'Dawson's Creek' Star Says TV's First Gay Kiss Is 'Part of History'

Contents:

• NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
• 'DAWSON'S CREEK' EXEC REFLECTS ON GAY PLOT
• DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY
• TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
• DAWSON’S CREEK’S KERR SMH REFLECTS ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: WATCH

NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS

But bis troducg viewers to an arguably excciatg ma character, the WB show also gave viewers one of the most inic moments televisn history back 2000: primetime TV’s first “passnate” gay 20 years later, Kerr Smh, who played Jack McPhee on the teen drama, reflected on the impact of that kiss an terview wh Too Fab. The storyle ends heartbreak — Ethan has got back together wh his ex-boyiend and don’t reciprote Jack’s feelgs — but history was ma “Dawson’s Creek, ” Will and Jack kissed on NBC’s “Will and Grace” to prott the fact that they had never seen two gay men kiss on televisn, and a few other shows, cludg “LA Law” and “Relativy” featured two women kissg. In the 1996 “Friends” episo “The One Wh the Lbian Weddg, ” for stance, the seri did not show San and Carol kissg at their own weddg a rult, McPhee said he felt a “huge” rponsibily to play Jack thentilly after Kev Williamson, the creator of “Dawson’s Creek, ” approached him wh the storyl of Jack’s g out and the Jack dated Joey (Katie Holm) earlier episos, Smh said Williamson “always had the tentn of makg one of his characters gay.

”“He was still the closet at that pot too, and every character 'Dawson's Creek' is an extensn of Kev Williamson, " Smh told Too Berlanti, the openly gay wrer, producer and director behd hs, such as “Chillg Adventur of Sabra” and “You, ” mostly wrote Jack’s character arc, acrdg to Smh. “Riverdale” also clus a gay character, Kev (Casey Cott), whom Smh likened to Jack on “Dawson’s Creek. ” Kev, too, ma history as the first openly gay character Archie Comics to LGBTQ televisn reprentatn, however, there’s still room for improvement, acrdg to LGBTQ advot.

'DAWSON'S CREEK' EXEC REFLECTS ON GAY PLOT

The out producer, creator, director, and wrer -- who is also married to soccer player Robbie Rogers -- spoke about brgg what has been referred to as the first "passnate" gay kiss on a work show Dawson's Creek. Law between characters Amanda Donohoe (a bisexual) and Abby Perks (a straight woman) as well as a 1994 episo of Roseanne, where Roseanne Barr go to a gay bar and is kissed by the character Nancy (played by Mariel Hemgway).

DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY

Berlanti also touch on the necsy for more "g out" stori, why he has never helmed a "gay-centric" seri, the character he wrote that most closely mirrors him, and rporatg LGBTQ+ characters on The CW's DC Comics shows (often llaboratn wh gay stg director David Rappaport). In 2000, actor Kerr Smh ma history when his Dawson's Creek character, Jack McPhee, was a part of TV's first gay kiss.

Lamb (Amanda Donohoe) and Abby Perks (Michelle Greene), but spe gay weddgs on Roseanne and Goln Girls, no gay male characters had been allowed to share a snog. "Although Jack was briefly paired a love tert for Joey (Katie Holm), Smh also says that Williamson "always had the tentn of makg one of his characters gay" and that the specific storyle was mostly wrten by Greg Berlanti of Riverdale.

"There's always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle, or whatever.

TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’

RELATED |35 Unfettable Gay TV Kiss Then & Now. Jack McPhee is a gay character om Dawson's Creek.

On May 24, 2000, Dawson's Creek ma history by broadstg televisn's first “passnate” gay male kiss when Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) found the urage to nfs his te feelgs for Ethan (Adam Kfman) the season three fale, tled “Te Love” [1]. ↑ Why Greg Berlanti Threatened to Qu to Get a Gay Kiss on Dawson's Creek.

Gay Man #1. Gay Man #2. Kev Williamson has explaed his cisn to make one of the Dawson's Creek characters gay.

DAWSON’S CREEK’S KERR SMH REFLECTS ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: WATCH

Rememberg the beloved character and his historic gay kiss…. The recent release of Dawson’s Creek on Netflix Canada is nveniently timed, sce 2020 marks two s sce the show’s groundbreakg kiss between gay characters Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) and Ethan Brody (Adam Kfman).