'S SPERATELY TRYG TO {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’S GOT HIS PERSONA ON THE TEAM," POLLARI EXPLAED AT THE TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN WTER PRS TOUR. "AS YOU SEE THAT LOCKER ROOM SCENE [ THE FIRST EPISO], HE’S PASSG AROUND PICTUR OF GIRLS AND HE’S SEARCHG FOR MASCULY THAT IS JT SO DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO OBTA."{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 THERE'S THE OTHER SI OF ERIC: THIS WEEK, WE SEE HIM RENZVO WH A SLIGHTLY OLR MAN, WHO HE ENDS UP MAKG OUT WH A R. BUT ERIC BRISTL WHEN THE GUY WANTS TO GO FURTHER—SHOWG THE CHARACTER'S VULNERABILY AND LACK 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;}"HE HAS DONE BEFORE BUT, FOR HIM, HE IS LOOKG FOR A NNECTN," POLLARI, 21, TELLS . "THERE IS A PART OF ERIC THAT WANTS LOVE. IN A STRANGE WAY, 'S HIS EFFORT AT [FDG] MASCULY AND {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;}POLLARI SAYS HIS CHARACTER KEEPS GOG BACK TO SECRET HOOKUPS, "AND BE A QUTN OF, 'WHAT KD OF M.O. IS THIS?'"{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 THE SHOW, TAYLOR BELIEV HE WAS DGGED AND SEXUALLY ASSLTED DURG A HIGH-SCHOOL PARTY, BUT HE DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE TAILS. LAST NIGHT, WE SAW A RARE EVENT ON WORK TELEVISN: A MALE CHARACTER GOG THROUGH A RAPE {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;}JSUP, 21, TELLS NNN THAT PRODUCERS TRIED TO MAKE THE SCENE AS REALISTIC AS {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 YOU DON’T REALLY SEE HER ON SCREEN, [THE SHOW] HIRED A REAL TRMA NURSE SO THEY BASILLY TOLD HER ‘JT GIVE HIM THE TERVIEW.’ IT’S MAYBE A UPLE OF MUT THE SHOW BUT SHE TERVIEWED ME FOR 10-15 MUT."{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;}"THE WAY THE EXAMATNS ARE STCTURED, STARTS OUT OFF NOCENTLY—WH BASIC QUTNS LIKE ‘WHERE WERE YOU? WHAT’S YOUR NAME? DATE OF BIRTH?’" HE EXPLAS. "THEN GETS MORE TSIVE—OUT OF NECSY, BUT STILL. ‘WHERE DID HAPPEN? DO YOU FEEL ANY PA THE AREAS?’"{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;}JSUP SAYS THAT ON THE DAY OF SHOOTG, "I FELT PLETELY OVERWHELMED."{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 THE TCA EVENT, AMERIN CRIME CREATOR JOHN RIDLEY REVEALED THAT THE STORYLE WH ERIC WASN'T ORIGALLY GOG TO BE AS BIG A PART OF THE {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;}"INIALLY WE BELIEVED WAS WELL-REPRENTED, BUT WAS A B OF A SI STORY," HE SAYS. "AS WE VELOPED THE STORY THIS YEAR, WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE A SI STORY."{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;}RIDLEY, WHO ATTEND INDIANA UNIVERSY AND WHOSE PARENTS ARE INDIANA NATIV, ALSO REVEALED WHY SEASON 2 IS SET THE HOOSIER {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 LOVE THE MIDWT. I’M OM THE MIDWT, BUT PERSONALLY WHERE INDIANA STANDS ON SOME ISSU IS NOT WHERE I STAND," HE EXPLAED "I THK ’S VERY IMPORTANT SOMETIM TO SET THE STORI AGAST A ROUGHER NVAS, IF YOU WILL. IT FELT APPROPRIATE ALL REGARDS."{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;}AMERIN CRIME AIRS WEDNDAYS AT 10PM ON {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

LOVE, SIMON STAR JOEY POLLARI HAS E OUT AS GAY

Love, Simon star Joey Pollari has e out as gay an hont and tailed terview wh Advote. * joey pollari gay *

Love, Simon star Joey Pollari has e out as gay an hont and brave terview wh Advote. The 23-year-old – who plays Lyle the gay edy drama – said he intified wh the film’s tle character, Simon Spier, a closeted gay teenager: “His experience was siar to me. Related: Nick Robson reveals his brother me out as gay while he filmed Love, Simon.

“Every love story, gay or straight, has to e om a place of g out of some closet of some prev fear to a new terrory.

This one jt mak a ltle b more explic and ti to the gay experience. Actor Joey Pollari (Amerin Crime, Sat Gee, The Inbetweeners), who plays Lyle the new gay g-of-gay g-out romance Love, Simon, has e out as gay. In related news, Nick Robson, who plays the ma character Simon Spier the film, told Ellen DeGener that his brother me out as gay durg the time he was shootg the film.

‘LOVE, SIMON’ ACTOR JOEY POLLARI COM OUT AS GAY

Joey Pollari gay: Actor Joey Pollari, who plays Lyle the new gay g-of-gay g-out romance Love, Simon, has e out as gay. * joey pollari gay *

Joey Pollari has released "Fickle, " the first sgle om his forthg album, About 26-year-old actor -- who me out as gay to The Advote after the release of Love, Simon, which he plays one of Simon's potential love terts -- scribed his first foray to mic poetic terms.

IS JOEY POLLARI GAY?

The gay Love, Simon actor discs his turn to mic and his first sgle and mic vio, "Fickle." * joey pollari gay *

He also discs the reasons for his turn to mic, how his gay inty fluenc his art, and his rolve "to fight stctur of whe supremacy" the wake of Gee Floyd's killg. Pictured: About Men's album verHow do your gay inty and experience factor to the album and s them?

Beyond this, the movie had a posive impact on people, and I'm very proud to be a part of that only film cred sce then is The Obuary of Tun Johnson, which is about the ath of a gay Black man om police btaly. Dpe havg supportive iends and fay members, he fears beg an out gay person might affect the relatnships.

It's a suatn faiar to many members of the LGBT muny, cludg Joey Pollari, who portrays Lyle -- a potential love tert for Simon -- the groundbreakg romantic edy, which is the first backed by a major stud to center on a gay teen. Along the way, Simon is blackmailed by a classmate, who disvers that he is gay and that rmatn agast him. Pollari me out as gay at age 18 to iends and fay -- although thankfully, unlike Simon, he did not have to ntend wh blackmail.

"LOVE, SIMON" AND "AMERIN CRIME" ACTOR JOEY POLLARI COM OUT AS GAY"I THK ALL MY IENDS AND FAY KNEW ON SOME LEVEL. 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AND I THK THAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT G-OUT," 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;}"I THK ALL MY IENDS AND FAY KNEW ON SOME LEVEL. I THK MAYBE TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED," POLLARI SAID. HE ALSO ADDS HOW HIS MOTHER KNEW AND HAD BEEN "WAG FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME."{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 MOM KNEW. SHE LAID HTS FOR ME EVERYWHERE," 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;}LOVE, SIMON IS POLLARI'S SEND GAY ROLE. HE STARTED OFF DISNEY CHANNEL MOVI LIKE SKYNNERS AND MTV'S THE INBETWEENERS, BUT WAS HIS PERFORMANCE AS A CLOSETED GAY TEEN ON THE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME THAT PROVED TO BE HIS BREAKOUT {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;}"A LOT OF THE TROUBLE WAS SELF-SHAME. I DO BELIEVE A SYSTEM OF POWER, OF PATRIARCHY, OF MASCULY DID IMPACT ME," POLLARI SAID HIS ADVOTE {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;}"THE GREATT DIFFICULTY I FOUND WAS THAT DIDN'T MATCH MY IA OF MYSELF. IT SEEMED NGENT WH THE FUTURE I IMAGED FOR MYSELF, THE INTY I HAD STCK UP WH OTHERS," THE ACTOR EXPLAED. "{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;}THE TERPLAY BETWEEN ME AND WOMEN, ME AND MEN, NOW SUDNLY SEEMED ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THAT JT DIDN'T SEEM FAIR OR RIGHT."ROD ECKENROTH/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 13: (L-R) NATASHA ROTHWELL, ALEXANDRA SHIPP, CLARK MOORE, KEIYNAN LONSDALE, TALHA BATEMAN, JOSH DUHAMEL, CASSIDY MCCLCY, JACK ANTONOFF, JOEY POLLARI JE LENB JR., DREW STARKEY, KATHERE LANGFORD, NICK ROBSON, AND TONY HALE ATTEND A SPECIAL SCREENG OF 20TH CENTURY FOX'S "LOVE, SIMON" AT WTFIELD CENTURY CY ON MARCH 13, 2018 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ROD ECKENROTH/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;}THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME POLLARI HAS BROUGHT UP THE IA OF STGGLG WH THE IA OF BEG GAY AND MASCULY. IN 2016 HE SPOKE WH VANY FAIR ABOUT HIS ROLE ON AMERIN CRIME, AND HOW HE RELATED TO HIS CHARACTER, ERIC:{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 DYNAMIC OF TRYG TO BE A MAN, I THK EVERY [GUY] FEELS THAT. GROWG UP AND DOG THEATER AND ACTG WAS NOT SEEN AS THE MOST MASCULE THG. THAT STGGLE TO BE SEEN AS A MAN, AS AN EQUAL, IS UNIVERSAL.”{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;}LOVE, SIMON HS THEATERS MARCH {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 former Disney star discs his role the groundbreakg gay teen movie, as well as his own journey of self-disvery. * joey pollari gay *

She laid hts for me everywhere, " he said, rellg nversatns they had the past about acceptance of gay were other early ditors for the Mnota native -- a love of The Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland that spired a Wicked Wch Halloween stume at age 2; an early tert foreign films like Y Tu Mama Tambien wh a "pletely different approach to sexualy" than Amerin fare, wh exceptns like Brokeback Mounta, which he had seen by age 12; an tert gay lerature like Jam Baldw's Gvanni's Room (a "heartbreakg re of passage" for a gay person) and the work of AIDS activist and playwright Larry for a long time, spe the rourc and a support work, somethg held Pollari back. When he was the closet, his md would often ntemplate "nightmar" about what beg an out gay man would be like. The film transcends some of the "more stereotypil torture" prent queer films, he perceived, bee Simon's g out as gay "is tied to a narrative of fdg love and self-love.

"Every love story, gay or straight, has to e om a place of g out of some closet of some prev fear to a new terrory. This one jt mak a ltle b more explic and ti to the gay experience, " he said.

‘LOVE, SIMON’ STAR JOEY POLLARI HAS COME OUT AS GAY

He -stars Love Simon, openg this week, but may be bt known for the gay-themed season of Amerin Crime which he appeared oppose Connor Jsup. * joey pollari gay *

In fact, Pollari has found that there are a ln thgs to e out about, addn to beg gay. Life is a seri of "different doors to go through, to bigger, and bigger, and bigger rooms, " he, Simon's historic reprentatn as a gay-centered teen rom- is not lost on Pollari, who reflected on the "posive impact" such a productn would have had on him growg up. The actor was season 2 of Amerin Crime, which he portrayed Eric Tanner, a gay high school basketball player acced of sexually assltg another male stunt.

AMERIN CRIME’S JOEY POLLARI ON THE ROLE OF A (YOUNG) LIFETIMETALKG WH ONE OF AMERIN CRIME’S BREAKOUT DISTURBED GAY TEENS.BY RICHARD LAWSONFEBARY 18, 2016PHOTO BY BRANDON B. JONSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“I WAS TOLD THAT OTHER ACTORS HAD TURNED DOWN,” JOEY POLLARI SAYS OF HIS TRICKY, POTENTIALLY NTROVERSIAL ROLE ON THE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME, ABC’S DARK, SIGHTFUL ENSEMBLE PIECE ABOUT THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF A SEXUAL ASSLT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL. “I DON’T UNRSTAND WHY.” BEFORE BEG ST ON AMERIN CRIME, POLLARI, 21, WAS PERHAPS BT KNOWN FOR HIS STARRG ROLE AS AN AWKWARD, HORNY, RED-BLOOD HETEROSEXUAL TEEN ON THE SHORT-LIVED AMERIN ADAPTATN OF THE RNCHY, LADDISH BRISH EDY THE INBETWEENERS. HE’S GOT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KD OF JOB NOW, PLAYG ERIC, A GAY JOCK, CLOSETED AT THE BEGNG OF THE SEASON, WHOSE ANGER AND AGGRSN IS TURNED BOTH WARD AND OUTWARD, HARMG HIMSELF AND THOSE AROUND HIM—WOMEN, OTHER GAY KIDS, ETC. HE’S A STEREOTYPIL BTISH HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETE, BUT ONE LAN WH SOME EP, RELATABLE ANGUISH, ILLTRATED REFULLY BY THE SHOW’S WRERS.SO, WHY WOULD ANY ACTOR PASS UP AN OPPORTUNY TO PLAY SUCH PLEXY? “I DON’T UNRSTAND WHY PEOPLE WERE NNG AWAY OM ,” POLLARI TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE LAST WEEK. “I WAS EXCED TO LVE TO [].” (DID HIS HANDLERS—AGENTS AND MANAGERS AND PUBLICISTS AND THE LIKE—EVER RAISE ANY OBJECTNS? “NO, NEVER.”) HE AND THE OTHER YOUNG ACTORS WHO FORM THE CENTER OF THIS SEASON (LIKE AMERIN HORROR STORY, AMERIN CRIME—NOT TO BE NFED WH AMERIN CRIME STORY, WHICH FOLLOWS A SIAR MOL—IS AN ANTHOLOGY SERI THAT CHANG SEASON TO SEASON) HAVE BEEN ON A MANDG PRS REGIMEN SCE THE PREMIERE. IT'S BEEN PECIALLY BY FOR POLLARI AND CONNOR JSUP, WHO PLAYS THE (ALSO GAY) VICTIM OF THE CG SEXUAL ASSLT, A BLURRY CRIME THAT SPIRALS OUT TO AFFECT FELLOW STUNTS, AS WELL AS FACULTY AND PARENTS.THEY’VE BEEN KEPT SO BY DOG TERVIEWS, I SPECT, BEE ’S RARE TO SEE A SERI, LET ALONE ONE ON WORK TELEVISN, THAT EXPLOR TEENAGE SEXUAL INTY—CISGENR MALE HOMOSEXUALY, TO BE SPECIFIC— SUCH ANK, NUANCED, NTEMPORARY TERMS. (THE SHOW ALSO GRAPPL WH RACE AND CLASS ISSU FT, SURPRISG WAYS.) NATURALLY, JOURNALISTS, GAY OR OTHERWISE, ARE EAGER TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND POLLARI ACKNOWLEDG THAT THE SEASON HAS HAD SOME WATERSHED MOMENTS THAT VE. “[IN ONE SCENE,] ERIC SAYS, ‘I’M GAY BUT I’M NOT A FAGGOT,’ WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT WORD WAS SAID ON ABC. I WAS TOLD MOMENTS BEFORE SHOOTG. THAT BAFFL ME, NSIRG ALL THE OTHER WORDS THAT ARE ALLOWED, AND SOME THAT AREN’T ALLOWED.” BUT HE SE HIS CHARACTER’S ARC AS BEG ABOUT MORE THAN JT A NFLICTED GAY TEEN. “FROM MOMENT ONE, SEEMED LIKE WAS ABOUT SOMETHG SO MUCH BIGGER THAN HIS SEXUALY. IT WAS ABOUT SHAME, AND MALE AGGRSN, AND THAT NVERSATN WH SPORTS. I ULDN’T WA TO BE PART OF THAT TAPTRY.”POLLARI’S BEEN AN ACTOR FOR A LONG TIME, WAS A THEATER KID GROWG UP, SO I WAS CUR WHAT, IF ANY, EXPERIENCE HE’D HAD WH THE SHOW’S WORLD OF HIGH SCHOOL ALPHA MALE POSTURG. “I [WAS] HIGH SCHOOL, I WASN’T ALWAYS AWAY SHOOTG. SO, THE SUAL NATURE OF HETERONORMATIVE ATTUS THAT DIMISH WOMEN, ARE HOMOPHOBIC—THAT TO ME IS SOMETHG THAT I’VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.” AFTER ASKG HIM IF HE WAS AN ATHLETE SCHOOL OR IF HE WAS TOO BY BEG A THEATER KID, I FELT THE NEED TO QUALIFY THAT, OF URSE, HE ULD HAVE BEEN BOTH. POLLARI LGHED AND REPLIED, “I APPRECIATE THAT.” (FOR THE RERD, THOUGH? “I HAD TO LEARN BASKETBALL FOR THE SHOW.”)THROUGHOUT OUR NVERSATN, POLLARI WAS SMART, GENIAL, ENGAGED—NOTHG LIKE OBSTATE, TORTURED ERIC. WHICH IS A TTAMENT TO HIS SKILLS AS AN ACTOR, THOUGH POLLARI SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY FOUND A NNECTN WH HIS CHARACTER THAT ALMOST MA PLAYG HIM EASY. “THAT DYNAMIC OF TRYG TO BE A MAN, I THK EVERY [GUY] FEELS THAT. GROWG UP AND DOG THEATER AND ACTG WAS NOT SEEN AS THE MOST MASCULE THG. THAT STGGLE TO BE SEEN AS A MAN, AS AN EQUAL, IS UNIVERSAL.”THE SEASON HAS PROGRSED TO SOME PRETTY DARK PLAC (THE FEBARY 17 EPISO TOOK A SHOCKG, HIO TURN VOLVG JSUP’S CHARACTER AND ANOTHER BOY), PROBABLY GETTG FURTHER AND FURTHER OM POLLARI’S OWN EXPERIENC. BUT HE WAS PREPARED FOR THAT. “[WHEN I WAS ST], JOHN RIDLEY, OUR CREATOR, SAID, ‘THIS IS GOG TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU, YOUNG MAN.’” POLLARI DIDN’T KNOW WHERE HIS CHARACTER WAS HEAD, EXACTLY, BUT HE AT LEAST KNEW WAS NOWHERE GOOD. “WHICH WAS AN ODD FORT,” POLLARI SAID WH A CHUCKLE. (ARE 21-YEAR-OLDS OLD ENOUGH TO CHUCKLE, ACTUALLY?)AFTER ALL THAT GRIMNS, MIGHT BE NICE TO PURSUE SOMETHG LIGHTER NEXT. POLLARI KEPT MENTNG HIS THEATER ROOTS, SO I WONRED IF HE’D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THAT. HE SAID ONE DREAM ROLE IS TOM THE GLASS MENAGERIE. BUT THAT’S STILL PRETTY HEAVY. MAYBE A MIL STEAD? “NO, I STARTED MIL THEATER, BUT HAVE MOVED AWAY OM THAT. I STILL LOVE , BUT I’D LOVE TO GET BACK TO DRAMA. OR EVEN EDY. AFTER AMERIN CRIME, I’M THKG I NEED TO DO A SLAPSTICK EDY.”I TOLD HIM THAT WOULD AT LEAST BE NICE TO SEE HIM SE SOMETHG. HE LET OUT ANOTHER LGH AND SAID, “THEY’VE BEEN SENDG OUT PICTUR FOR THIS. IT’S GOT ME SG, ’S LIKE ON-SET PHOTOS OF ME SG. AND I HAVE TO WARN PEOPLE, ‘ACTUALLY, THIS EPISO YOU WILL NOT SEE ERIC SG. FALSE LEAD. RED HERRG.’”MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHRICHARD LAWSON

* joey pollari gay *

His father is not acceptg of his sexualy, he is outed to his school, and his gay inty is ed as a polil weapon by the admistratn. And he fds that this tth [of his gay inty] has actually e to fe him. The movie is directed by the gay director Greg Berlanti ("wonrful to work wh, " said Pollari) as well as several gay actors, like Clark Moore, who unrstood firsthand the importance of visibily as well as the power of beg an early age, Pollari regnized the importance of queer public figur to his own life.

He -stars Love Simon, openg this week, but may be bt known for the gay-themed season of Amerin Crime which he appeared oppose Connor Jsup.