A History of the Gay Bt Friend Film and TV

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• MICHAEL URIE’S BIG GAY REVOLUTN
• MAJOR CHARACTERS     BETTY SUAREZ BEATRIZ "BETTY" SUAREZ (AMERI FERRERA)A YOUNG WOMAN TRYG TO MAKE ON HER OWN, BETTY SUAREZ IS THE MA PROTAGONIST OF THE SHOW. SHE LIV QUEENS WH HER WIDOWED FATHER IGNAC, OLR SISTER HILDA AND NEPHEW JT, AND WORKS AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE EDOR IN CHIEF AT MO MAGAZE. SHE QUICKLY LEARNS THAT WORKG AT MO WILL TT THE VERY FIBERS OF HER CHARACTER, YET SHE REMAS RILIENT AND EXCED SPE OF ALL THE NSPIRACI, DRAMA AND HEARTBREAK SHE SUFFERS. SHE HOP TO BE A JOURNALIST SOMEDAY AND WILL OFTEN TAKE THE CHANCE TO PURSUE HER AMBN. A ROLE MOL FOR ALL GIRLS EVERYWHERE THE VIEW OF THE SHOW'S WRERS, SHE'S LIABLE TO BOTH GIVE AND RECEIVE AOPS. BY THE WAY, SHE'S NOT SO MUCH UGLY AS SHE HAS A REALLY BAD/STRANGE FASHN SENSE. ALLEGEDLY DATELS: QUE A LOT OF LOVE TRIANGL FOR ONE SO "UGLY". ANIMAL MOTIFS: BUTTERFLI, SYMBOLIC OF BETTY'S OWN METAMORPHOS. BADASS ADORABLE: SHE'S A SWEET, CHEERFUL, FEME YOUNG WOMAN WH A LORFUL (EVEN WHEN UNFORTUNATE) SENSE OF STYLE BUT SHE IS ALSO VERY TERMED AND WHEN YOU GET ON HER BAD SI, SHE WILL WARN YOU SHE IS OM QUEENS AND WILL GET PHYSIL. BETIFUL ALL ALONG: STARTS OFF WH LIMP HAIR, BRAC, AND AN UNFORTUNATE FASHN SENSE. AS THE SERI GO ON SHE STARTS STYLG HER HAIR DIFFERENTLY, HER FASHN SENSE IS A LTLE MORE POLISHED AND PROFSNAL (THOUGH NO LS LORFUL) AND STARTS SHOWG OFF HER FIGURE, AND BE OFFICIAL THE FAL EPISOS WHEN SHE LOS HER BRAC. BPECTACLED CUTIE: AN DORKY BUT CUTE GIRL WHO DONNED A PAIR OF LARGE GLASS BRAC OF ORTHODONTIC OVERKILL: SHE WORE VERY OBV BRAC AND HAS BEEN LAMPSHAD ONE EPISO THAT SHE ULD HAVE BEEN NSIRED VERY BETIFUL IF SHE HAD PERFECT TEETH. BRAY BTE: A CLEVER AND PETENT BTE. BREAK THE CUTIE: SO MANY ATTEMPTS ARE MA TO DO THIS OVER THE SHOW, BETTY PH THROUGH ALL OF THEM. NOTABLY THE PILOT. BUTT-MONKEY: THE SHOW PUTS HER THROUGH A LOT OF TERRIBLE SUATNS, OFTEN PLAYED FOR HUMOR AT HER EXPENSE. COOL AUNT: TO JT, GIVG HIM GUIDANCE AND EVEN ALLOWG HIM TO E WH HER TO WORK (EVEN GETTG HIM AN TERNSHIP), THEY EVEN PLAY DANCE, DANCE REVOLUTN TOGETHER. THEY ARE ALSO CLOSER AGE AS SHE WAS LIKELY A PRETEEN WHEN HE WAS BORN. CUTE CLUMSY GIRL: DPE HER PETENCE, BETTY IS ALSO VERY CLUMSY, OFTEN KNOCKG TO THGS, MOST NOTABLY PLEXIGLASS WDOWS. DU MAG: SHE'S HAD SEVERAL MEN TRYG TO W HER AFFECTNS OVER THE URSE OF THE SERI, CLUDG HER BOSS. FAY VERS CAREER: THIS IS MORE SO THE 3RD SEASON. WEIRDLY, SHE DON'T EVEN HAVE CHILDREN OR A HBAND, AND THE FAY MEMBER SCREAMG FOR THE ATTENTN IS HER SISTER, WHO ALREADY IS HOME WH THEIR ILL FATHER ON A DAILY BASIS ANYWAY. FISH OUT OF WATER: ESPECIALLY THE EARLIER EPISOS, WHERE SHE FIRST MOV OM QUEENS TO A NEW PLACE AND STGGLED TO F . GIRL FRIDAY: TO DANIEL, SHE'S UALLY THE REASON BEHD HIS SUCCS WORKG BEHD THE SCEN. THE GLASS GOTTA GO: THANKFULLY AVERTED WHEN SHE GETS HER MAKEOVER. SHE DO, HOWEVER, GET MORE FASHNABLE GLASS THE GRAND FALE.GO-GETTER GIRL:--> HYPERPETENT SIKICK: TO DANIEL, PECIALLY THE EARLY SEASONS. SHE SAVED HIS JOB MANY MANY TIM. I CAN'T BELIEVE A GUY LIKE YOU WOULD NOTICE ME: SUBVERTED. BETTY DON'T HAVE A CSH ON DANIEL LIKE THE OTHER VERSNS OF THE SHOW, AND THE END 'S HIM THAT VELOPS FEELGS FIRST. IMPORTANT HAIRCUT: PART OF BETTY'S MAKEOVER NEAR THE END OF THE SHOW IS GETTG ONE. KICK THE DOG: LERALLY HAPPENS. FORTUNATELY, WAS JT A FANTASY SEQUENCE. MISSG MOM: BETTY'S MOTHER, ROSA, DIED PRE-SERI.NAïVE EVERYGIRL: ESPECIALLY EARLIER EPISOS. THOUGH BETTY HAS BEE LS NAIVE SCE THEN, SHE'S STILL, OF URSE, AS IALISTIC AS EVER.--> NERD GLASS: SHE WORE A PAIR OF THICK-RIMMED GLASS. NERDS ARE SEXY: HER MANY BOYIENDS THROUGHOUT THE SERI TEND TO AGREE. NICE GIRL: EASILY ONE OF THE MOST EMPATHETIC AND NICE CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW. ODD FRIENDSHIP: QUICKLY BEIENDS THE RICH WOMANIZG DANIEL. SHE ALSO BE IENDS WH AMANDA AND MARC LATER THE STORY. ONLY SANE EMPLOYEE: BETTY IS THIS BY WHEN SHE FIRST JOS MO (ASI OM CHRISTA, HER ONLY FRIEND AND THE OTHER ONLY SANE EMPLOYEE). PLUCKY OFFICE GIRL: STARTS OUT WH A DOWDY STYLE THAT EARNS SNEERS OM -WORKERS WHO ARE MORE FASHNABLE AND THNER THAN HER, SHE WORKS HER WAY UP AND STANDS UP FOR HERSELF MANY TIM, EARNG RPECT OR KNOWG HOW TO FLECT HER -WORKERS' CEL SULTS. THE POLLYANNA: NO MATTER WHAT GETS THROWN HER WAY, BETTY FAC WH A SE. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE "RPONSIBLE" OF THE SUAREZ SISTERS. RUMMAGE SALE REJECT/IMPOSSIBLY TACKY CLOTH: A LOT OF BETTY'S CLOTH OM THE FIRST FEW SEASONS, THIS STARTS TO CHANGE AS TO TIME WENT ON. SPICY LATA: AVERTED. THOUGH THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE SHE REMDS MARC THAT SHE'S OM QUEENS AND WILL H HIM. TEAM MOM: BETTY NSISTENTLY ATTEMPTS TO BE THIS TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY AROUND HER.     DANIEL MEA DANIEL MEA (ERIC MABI)BETTY'S SOMEWHAT PETENT BOSS, THOUGH HE DO TRY SOMETIM. THE UN-FAVORE OF THE MEA FAY (WHICH OWNS THE PANY) HE OFTEN SPENDS HIS DAYS LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC, LEAVG A TRAIL OF BROKEN HEARTS BEHD HIM WHEREVER HE GO, HIS OWN CLUD. HE AND BETTY TEND TO TAKE TURNS BEG EACH OTHER'S ROCK AND EVOLVE OM SIMPLE BOSS/ASSISTANT RELATNSHIP TO CLOSE IENDS. IN THE SHOW'S FALE THE RELATNSHIP WAS LEFT OPEN-END, THOUGH VAR HTS THROUGHOUT THE EPISO POSSIBLY IMPLY THAT THEY HOOKED UP AFTERWARDS, THE MOST OBV BEG THAT DANIEL CIS TO STAY LONDON FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON OTHER THAN THAT BETTY HAPPENS TO BE THERE. IT REMAS UNCLEAR, HOWEVER, IF BETTY FEELS THE SAME WAY, THOUGH SHE DO SE AT HIS ARRIVAL BEARD OF SORROW: DANIEL GROWS THIS SEVERAL TIM OVER THE N OF THE SHOW. BIGGER IS BETTER BED: WHEN A NU DANIEL WALKS ON WILHELMA MISTAKG HER FOR RENEE WILLIE ADMS SHE FDS HIS PACKAGE QUE IMPRSIVE. CHARACTER TIC: HAS A TENNCY TO SE WHILE GIVG A THUMBS UP WHEN LYG. COOL UNCLE: TO DJ, WHEN 'S REVEALED HE'S ACTUALLY ALEXIS'S SON. CYNICISM CATALYST: HIS BROTHER'S ATH WEIGHS HEAVILY ON HIS MD. GOOD FEELS GOOD: TAK SOMEONE ELSE TAKG THE CRED FOR HIS "NORMAL PEOPLE" MOLG SHOW STRI. EVEN MENTS ON HOW GOOD FEELS. HERO WH AN F GOOD: MANY ATTEMPTS TO DO RIGHT EHER GO UNNOTICED OR END UP FAILG. HIDN DEPTHS: AT FIRST OFF AS A PARTY ANIMAL BUT AS THE SERI PROGRS HE SHOWS TREMENDO CHARACTER VELOPMENT. HONT CORPORATE EXECUTIVE: TRI TO BE ONE, WH BETTY'S HELP. I AM NOT MY FATHER: TRI HIS HARST TO PE HIS FATHER'S SHADOW. INNOCENT BLUE EY: FTG HIS NICE GUY BUT IALISTIC PERSONALY. IVY LEAGUE FOR EVERYONE: DANIEL IS AN ALUMN OF HARVARD. TO BE FAIR, HIS FAY IS LOAD, SO HE ULD EASILY AFFORD TO GO THERE AND GET THE BT SAT PREP AVAILABLE. LADY KILLER IN LOVE: HE'S A WOMANIZER BUT FALLS FOR A LOVE INTERT AT LEAST ONCE PER SEASON. LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC: POOR DANIEL ALWAYS GO AFTER THE PRETTY ON, WHO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, SCREW HIM OVER. AVERTED SLIGHTLY WH MOLLY. SHE'S PRETTY, BUT HE LOV HER BEYOND THAT, AND THEY HAD A REAL NNECTN. LOVE EPIPHANY: IN "THE PAST PRENTS THE FUTURE", HE REALIZ HE HAS FEELGS FOR BETTY. LE, YOU ARE MY FATHER: A FRENCH BOY LLED DJ (DANIEL JR) SHOWS UP CLAIMG TO BE DANIEL'S SON. SUBVERTED THAT HE'S ACTUALLY DANIEL'S NEPHEW. MILLNAIRE PLAYBOY: ESPECIALLY AT THE START OF THE SHOW. HE EVEN STARTS A MAGAZE TLED PLAYER THAT'S A BLAND-NAME PRODUCT OF PLAYBOY. NICE GUY: MUCH OF HIS CHARACTER IS HIM BEG NICE OR TRYG TO BE. NICE TO THE WAER: HE'S VERY NICE AND RPECTFUL TO HIS EMPLOYE. REALLY GETS AROUND: HE'S HAD A STRG OF RELATNSHIPS. IF ANYTHG, THIS IS WHY HIS FATHER, BRADFORD, HIRED BETTY IS BEE, TO HIS LOGIC, DANIEL WOULDN'T WANT TO SLEEP WH SOMEONE SUPPOSEDLY AS "UNATTRACTIVE" AS BETTY. REAL MEN WEAR PK: DANIEL SURE DO WEAR A LOT OF PURPLE FOR A STRAIGHT MAN. WHO WORKS FASHN, ADMTEDLY. SHARP-DRSED MAN: HIS CLOTHG OF CHOICE OFTEN NSISTS OR DARK SUS NTRASTED WH VERY LORFUL SHIRTS AND TI. SIBLG RIVALRY: HAS ONE WH ALEX OVER NTROL OF MEA. THE UN-FAVOURE: IS OFTEN PARED TO HIS OLR SISTER ALEX. UPPER-CLASS TW: AT THE START OF THE SERI, AT LEAST. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER IS MSY AT BT.MODE MAGAZE     WILHELMA SLATER WILHELMA SLATER (VANSA WILLIAMS)HEAD CREATIVE ASSISTANT AND DGHTER OF A SENATOR, SHE'S A WOMAN OF QUICK W AND VERSATILY WHICH SHE FOR SELFISH REASONS. HER ULTIMATE SIRE IS TO N A MAGAZE AND ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OVER MO MAGAZE NUMERO TIM. ONE OF THE MOST PLITED CHARACTERS, SHE PERFORMS THE ROLE OF A CARD-CARRYG VILLA YET IS NOT ABOVE THE OCSNAL PET THE DOG MOMENT. SHE HAS AN TRANGED DGHTER NAMED NI AND IS MARC'S MANAGER. BIG BAD: SHE IS THE PRIMARY ANTAGONIST OF THE STORY. BCH SHEEP'S CLOTHG: SHE ACTS NICE BUT IS THE OPPOSE. BUT NOT TOO BLACK: WILHELMA UNRWENT SURGERY AND SK BLEACHG ORR TO NFORM TO THE FASHN DTRY'S STANDARDS AS A MOL. CARD-CARRYG VILLA: SHE AND MARC OFTEN LL THEIR SCHEM "EVIL" WH PLETE SCERY. THE CHSMASTER: ALWAYS HAS AN ELABORATE PLAN AT HAND TO GET BACK TO MO'S GOOD BOOKS, UALLY VOLVG MARC AND ANY NUMBER OF HER 'NTACTS'. THE CORPTER: AS TYLER'S AA SPONSOR, THOUGH THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL FOR HER. AND PRUMABLY TO MARC SOMETIME PRR TO THE PILOT. IN FACT, WILHELMA SEEMS TO NSIR HER SWORN DUTY TO TEACH ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR HER THE PROPER WAY TO SCHEME AND PLOT. DEAL WH THE DEVIL: DON'T MAKE ALS WH WILHELMA... JT DON'T. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: WILHELMA DO SOFTEN SLIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE SERI, PECIALLY TO MARC, DANIEL AND SOMETIM BETTY. THE FALE IMPLI SHE LEARNED HER LSON SCE BEG NICE ACTUALLY EARNED HER WHAT SHE WANTED. THE DRAGON: EARLY ON TO ALEXIS. ALSO DURG HER LIFE AS WANDA, FEY SOMMERS' ASSISTANT.FX AFFABLY EVIL--> HEEL–FACE REVOLVG DOOR: CAN BE PLOTTG DANIEL'S DOWNFALL ONE EPISO TO BEG HIS ALLY ANOTHER VERY OFTEN. HEEL–FACE TURN / HEEL REALIZATN: IN THE FALE, PECIALLY AFTER MARC CHEWS HER OUT. ICY BLUE EY: TO REFLECT HER LD, ICY MEANOR. IT'S ALL ABOUT ME: SHE REALLY WANTS THE MAGAZE TO SUCCEED. AS LONG AS SHE NS , OF URSE. JERKASS HAS A POT: HER ANTAGONISM TOWARDS DANIEL (AND BETTY BY PROXY) RIS OM THE FACT THAT SHE HAS WORKED S AT THE MAGAZE, HAS LED HER PARTMENT WH AN IRON FIRST AND WAS OBVLY THE MOST PETENT ELIGIBLE PERSON TO TAKE OVER AFTER FEY'S MISE. BUT JOB WAS GIVEN TO BRADFORD MEA'S SON (SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN HER WH NO EXPERIENCE) OUT OF BLATANT NEPOTISM. SHE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE BTER ABOUT , BUT HER QUTNABLE METHODS ARE OBVLY TOO MUCH. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: SHE N BE NICE, EP DOWN. MANIPULATIVE BCH: IT'S UALLY SCHEMG OR MANIPULATG PEOPLE ORR TO OT DANIEL AND BETTY AND TAKE NTROL OF THE MAGAZE. MOLG IS GLAMORO: WILHELMA SLATER WAS A RICH GIRL TURNED SUPERMOL, WHO WAS ABLE TO PARLAY HER SUCCSFUL REER TO A HIGH-POWERED FASHN MAGAZE EXECUTIVE. HER TASTE FOR THE FER THGS LIFE HAS REMAED NSTANT THROUGHOUT, AS HAS HER IMPER PERSONALY. MS. FANSERVICE: SHE'S A SCTRS THAT OFTEN WEARS GLAMORO AND REVEALG OUTFS. MT MAKE AMENDS: WHEN SHE PROTECTS CLAIRE OM TYLER AT THE END OF THE PENULTIMATE EPISO.NAKED MK-->KICK THE DOG: WILHELMA DO THIS ALMOST EVERY EPISO.--> PET THE DOG: RARE EARLIER SEASONS, BUT QUE OFTEN SEASON FOUR. USUALLY TO MARC, DANIEL OR EVEN BETTY. IN THE FALE, SHE EVEN ADMS THAT SHE WILL MISS BETTY. RICH BCH: RICH, CHECK. BCH, OH SO CHECK. LAMPSHAD CLAIRE: YOU MAY WANNA RETHK YOUR WARDROBE, WILHEMA. GONNA HAVE A LTLE TROUBLE NVCG THEM YOU NEED MONEY WEARG MK. WILHEMA: IT'S NOT MK, DARLG, 'S CHCHILLA! CLAIRE: WELL, WHATEVER IS YOU LOOK LIKE A RICH BCH! SILVER VIXEN: SHE IS A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AND IS STILL VERY MISS AMERI BETIFUL AND HAS EVEN PERFORMED THE ROLE OF THE VAMP A FEW TIM. TAKG THE BULLET: AN UNUAL EXAMPLE; SHE DIDN'T REALLY TEND TO TAKE THE BULLET OM TYLER FOR CLAIRE ( FACT, TYLER ACCINTALLY FIRED THE GUN), BUT SHE DID SAVE HER LIFE. SHE GETS BETTER. THE VAMP: SHE PLAYED THIS ROLE, IALLY, TO SCE BRADFORD. VILLA DEY: WHILE STILL A DANGER AT TIM, HER BACKSTABBG AND SCHEMG WANE SIGNIFINTLY AS THE SERI GO ON. SHE UNRGO THE HEEL–FACE REVOLVG DOOR SEVERAL TIM PER SEASON DUE TO PERSONAL HANGUPS, FAIAL NFLICTS AND THE OLD "MY REER" VS "MY SOUL" NFLICT. VILLA WH GOOD PUBLICY: ZIG-ZAGGED THAT WHENEVER SEEMS THGS ULDN'T GO WRONG THEY DO. INVOKED "BANANAS FOR BETTY". SHE GIV EXPENSIVE SIGNER CLOTH TO HOMELS PEOPLE, SGS TO SICK CHILDREN, AND MAK SURE TV MERAS HAPPEN TO BE THERE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT A GOOD PERSON SHE IS. IT TURNS OUT TO BE ALL FOR NOTHG WHEN LATER THAT NIGHT, SHE SLAMS BETTY WHE'S FGER A R DOOR AND LLOLY STAT "I'M WILHELMA SLATER AND I DON'T GET WET." VISNARY VILLA: SHE REALLY, REALLY R FOR AND LOV MODE AND WILL DO ANYTHG TO HAVE A PERMANENT SHARE OF . AS OF SEASON FOUR, SHE HAS SUCCEED AND HAS AN EQUAL 50% NTROL WH DANIEL. AT THE END OF THE SERI, SHE HAS PLETE NTROL, BUT NOT BY TREACHERO MEANS. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: INVERTED. SHE AND HER FATHER ED TO BE PRETTY CLOSE BUT HER AMBNS IS WHAT MA THEM GROW DISTANT. WHEN YOU COMG HOME, DAD?: HER DGHTER NI GOT HERSELF EXPELLED OM EVERY OTHER SCHOOL AS A CRY FOR ATTENTN OM HER EMOTNALLY DISTANT MOTHER.     MARC ST. JAM MARC ST. JAM (MICHAEL URIE)WILHELMA'S BATTLE BUTLER AND CAMP GAY ASSISTANT. MARC TAK PLEASURE AT BEG TTY TO IENDS AND ENEMI ALIKE THOUGH HE TOO HAS THE OCSNAL PET THE DOG MOMENT. BATTLE BUTLER: NOT AAID TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY TO GET THE JOB DONE. BIG BROTHER INSTCT: MARK ALWAYS IS SHOWN TO BE VERY IENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE OF JT. GIVG HIM ADVICE AND ENURAGEMENT WHEN NEED. CAMP GAY: VERY MUCH SO. HE BEHAV A STEREOTYPILLY FLAMBOYANT MANNER AND MAK PUNS AND WTY JOK ON SUGGTIVE TERMS LIKE "FLAMG" AND "OUT." DEADPAN SNARKER: MOST OF HIS DIALOGUE IS THIS, PECIALLY WHEN PAIRED WH AMANDA. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: MALE VERSN - NO GAY JOK, PLEASE. MARC BE QUE CLOSE TO BETTY E TO THE END OF THE SERI, AND EVEN DANIEL HIS OWN WAY. THE DRAGON: AS THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT OF BIG BAD WILHELMA. EVEN EVIL HAS STANDARDS: MARC DRAWS THE LE AT HIDG EVINCE THAT ULD EXONERATE CLAIRE. MARC: I DO A LOT OF MORALLY QUTNABLE THGS FOR WILHELMA, BUT NONE OF IS TECHNILLY CRIMAL. GAY BT FRIEND: FOR AMANDA, A LOT OF THE SHOW'S HUMOR OM THEIR DYNAMIC AND THEY EVEN GOT THEIR OWN SP-OFF WEB-SERI. HIDN DEPTHS: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE SNARKY, GAY ASSISTANT, WHO PICKS ON PEOPLE'S DREAMS, WOULD WANT TO OWN A MAGAZE ONE DAY? JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: MARC REALLY IS A NICE GUY BEHD HIS TTS. MENTOR QUEERNS: TO JT. MORALY PET: TO WILHELMA, PECIALLY THE FALE. PARENTAL SUBSTUTE: TO JT, MORE SO AS THE SERI GO ON (THOUGH HE STILL THKS JT IS BETTY'S SON), WHICH EVENTUALLY GOT HILDA JEALO. PET THE DOG: WH AMANDA, JT, AND OCSNALLY BETTY. PLATONIC LIFE-PARTNERS: WH AMANDA. THEY HAVE A -PENNT RELATNSHIP; SHE OFTEN PRETEND TO BE HIS GIRLIEND TO HELP HIM HI OM HIS MOTHER THAT HE WAS GAY, AND HE HAS TAKEN RISKS TO PROTECT HER JOB OM WILHELMA. THEY EVEN STARRED TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN SP-OFF WEB-SERI "MO AFTER HOURS". THE RIVAL: TO BETTY, AS HE'S WILHELMA'S PERSONAL ASSISTANT JT LIKE BETTY IS DANIEL'S. Y-MAN: UNTIL ABOUT SEASON 3 AND 4 WHERE HE BE MORE VOL ABOUT HIS DISNTENTS.     AMANDA TANEN AMANDA TANEN (BECKI NEWTON)A SASSY SECRETARY (TECHNILLY A RECEPTNIST) AT MODE WHO SERV AS MARC'S FAG HAG AND TAGS ALONG WH HIM WHENEVER VOLV PRANKG OR MEANG OTHERS. THOUGH SHE'S NNIVG AND TTY SHE'S NOT TOO TELLIGENT (I.E. NOT KNOWG WHAT WRATH MEANS) AND IS HIGHLY IMPULSIVE. DPE THIS SHE IS NOT PLETELY BCHY AND, LIKE EVERY OTHER MA CHARACTER, HAS PLENTY PET THE DOG MOMENTS. IN MORE RECENT EPISOS, SHE, MARC AND BETTY SEEM TO HAVE FORMED SOME KD OF LOOSE TR. ADOPTED TO THE HOE: AMANDA GETS KICKED OUT OF HER APARTMENT AFTER GOG EP TO BT AND MAXG OUT HER CRED RDS. WHEN BETTY FDS HER LIVG AT THE MODE OFFIC, SHE V HERSELF TO BEE BETTY'S ROOMMATE HER NEW APARTMENT, WHERE SHE'S GENERALLY A PT BUT HAS HER PET THE DOG MOMENTS (LIKE GETTG A SEND JOB AT A BURGER FOOL WH A BAD JOB, WORSE UNIFORM WHEN SHE LOS THE RENT MONEY). AMBIGUOLY BI: LATER THE STORY, AMANDA SEEMS TO HAVE SOMETHG OF A GIRL CSH ON BETTY. ATTENTN WHORE: AMANDA IS OFTEN SPERATE TO BEE FAMO AND THE CENTER OF ATTENTN. BAD JOB, WORSE UNIFORM: AFTER SHE LOS THE RENT MONEY "BAD AMANDA", SHE GETS A SEND JOB AT A BURGER FOOL TO HELP PAY HER SHARE. SHE SH OUT OF THE OFFICE, HIDG HER UNIFORM UNR A AT. THE BRALS BETY: DOWNPLAYED, AS SHE MAY NOT BE THE SMARTT, HOWEVER, AMANDA IS MORE OF A SENSIVE GENI, OFTEN BEG VERY EMPHATIC WHEN THE SUATN TLY REQUIR , SHE'S ALSO SHOWN TO HAVE SOME GREE OF STREET SMARTS AND IS A VERY PETENT STYLIST. THE BEARD: PLAYED THIS ROLE OFTEN FOR MARC. BIG EATER: MALY WHEN UNR STRS. DEADPAN SNARKER: NOT AS MUCH AS MARC, BUT 'S STILL THERE. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: TO BETTY THROUGHOUT THE SERI. FAG HAG: MOSTLY TO HER GAY BT FRIEND MARC, BUT BEG A SECRETARY A FASHN MAGAZE HAS HER HANG AROUND MANY GAY MEN. SHE EVEN TURNED A FEW. FRIENDS WH BENEFS: BE ONE WH DANIEL SEASON 4, THOUGH SHE WAS SLEEPG WH HIM AS EARLY AS SEASON 1.HAVE I MENTNED I AM A DWARF TODAY?: AFTER SHE FDS OUT, 'S RARE FOR HER TO GET THROUGH A NVERSATN WHOUT MENTNG AT LEAST ONCE.--> HOME NUDIST: IMPLIED, GIVEN WHEN SHE'S FOUND WALKG AROUND THE BUFF AT WHEN SHE'S LIVG AT MO AFTER SHE'S BEEN EVICTED. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: SEEMS LIKE A VA, MEAN WOMAN AT FIRST, BUT SEEMS TO GENUELY RE ABOUT THAT SHE LIK. LE, I AM YOUR FATHER: SHE FDS OUT HER MOTHER IS THE LEGENDARY EDOR--CHIEF FEY SOMMERS SEASON 1. LOVABLE ALPHA BCH: THE GROWN-UP VERSN. MISTER MUFFYKS: HALSTON, HER CEASED MOTHER'S PET DOG. MS. FANSERVICE: OFTEN WEARS VERY REVEALG AND GLAMORO OUTFS, AND DON'T TAKE MUCH TO GET HER OUT OF THEM. PET THE DOG: MOSTLY WH MARC, BUT SHE N BE OCSNALLY KD TO BETTY. IN LATER SEASONS, THEY BEE FULL-BLOWN IENDS. PLATONIC LIFE-PARTNERS: WH MARC. THEY HAVE A -PENNT RELATNSHIP; SHE OFTEN PRETEND TO BE HIS GIRLIEND TO HELP HIM HI OM HIS MOTHER THAT HE WAS GAY, AND HE HAS TAKEN RISKS TO PROTECT HER JOB OM WILHELMA. THEY EVEN STARRED TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN SP-OFF WEB-SERI "MO AFTER HOURS". PRETTY FREELOARS: IN SEASON 3 WHEN SHE GOT EVICTED OM HER HOE. SHE EVEN CRASHED AT MODE FOR A WHILE, BY SCG ONE OF THE SECURY GUARDS, AND CRASH WH BETTY FOR A WHILE. REALLY GETS AROUND: SLEEPS AROUND AS OFTEN AS DANIEL. THE RIVAL: TO BETTY, AS AMANDA WANTS HER JOB AS DANIEL'S ASSISTANT. SASSY SECRETARY: NOT OFTEN TO HER SUPERRS, BUT SHE'S VERY SASSY WH HER WORKERS. SEXY SECRETARY: SHE'S ALSO THIS, WH BEG A SECRETARY AND A MS. FANSERVICE. SHAMELS FANSERVICE GIRL: SHE SEEMS ALMOST VOID OF MOSTY, DOG THGS SUCH AS WALKG AROUND NAKED MODE BEFORE OPENS OR TAKG A BUBBLE BATH THE MIDDLE OF BETTY'S HOE. STUPID SEXY FLANRS: THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPLITNS THAT SHE HAS A BI-CUR CSH ON BETTY. SHE'S ALSO HAD HER MOMENTS WH WILHELMA AND CHRISTA. VRLIC BT BUDS: HER RELATNSHIP WH BETTY HAS PROGRSED TOWARD THIS.     CHRISTA MCKNEY CHRISTA MCKNEY(ASHLEY JENSEN)BETTY'S BT IEND AT WORK, CHRISTA IS A FUNNY FOREIGNER OM STLAND, WHICH MEANS SHE DRKS A LOT AND ALL THAT HILAR STTISH SLANG. HER PURPOSE ON THE SHOW WAS ORIGALLY BEG BETTY'S ONLY IEND AMONG THE MODI, MAKG HER THE ARTIFACT OM THE DAYS WHEN THE SHOW WAS MORE OF A FISH OUT OF WATER EDY. AS A RULT, CHRISTA WAS OUT OF FOC A LOT LATER EPISOS. SHE WAS PUT ON A B AT THE END OF THE THIRD SEASON, AND RETURNED THE THIRD-TO-LAST EPISO WHEN BETTY, HILDA, AND AMANDA VISED LONDON. THE ARTIFACT: CHRISTA DON'T REALLY F TO THE SHOW DURG HER LAST FEW EPISOS. GRANTED BETTY DON'T EHER, BUT SHE HAS MORE REASON FOR BEG THERE. BT FRIEND: SHE'S BETTY BT IEND AND ALLY AT MO AT THE START OF THE STORY. DEADPAN SNARKER: OFTEN GETS TO SOME SNARK-TO-SNARK COMBAT WH MARC AND AMANDA. FUNNY FOREIGNER: CHRISTA IS OFTEN MOCKED FOR BEG STTISH, BUT IS ALSO A HUMORO CHARACTER HERSELF. ONLY SANE EMPLOYEE: SHE'S THE MOST NORMAL PERSON AT MO. OUT OF FOC: AT SOME POTS, CHRISTA ONLY EXISTED TO POP UP AND GIVE BETTY ADVICE. REAL LIFE WR THE PLOT: CHRISTA WAS ORIGALLY WRTEN AS AN AMERIN AND WAS ONLY MA STTISH AFTER JENSEN WAS ST. ALSO, ONE OF THE MA REASONS FOR CHRISTA BEG OUT OF FOC (AND THEN BEG PUT ON A B) WAS BEE THE SHOW RELOTED PRODUCTN OM LOS ANGEL TO NEW YORK, G A NFLICT FOR ASHLEY JENSEN WHO WAS THEN RIDG CALIFORNIA AND UNABLE TO RELOTE. STLAND: HAS THAT GEO ACCENT.THE SUAREZ     IGNAC SUAREZ IGNAC SUAREZ (TONY PLANA)BETTY'S ELRLY DAD. HE'S AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT OM MEXI, BUT NOT ONE WHO WAS JT LOOKG FOR A BETTER LIFE. NO, THAT WOULD BE TOO BORG. INSTEAD, HE WAS ON THE N AFTER HAVG KILLED A MAN (A RATHER UNPLEASANT MAN, THOUGH, WHO LATER TURNED OUT TO BE NOT-QUE-SO-AD). DAY TIME DRAMA QUEEN: IGNAC SEEMS TO HAVE NOTHG ELSE TO DO BUT HANG AROUND WATCHG TELENOVELAS. DOTG PARENT: ALMOST OVERWHELMGLY SO TO HIS GIRLS, TO HIS GRANDSON JT, AND UALLY TO BETTY OR HILDA'S LOVE TERTS. MORALY PET: SOMEWHAT THIS FOR BOTH BETTY AND HILDA. OPEN-MD PARENT: HE IS PRETTY OPEN WHEN TO HIS DGHTER'S DATG LIV (UNLIKE THE UAL STEREOTYPE OF LATO MEN BEG THE MACHO LATO WHO MS TWERP SWEATG) AND VERY ACCEPTG (AND ENURAGG) ABOUT HIS TEENAGE GRANDSON BEG GAY AND DATG A BOY. PAPA WOLF: HE'S EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE OF HIS DGHTERS AND GRANDSON. SUPREME CHEF: HE HAS GREAT OKG. AS WE FD OUT, THIS IS HOW HE MET ROSA, AS HE ED TO WORK AS A CHEF THE RTRANT.     HILDA SUAREZ HILDA SUAREZ (ANA ORTIZ)BETTY'S RATHER SHALLOW SISTER WH WHOM SHE'S EMBROILED THE GLOR WAR OF SISTERLY RIVALRY. HILDA MAY OR MAY NOT BE MISS YO-YO KNICKERS, BUT SHE AT LEAST DRS LIKE HER. ALL GIRLS WANT BAD BOYS: SHE DON'T HAVE THE BT CHOICE MEN. ANIMAL MOTIFS: HILDA TENDS TO WEAR CLOTH WH ANIMAL PRTS, WHICH ADD TO HER QUEENS WOMAN IMAGE. BIG SISTER INSTCT: TOWARDS BETTY. CHATTY HAIRDRSER: ALL WH THAT GEO ACCENT OF HERS. COOL BIG SIS: TO BETTY. THE GLOR WAR OF SISTERLY RIVALRY: SOMEWHAT THIS WH BETTY, BUT THEY ARE VERY CLOSE FOR THE MOST PART. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE "FOOLISH" OF THE SUAREZ SISTERS. HIDN DEPTHS: WHILE HILDA IS OFTEN PORTRAYED AS SLIGHTLY SHALLOW AND DZY, HER SPANISH IS MUCH BETTER THAN BETTY'S, AND 'S IMPLIED THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY FLUENT. MAMA BEAR: JT TRY HURTG JT, OR BETTY FOR THAT MATTER. MISSG MOM: HER AND BETTY'S MOTHER, ROSA, DIED 2004, SOME TIME PRE-SERI. OPEN-MD PARENT: IN NTRAST TO HER FIRST APPEARANCE WHEN SHE TELLS JT ONLY GIRLS WORRY ABOUT THEIR WEIGHT, SHE IS VERY ACCEPTG AND ENURAGG OF JT HAVG TRADNALLY FEME TERTS AND WHEN FDG OUT HE IS GAY, HER STCT IS TO THROW A PARTY FOR HIM TO CELEBRATE HIS INTY. SIBLG Y-YANG: HILDA IS BETIFUL, SOMEWHAT SHALLOW, AND NOT ALL THAT SMART PARED TO BETTY WHO MIGHT BE PLAER LOOKG, BUT IS VERY WARM AND TELLIGENT. SGLE MOM STRIPPER: SORT OF AT ONE POT. SPICY LATA: SHE ACTS MORE THIS THAN BETTY DO. REALLY GETS AROUND: IT'S IMPLIED THAT SHE'S THIS. TEEN PREGNANCY: WHICH RULTED JT.     JT SUAREZ JT SUAREZ (MARK INLITO)HILDA'S SON AND THEREFORE BETTY'S NEPHEW. JT IS AMBIGUOLY GAY FOR MOST OF THE SERI, BUT HE EVENTUALLY OUT AS THE TWK WHEN HE HS HIS TEEN YEARS. LARGELY ED AS A PLOT VICE FOR THE MARC CHARACTER, WHO SERV AS A MENTOR FOR THE KID. AMBIGUOLY GAY: HE ACTS VERY CAMP GAY AND EVENTUALLY SE MARC AS THE MENTOR. THOUGH HE DID GET A BOYIEND NEAR THE END OF THE SHOW.AUTHOR AVATAR--> DISAPPEARED DAD: WHO EVENTUALLY DIED. ELEPHANT THE LIVG ROOM: SEE AMBIGUOLY GAY, ABOVE. PERFORMANCE ARTIST: JT IS QUE THE LTLE ACTOR AND DANCER. TELL ME ABOUT MY FATHER: WANTS TO KNOW HIS REAL FATHER. TRANSPARENT CLOSET: UNTIL SEASON 4. THE TWK: STARTG SEASON 4. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: AFTER HIS FATHER DIED, HE TEMPORARILY TRIED TO BEE A BEER-DRKG GIRL-CHASG BASKETBALL PLAYER HIS MEMORY.THE MEAS     CLAIRE MEA CLAIRE MEA (JUDH LIGHT)
• MICHAEL URIE OF “UGLY BETTY” HAS BOYIEND OFF-SCREEN; EXPLAS WHY LLG HIMSELF GAY NEVER SEEMED RIGHT
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• INTERVIEW WH "UGLY BETTY"’S DAVID {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 ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 5, 2007/9:52 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 5, 2007 / 9:52 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INTERVIEW WH \"UGLY BETTY\"’S DAVID BLUE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-12-06T02:52:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-12-06T02:52:15.000+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":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","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;}{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 IF ABC’S H SHOW UGLY BETTY WASN’T ALREADY GAY-IENDLY ENOUGH, THE DRAMEDY RECENTLY ADD A BOYIEND FOR MARC ST. JAM (MICHAEL URIE), WILEHMA SLATER’S UNCTUO, YET LOVABLE ASSISTANT. PROVG OPPOS ATTRACT, MARC FELL FOR FASHN PHOTOGRAPHER CLIFF, AN OVERWEIGHT, FASHN-IMPAIRED GAY MAN, MARC’S OPPOSE ALMOST EVERY WAY. WE RECENTLY HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH DAVID BLUE, THE ACTOR WHO IMBU CLIFF WH A REHGLY DIFFERENT 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;}{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;}AE: WOULD YOU SAY UGLY BETTY IS THE BIGGT BREAK OF YOUR REER SO FAR? DB: ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. NOT ONLY IS A GREAT ROLE – THE CHARACTER IS WARM AND FUN AND IENDLY – BUT I DON’T THK HE FALLS TO ANY RIDICULO STEREOTYP. HE’S ALLOWED TO JT BE HUMAN; HE’S ALLOWED TO JT BE. BEE OF THAT, AND BEE HE’S JT THE AVERAGE, EVERYDAY GUY, PEOPLE N RELATE TO HIM OR SEE PARTS OF THEMSELV {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;}AE: WHAT WAS THE STG AND DN LIKE FOR THE ROLE? DB: IT WAS REALLY TYPIL, ACTUALLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THK I JT LLED AND WAS OFFERED THE ROLE, WHICH WOULD BE NICE. NO, I DNED THROUGH MY AGENT, THROUGH MY MANAGER AND WAS LLED BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER AND THEN DID A SCREEN TT WH MICHAEL URIE, WHICH WAS GREAT, AND BOOKED A ROLE. SO A TYPIL MOVIE OR TV DN {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;}AE: HOW WAS THE PART SCRIBED, OR WHAT DID LL FOR? DB: IT WAS SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF, A PHOTOGRAPHER AT MO MAGAZE, FUN … MALE, MID- TO LATE TWENTI, OVERWEIGHT, AVERAGE-LOOKG PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS A CSH 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;}{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;}AE: DID YOU SEE THE OTHER ACTORS YOU WERE UP AGAST FOR THE ROLE? DB: YEAH, I MET ONE OF THEM AT THE ACTUAL DN AND THE OTHER ONE IS A IEND OF ME. WE STUDIED TOGETHER AT AN ACTG SCHOOL A WHILE AGO SO WAS KD OF ODD TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND TO BE TTG FOR THE SAME {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;}AE: WERE THEY PRETTY SIAR OR WERE YOU GUYS VERY DIFFERENT? DB: NO, WE WERE VERY DIFFERENT. ONE WAS LARGER THAN ME, TALLER AND MORE BUILT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THNER AND DARK HAIR. VERY DIFFERENT. I THK ALL OF , WE’RE ALL ON THE LARGER SI, I WOULDN’T SAY HUGE, BUT I THK WHEN WE WERE ALL UP FOR THE ROLE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE RIGHT FOR , SO I KNOW THAT I, PERSONALLY, STARTED EATG LIKE A MAD {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;}AE: SO THE ROLE WAS FOR SOMEONE WHO WASN’T SUPER TH LIKE MARC? DB: {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;}AE: YOU HAPPEN TO BE STRAIGHT. WAS THERE ANY NCERN FOR YOU OR YOUR MANAGEMENT WH YOU TAKG THE ROLE OF CLIFF? DB: I N’T SPEAK FOR THEM. I’M PRETTY SURE THEY AGREE WH ME, BUT NO, NOT AT ALL. I THK, MAYBE I’M NAïVE THIS WAY, BUT LOVE IS LOVE. THIS IS A GREAT CHARACTER. IT’S A GREAT TERACTN BETWEEN 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;}{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 DON’T MATTER IF ’S TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, A GUY AND A WOMAN. IT’S A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP AND ON TOP OF THAT ’S AN TERTG ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP. I WOULD RATHER PLAY THIS ROLE THAN A STRAIGHT MAN WHO IS NOT NEARLY AS TERTG. ACTUALLY I THK I EMBRACED A LTLE B MORE, AND WAS A LTLE MORE HARROWG AS WELL BEE I FELT A LTLE MORE PRSURE TO LIVE UP TO WHAT THIS CHARACTER SHOULD BE. SO IF ANYTHG WAS ACTUALLY MORE OF A CHALLENGE AND I GUS MORE SRY TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT {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;}AE: IT SOUNDS LIKE WAS A PLETE NON-ISSUE FOR YOU. DB: IT’S NOT LIKE I HAVEN’T PLAYED ANY OF THE ROL BEFORE. I’VE DONE EVERYTHG OM STRAIGHT MEN THEATER TO GAY MEN THEATER TO QUTNABLE MEN. IT DON’T MATTER. THEY WERE JT ROL, THEY WERE {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;}UGLY BETTY HAS BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT BREAKG THE L. IT’S GREAT THAT THE WRERS, WHO I THK A LOT OF THEM E OM WILL & GRACE, WHICH OF URSE REALLY BROKE GROUND, NOW ARE ON UGLY BETTY WHERE YOU HAVE, A RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEN LIKE MARC AND CLIFF. YOU N HAVE A TRANSSEXUAL CHARACTER, LIKE REBEC ROMIJN, AND THEN YOU HAVE JT WHO IS GROWG UP AND LEARNG WHAT HIS TERTS ARE GENERAL AND I THK ’S GREAT THAT YOU N DO THAT AND THEY’RE NOT GETTG A LOT OF FLACK LIKE, “OH MY GOD. HOW N YOU SHOW THIS ON 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;}PEOPLE ARE WATCHG AND THEY’RE SER AND THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THE CHARACTERS VELOP AND THAT’S GREAT. AND TO BE ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERS, LET ALONE TO BE THERE HELPG THE CHARACTER THAT EVERYONE AMERI LOV, ADD MORE PTH AND TO SHOW MORE OF? I ULDN’T ASK FOR {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;}AE: WHAT HAPPENS THE FOURTH EPISO WHICH YOU APPEAR? DB: ESSENTIALLY ’S JT AS A NORMAL UPLE. THE FIRST TIME YOU’RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SEE DOG NORMAL THGS. THE PAST FEW EPISOS HAVE BEEN FIGHTG OR ELSE GETTG BACK TOGETHER, AND ’S NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE TWO OF THEM JT BEG {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;}AE: SO GOG ON DAT OR HANGG OUT AT HOME? DB: {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;}AE: I THK CLIFF IS PROBABLY THE CLOST TO WHAT ACCURATELY SCRIB THE MAJORY OF GAY MEN AS OPPOSEDTO YOUR SUPER-F, ATHLETIC GUY THAT YOU TEND TO SEE ON SOMETHG LIKE DANTE’S COVE, A SHOW YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF. DB: A GOOD IEND OF ME IS ON THE LAIR, BRIAN NOLAN. WE WENT TO LLEGE TOGETHER ORLANDO. HE WAS ACTUALLY AT MY HOE FOR THE AIRG OF MY FIRST EPISO WHEN I HAD IENDS TOGETHER TO WATCH , SO ACTUALLY YEAH, I AM AWARE OF DANTE’S {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 THGS ATTRACTED ME TO THE ROLE [OF CLIFF]. FIRST OF ALL, HE’S NOT STEREOTYPIL ANY WAY, AND I LIKE THAT. AND THEN SENDLY, EVEN JT READG THE SIS OM THE FIRST DN, I SAW THAT THIS CHARACTER HAD A PTH TO HIM. AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE, I THK MY FAVORE PART WAS THE END OF THAT FIRST EPISO, WHERE MARC KD OF DISS HIM FOR ANOTHER GUY. I REALLY ENJOYED THE FACT THAT STEAD OF JT LEAVG WH HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS, CLIFF ACTUALLY STOOD UP FOR HIMSELF AND WAS LIKE, “WA A MUTE, NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU NOT BE DOG THIS TO ME, BUT I’M A TCH.” AND I LOVE THAT BEE I HOPE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE 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;}AE: AND HE’S SPEAKG UP FOR HIMSELF OM A PLACE OF NFINCE, NOT SECURY OR BLTER. IT’S REALLY NICE TO SEE A CHARACTER LIKE CLIFF, WHO’S NOT ONLY OL, BUT VERY FORTABLE WH HIMSELF. AND NOT JT HIS SEXUALY, BUT THE WAY HE LOOKS. DB: YEAH. I KNOW THAT ORIGALLY HIS CHARACTER WAS BROUGHT ON BEE PEOPLE LOVE MARC … AND WANTED TO SEE MORE OF MARC AND WANTED TO SEE EPER TO WHO MARC WAS. AND I LOVE THAT I WAS BROUGHT ON TO HELP SERVICE THAT CHARACTER, AND I THK THAT I DID. I THK CLIFF ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE A MORE HUMAN SI 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;}YEAH, MARC HAS ALL THIS STUFF GOG ON, BUT HE’S STILL OUT TO MAKE A LOVE NNECTN, HE’S STILL OUT TO HAVE THAT HUMAN PART. I LOVE EVERY EPISO BEG ABLE TO CHALLENGE THAT PART. I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, “WHY IS CLIFF TERTED MARC?” AND I THK ’S BEE THERE IS THAT HUMAN PART UNRNEATH. CLIFF KD OF BRGS THAT OUT, AND JT LIKE I’M CUR TO SEE WHAT MARC WILL BRG OUT CLIFF. I THK ALLOWS THE CHARACTER TO BE MORE THREE-DIMENSNAL, BOTH 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;}{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;}AE: WHAT WAS THE MAKEOVER PROCS LIKE FOR EPISO THREE WHERE YOU SHOWED UP FOR THE WEDDG ALL DRSED TO THE N? DB: IT’S ACTUALLY FUNNY BEE I UALLY DON’T HAVE FACIAL HAIR. I HAVE THE PAST, BUT NOT NORMALLY AND WHEN I DNED, THEY ASKED ME TO START GROWG . BY THE TIME THAT WE SHOT THE FIRST TWO EPISOS, I GOT SO MANY JOK OM FAY AND IENDS – YOU LOOK LIKE A MOUNTA MAN – I HAD BEEN DYG FOR A HAIRCUT FOR WEEKS. BUT WAS PRETTY MUCH JT A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE, WHICH I DID {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;}AE: THAT WAS QUE THE SU! DB: YEAH, FELY WAS. IF I HAD NO MORALS, I WOULD HAVE STOLEN THAT BEE WAS AMAZGLY NICE AND FORTABLE. IT WAS JT GREAT. IT WAS THE FIRST THG THAT I’VE EVER HAD BUILT FOR ME AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE . I WAS JT SO HAPPY TO WEAR ANY TIME I WAS ALLOWED {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;}AE: YOU TALKED BEFORE ABOUT BEG A LTLE B HEAVIER THAN YOUR AVERAGE ACTOR. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO AL WH REGARDG THAT? AS AN ACTOR DO YOU FEEL PRSURE TO BE THNER? OR IS THAT SOMETHG TO WHICH YOU JT SAY, “THAT’S NOT ME. I’M NOT GOG TO LET THAT GET TO ME.” DB: I WAS HEAVY, THEN I LOST WEIGHT, THEN I GAED A LTLE WEIGHT, THEN I LOST – BACK AND FORTH. I’M A POSTER CHILD FOR YO-YOG. BUT I DO LOVE WORKG OUT, SO I TRY TO REMA SOMEWHAT HEALTHY ALL THE TIME. I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKG AT PICTUR OF MYSELF TWO YEARS AGO AND I WAS LIKE, “OH MY GOD! BACK THEN I THOUGHT I WAS HEAVY AND I WAS WAY THNER BACK THEN THAN I AM NOW!”{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;}I THK THERE’S A CERTA ACCEPTANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OF WHO YOU ARE ORR TO START WORKG THIS DTRY BEE WHEN YOU GO TO BRG SOMETHG TO A ROLE, YOU LERALLY HAVE TO BRG SOME OF YOURSELF TO . SO ON THAT NOTE, I HAVE ACCEPTED JT A LTLE B, THAT I AM A LTLE B ON THE BIGGER SI. NOW ON THE OTHER HAND, STILL BOTHERS ME IF I GO OUT FOR A ROLE AND EVERYONE ELSE THERE IS THNER AND I GET AND I WONR, IS THAT [BEG HEAVIER] WHY?{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;}AE: YOU SAID THAT EVERY ACTOR BRGS SOMETHG OF HIMSELF TO A ROLE, SO WHICH PART OF YOURSELF DID YOU BRG TO CLIFF? DB: I LIKE TO THK THAT A LOT OF MY BT QUALI. I WON’T EVEN TRY TO PRETEND LIKE HE IS ME, BUT I LIKE THAT CLIFF’S TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE SE. I’VE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THE SAME THG. I LOVE MAKG PEOPLE LGH AND SE, WHICH IS WHY I LOVE STAND UP EDY AND EDI MYSELF. I LOVE THAT ABOUT CLIFF. LIKE MR. GUTLEY I THK IS THE BT THG EVER. AND THAT’S TOTALLY SOMETHG THAT I WOULD PROBABLY DO REAL LIFE. I’VE BEEN A RTRANT AND PUT FOOD MY FACE JT TO MAKE A PERSON LGH, SO I BRG THAT 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;}AE: ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE POSIVE REACTN OUR REARS HAVE HAD TO YOUR CHARACTER? DB: SURPRISED, YEAH. I MEAN I’M SO CREDIBLY HAPPY ABOUT . I’M SO LMED BY . I WAS JT KD OF WORRIED AT FIRST. I JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE NOT ONLY THOUGHT THAT THE CHARACTER WAS BELIEVABLE, BUT GREW TO LIKE THE CHARACTER. BEE ’S SO IMPORTANT, REALLY IS SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE LIKE CLIFF, BEE OTHERWISE HE’S JT THIS ANNOYG GUY WHO WON’T LEAVE MARC {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;}AE: I’D IMAGE THAT’S SORT OF THE REACTN THAT AN ACTOR PRAYS FOR, PECIALLY WHEN JOG AN TABLISHED SHOW AND YOU WANT YOUR CHARACTER TO STICK AROUND. DB: WHEN I WAS FIRST GOT ST MY ROLE AND I WAS LIKE, WA, WHO ELSE IS ST THIS SEASON? JAM VAN DER BEEK, VICTORIA BECKHAM, JOHN CHO, I’M LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDG ME? I’M GOG TO GET LOST THE SHUFFLE! THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ALL OF MY SCEN ARE WH MICHAEL URIE AND BECKI NEWTON, WHO ARE BOTH CREDIBLY BRILLIANT EDIC ACTORS, AND THEN VANSA WILLIAMS, WHO IS BOTH FUNNY AND HUGE. BUT THE FACT THAT EVERYONE WAS SO NICE ABOUT THE ROLE AND THE SCEN AND WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR MAK ME SO {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;}AE: IN THAT FOURTH EPISO, DO WE GET TO SEE A KISS BETWEEN YOU GUYS? DB: I ALMOST TEMPTED TO NOT SAY ANYTHG BEE I WANT PEOPLE TO TUNE . NO, NOT AS 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;}{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;}AE: SEE, THEN THEY HAVE TO BRG YOU BACK FOR MORE EPISOS. DB: WELL, I’D LOVE FOR THEM [TO DO SO]. I’M REALLY NOT EXAGGERATG. THE CHANCE TO WORK WH MICHAEL URIE IS A BLAST, AND THEN TO WORK WH ANYONE THAT ST. I’VE HAD GREAT NVERSATNS WH AMERI [FERRERA]; CHRISTOPHER GORHAM HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZG, TOO. IT’S JT GREAT TO BE AROUND THE SET. THIS NEXT EPISO IS FUN. I THK THIS ONE IS MORE FUN THAN ANYTHG {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;}AE: AS I SAID TO MICHAEL WHEN I TERVIEWED HIM, UGLY BETTY IS TLY ONE OF MY FAVORE SHOWS BEE ’S A EDY THAT N TURN ON A DIME AND PULL ON YOUR HEARTSTRGS OUT OF THE BLUE WHEN YOU DON’T EVEN SEE G. I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT WH THE TWO OF YOU. DB: THE FIRST UPLE EPISOS, I WAS NCERNED AT FIRST. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERI, THE WORLD, WOULD HAVE PATIENCE BEE THERE WAS A LOT OF ARGUG BACK AND FORTH BEE WE WERE TRYG TO GET THIS RELATNSHIP ON THE ROAD, GET {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;}AND THEN I WAS REALLY HAPPY WH THE WAY PEOPLE RPOND TO THE THIRD EPISO, BEE THAT WAS THE PAYOFF, I THK. THAT WAS WHERE YOU WERE LIKE, OKAY, THEY ACTUALLY ARE A UPLE. AND I’M HOPG THAT NTU THAT WAY WHERE YOU GET TO SEE A REAL TERACTN, A REAL RELATNSHIP, NOT JT NSTANT BICKERG. AND ON TOP OF THAT, AND BY THE WAY, JT ON A SI NOTE, THANK YOU AND THANK THE SE. YOU WERE THE FIRST REALLY TO PICK UP ON ME GETTG ST THE ROLE, SO BEFORE I EVER EVEN SHOT, YOU GOOGLED MY NAME AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ON TO PUT A PHOTO UP SAY THAT I GOT ST, SO I’M THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS JT STILL BEG CUR ABOUT {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;}AE: WE’RE CUR ABOUT YOU BEE YOU’VE DONE A GREAT JOB WH THE ROLE, OM HIS GAY ASPECT TO WHAT KD OF HUMAN BEG HE IS. LAST WEEK WE HAD A REAR’S POLL AND YOU’VE BEEN GETTG QUE A FEW VOT, WHICH IS GREAT FOR A CHARACTER WHO HASN’T EVEN BEEN A REGULAR ON A SHOW AT THIS POT. YOU’VE MA AN IMPACT AND DONE YOURSELF PROUD. DB: WOW. I DON’T KNOW OF ANY OTHER WORD THAN HUMBLED, TO EVEN BEG CLUD ON THE LIST, LET ALONE GETTG VOT. THAT’S AMAZG AND A TTAMENT TO THE WRG. I’M NOT EVEN ABOUT TO TAKE CRED FOR BEE IF WASN’T FOR MICHAEL URIE AND BECKI NEWTON, MY ROLE WOULDN’T BE NEARLY 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;}AE: I THK UGLY BETTY TLY SH AS AN ENSEMBLE AND SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS REALLY BEEN GENERO WH EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL WORKG TO ELEVATE THE SHOW TO WHAT IS. DB: NOT TO SPEAK OUT OF HAND, BUT I WENT TO AN EVENT RECENTLY AND THEY HAD ACCINTALLY FOTTEN TO WRE DOWN MY NAME. THEY WERE ANNOUNCG ON THE STAGE THAT WE WERE THERE TO RAISE MONEY FOR A FOUNDATN AND CHRISTOPHER GORHAM WAS THERE AND HE JT PICKED UP THE MICROPHONE AND SAID, “OH, THERE’S DAVID BLUE OM UGLY BETTY,” AND PLETELY TRODUCED ME, AND THAT GO TO SHOW YOU, ON SET AND OFF, HOW GREAT THIS ST IS BEE THEY RE ABOUT EACH OTHER, THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND THEY’RE CREDIBLY TALENTED AND HARD {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

MICHAEL URIE’S BIG GAY REVOLUTN

Love him or hate him, the Gay Bt Friend plays a big role pop culture. Almost as long as rom-s and high school TV shows have existed, the Gay Bt Friend(tm) has been a source of edy and ntroversy.

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MAJOR CHARACTERS     BETTY SUAREZ BEATRIZ "BETTY" SUAREZ (AMERI FERRERA)A YOUNG WOMAN TRYG TO MAKE ON HER OWN, BETTY SUAREZ IS THE MA PROTAGONIST OF THE SHOW. SHE LIV QUEENS WH HER WIDOWED FATHER IGNAC, OLR SISTER HILDA AND NEPHEW JT, AND WORKS AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE EDOR IN CHIEF AT MO MAGAZE. SHE QUICKLY LEARNS THAT WORKG AT MO WILL TT THE VERY FIBERS OF HER CHARACTER, YET SHE REMAS RILIENT AND EXCED SPE OF ALL THE NSPIRACI, DRAMA AND HEARTBREAK SHE SUFFERS. SHE HOP TO BE A JOURNALIST SOMEDAY AND WILL OFTEN TAKE THE CHANCE TO PURSUE HER AMBN. A ROLE MOL FOR ALL GIRLS EVERYWHERE THE VIEW OF THE SHOW'S WRERS, SHE'S LIABLE TO BOTH GIVE AND RECEIVE AOPS. BY THE WAY, SHE'S NOT SO MUCH UGLY AS SHE HAS A REALLY BAD/STRANGE FASHN SENSE. ALLEGEDLY DATELS: QUE A LOT OF LOVE TRIANGL FOR ONE SO "UGLY". ANIMAL MOTIFS: BUTTERFLI, SYMBOLIC OF BETTY'S OWN METAMORPHOS. BADASS ADORABLE: SHE'S A SWEET, CHEERFUL, FEME YOUNG WOMAN WH A LORFUL (EVEN WHEN UNFORTUNATE) SENSE OF STYLE BUT SHE IS ALSO VERY TERMED AND WHEN YOU GET ON HER BAD SI, SHE WILL WARN YOU SHE IS OM QUEENS AND WILL GET PHYSIL. BETIFUL ALL ALONG: STARTS OFF WH LIMP HAIR, BRAC, AND AN UNFORTUNATE FASHN SENSE. AS THE SERI GO ON SHE STARTS STYLG HER HAIR DIFFERENTLY, HER FASHN SENSE IS A LTLE MORE POLISHED AND PROFSNAL (THOUGH NO LS LORFUL) AND STARTS SHOWG OFF HER FIGURE, AND BE OFFICIAL THE FAL EPISOS WHEN SHE LOS HER BRAC. BPECTACLED CUTIE: AN DORKY BUT CUTE GIRL WHO DONNED A PAIR OF LARGE GLASS BRAC OF ORTHODONTIC OVERKILL: SHE WORE VERY OBV BRAC AND HAS BEEN LAMPSHAD ONE EPISO THAT SHE ULD HAVE BEEN NSIRED VERY BETIFUL IF SHE HAD PERFECT TEETH. BRAY BTE: A CLEVER AND PETENT BTE. BREAK THE CUTIE: SO MANY ATTEMPTS ARE MA TO DO THIS OVER THE SHOW, BETTY PH THROUGH ALL OF THEM. NOTABLY THE PILOT. BUTT-MONKEY: THE SHOW PUTS HER THROUGH A LOT OF TERRIBLE SUATNS, OFTEN PLAYED FOR HUMOR AT HER EXPENSE. COOL AUNT: TO JT, GIVG HIM GUIDANCE AND EVEN ALLOWG HIM TO E WH HER TO WORK (EVEN GETTG HIM AN TERNSHIP), THEY EVEN PLAY DANCE, DANCE REVOLUTN TOGETHER. THEY ARE ALSO CLOSER AGE AS SHE WAS LIKELY A PRETEEN WHEN HE WAS BORN. CUTE CLUMSY GIRL: DPE HER PETENCE, BETTY IS ALSO VERY CLUMSY, OFTEN KNOCKG TO THGS, MOST NOTABLY PLEXIGLASS WDOWS. DU MAG: SHE'S HAD SEVERAL MEN TRYG TO W HER AFFECTNS OVER THE URSE OF THE SERI, CLUDG HER BOSS. FAY VERS CAREER: THIS IS MORE SO THE 3RD SEASON. WEIRDLY, SHE DON'T EVEN HAVE CHILDREN OR A HBAND, AND THE FAY MEMBER SCREAMG FOR THE ATTENTN IS HER SISTER, WHO ALREADY IS HOME WH THEIR ILL FATHER ON A DAILY BASIS ANYWAY. FISH OUT OF WATER: ESPECIALLY THE EARLIER EPISOS, WHERE SHE FIRST MOV OM QUEENS TO A NEW PLACE AND STGGLED TO F . GIRL FRIDAY: TO DANIEL, SHE'S UALLY THE REASON BEHD HIS SUCCS WORKG BEHD THE SCEN. THE GLASS GOTTA GO: THANKFULLY AVERTED WHEN SHE GETS HER MAKEOVER. SHE DO, HOWEVER, GET MORE FASHNABLE GLASS THE GRAND FALE.GO-GETTER GIRL:--> HYPERPETENT SIKICK: TO DANIEL, PECIALLY THE EARLY SEASONS. SHE SAVED HIS JOB MANY MANY TIM. I CAN'T BELIEVE A GUY LIKE YOU WOULD NOTICE ME: SUBVERTED. BETTY DON'T HAVE A CSH ON DANIEL LIKE THE OTHER VERSNS OF THE SHOW, AND THE END 'S HIM THAT VELOPS FEELGS FIRST. IMPORTANT HAIRCUT: PART OF BETTY'S MAKEOVER NEAR THE END OF THE SHOW IS GETTG ONE. KICK THE DOG: LERALLY HAPPENS. FORTUNATELY, WAS JT A FANTASY SEQUENCE. MISSG MOM: BETTY'S MOTHER, ROSA, DIED PRE-SERI.NAïVE EVERYGIRL: ESPECIALLY EARLIER EPISOS. THOUGH BETTY HAS BEE LS NAIVE SCE THEN, SHE'S STILL, OF URSE, AS IALISTIC AS EVER.--> NERD GLASS: SHE WORE A PAIR OF THICK-RIMMED GLASS. NERDS ARE SEXY: HER MANY BOYIENDS THROUGHOUT THE SERI TEND TO AGREE. NICE GIRL: EASILY ONE OF THE MOST EMPATHETIC AND NICE CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW. ODD FRIENDSHIP: QUICKLY BEIENDS THE RICH WOMANIZG DANIEL. SHE ALSO BE IENDS WH AMANDA AND MARC LATER THE STORY. ONLY SANE EMPLOYEE: BETTY IS THIS BY WHEN SHE FIRST JOS MO (ASI OM CHRISTA, HER ONLY FRIEND AND THE OTHER ONLY SANE EMPLOYEE). PLUCKY OFFICE GIRL: STARTS OUT WH A DOWDY STYLE THAT EARNS SNEERS OM -WORKERS WHO ARE MORE FASHNABLE AND THNER THAN HER, SHE WORKS HER WAY UP AND STANDS UP FOR HERSELF MANY TIM, EARNG RPECT OR KNOWG HOW TO FLECT HER -WORKERS' CEL SULTS. THE POLLYANNA: NO MATTER WHAT GETS THROWN HER WAY, BETTY FAC WH A SE. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE "RPONSIBLE" OF THE SUAREZ SISTERS. RUMMAGE SALE REJECT/IMPOSSIBLY TACKY CLOTH: A LOT OF BETTY'S CLOTH OM THE FIRST FEW SEASONS, THIS STARTS TO CHANGE AS TO TIME WENT ON. SPICY LATA: AVERTED. THOUGH THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE SHE REMDS MARC THAT SHE'S OM QUEENS AND WILL H HIM. TEAM MOM: BETTY NSISTENTLY ATTEMPTS TO BE THIS TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY AROUND HER.     DANIEL MEA DANIEL MEA (ERIC MABI)BETTY'S SOMEWHAT PETENT BOSS, THOUGH HE DO TRY SOMETIM. THE UN-FAVORE OF THE MEA FAY (WHICH OWNS THE PANY) HE OFTEN SPENDS HIS DAYS LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC, LEAVG A TRAIL OF BROKEN HEARTS BEHD HIM WHEREVER HE GO, HIS OWN CLUD. HE AND BETTY TEND TO TAKE TURNS BEG EACH OTHER'S ROCK AND EVOLVE OM SIMPLE BOSS/ASSISTANT RELATNSHIP TO CLOSE IENDS. IN THE SHOW'S FALE THE RELATNSHIP WAS LEFT OPEN-END, THOUGH VAR HTS THROUGHOUT THE EPISO POSSIBLY IMPLY THAT THEY HOOKED UP AFTERWARDS, THE MOST OBV BEG THAT DANIEL CIS TO STAY LONDON FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON OTHER THAN THAT BETTY HAPPENS TO BE THERE. IT REMAS UNCLEAR, HOWEVER, IF BETTY FEELS THE SAME WAY, THOUGH SHE DO SE AT HIS ARRIVAL BEARD OF SORROW: DANIEL GROWS THIS SEVERAL TIM OVER THE N OF THE SHOW. BIGGER IS BETTER BED: WHEN A NU DANIEL WALKS ON WILHELMA MISTAKG HER FOR RENEE WILLIE ADMS SHE FDS HIS PACKAGE QUE IMPRSIVE. CHARACTER TIC: HAS A TENNCY TO SE WHILE GIVG A THUMBS UP WHEN LYG. COOL UNCLE: TO DJ, WHEN 'S REVEALED HE'S ACTUALLY ALEXIS'S SON. CYNICISM CATALYST: HIS BROTHER'S ATH WEIGHS HEAVILY ON HIS MD. GOOD FEELS GOOD: TAK SOMEONE ELSE TAKG THE CRED FOR HIS "NORMAL PEOPLE" MOLG SHOW STRI. EVEN MENTS ON HOW GOOD FEELS. HERO WH AN F GOOD: MANY ATTEMPTS TO DO RIGHT EHER GO UNNOTICED OR END UP FAILG. HIDN DEPTHS: AT FIRST OFF AS A PARTY ANIMAL BUT AS THE SERI PROGRS HE SHOWS TREMENDO CHARACTER VELOPMENT. HONT CORPORATE EXECUTIVE: TRI TO BE ONE, WH BETTY'S HELP. I AM NOT MY FATHER: TRI HIS HARST TO PE HIS FATHER'S SHADOW. INNOCENT BLUE EY: FTG HIS NICE GUY BUT IALISTIC PERSONALY. IVY LEAGUE FOR EVERYONE: DANIEL IS AN ALUMN OF HARVARD. TO BE FAIR, HIS FAY IS LOAD, SO HE ULD EASILY AFFORD TO GO THERE AND GET THE BT SAT PREP AVAILABLE. LADY KILLER IN LOVE: HE'S A WOMANIZER BUT FALLS FOR A LOVE INTERT AT LEAST ONCE PER SEASON. LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC: POOR DANIEL ALWAYS GO AFTER THE PRETTY ON, WHO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, SCREW HIM OVER. AVERTED SLIGHTLY WH MOLLY. SHE'S PRETTY, BUT HE LOV HER BEYOND THAT, AND THEY HAD A REAL NNECTN. LOVE EPIPHANY: IN "THE PAST PRENTS THE FUTURE", HE REALIZ HE HAS FEELGS FOR BETTY. LE, YOU ARE MY FATHER: A FRENCH BOY LLED DJ (DANIEL JR) SHOWS UP CLAIMG TO BE DANIEL'S SON. SUBVERTED THAT HE'S ACTUALLY DANIEL'S NEPHEW. MILLNAIRE PLAYBOY: ESPECIALLY AT THE START OF THE SHOW. HE EVEN STARTS A MAGAZE TLED PLAYER THAT'S A BLAND-NAME PRODUCT OF PLAYBOY. NICE GUY: MUCH OF HIS CHARACTER IS HIM BEG NICE OR TRYG TO BE. NICE TO THE WAER: HE'S VERY NICE AND RPECTFUL TO HIS EMPLOYE. REALLY GETS AROUND: HE'S HAD A STRG OF RELATNSHIPS. IF ANYTHG, THIS IS WHY HIS FATHER, BRADFORD, HIRED BETTY IS BEE, TO HIS LOGIC, DANIEL WOULDN'T WANT TO SLEEP WH SOMEONE SUPPOSEDLY AS "UNATTRACTIVE" AS BETTY. REAL MEN WEAR PK: DANIEL SURE DO WEAR A LOT OF PURPLE FOR A STRAIGHT MAN. WHO WORKS FASHN, ADMTEDLY. SHARP-DRSED MAN: HIS CLOTHG OF CHOICE OFTEN NSISTS OR DARK SUS NTRASTED WH VERY LORFUL SHIRTS AND TI. SIBLG RIVALRY: HAS ONE WH ALEX OVER NTROL OF MEA. THE UN-FAVOURE: IS OFTEN PARED TO HIS OLR SISTER ALEX. UPPER-CLASS TW: AT THE START OF THE SERI, AT LEAST. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER IS MSY AT BT.MODE MAGAZE     WILHELMA SLATER WILHELMA SLATER (VANSA WILLIAMS)HEAD CREATIVE ASSISTANT AND DGHTER OF A SENATOR, SHE'S A WOMAN OF QUICK W AND VERSATILY WHICH SHE FOR SELFISH REASONS. HER ULTIMATE SIRE IS TO N A MAGAZE AND ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OVER MO MAGAZE NUMERO TIM. ONE OF THE MOST PLITED CHARACTERS, SHE PERFORMS THE ROLE OF A CARD-CARRYG VILLA YET IS NOT ABOVE THE OCSNAL PET THE DOG MOMENT. SHE HAS AN TRANGED DGHTER NAMED NI AND IS MARC'S MANAGER. BIG BAD: SHE IS THE PRIMARY ANTAGONIST OF THE STORY. BCH SHEEP'S CLOTHG: SHE ACTS NICE BUT IS THE OPPOSE. BUT NOT TOO BLACK: WILHELMA UNRWENT SURGERY AND SK BLEACHG ORR TO NFORM TO THE FASHN DTRY'S STANDARDS AS A MOL. CARD-CARRYG VILLA: SHE AND MARC OFTEN LL THEIR SCHEM "EVIL" WH PLETE SCERY. THE CHSMASTER: ALWAYS HAS AN ELABORATE PLAN AT HAND TO GET BACK TO MO'S GOOD BOOKS, UALLY VOLVG MARC AND ANY NUMBER OF HER 'NTACTS'. THE CORPTER: AS TYLER'S AA SPONSOR, THOUGH THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL FOR HER. AND PRUMABLY TO MARC SOMETIME PRR TO THE PILOT. IN FACT, WILHELMA SEEMS TO NSIR HER SWORN DUTY TO TEACH ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR HER THE PROPER WAY TO SCHEME AND PLOT. DEAL WH THE DEVIL: DON'T MAKE ALS WH WILHELMA... JT DON'T. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: WILHELMA DO SOFTEN SLIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE SERI, PECIALLY TO MARC, DANIEL AND SOMETIM BETTY. THE FALE IMPLI SHE LEARNED HER LSON SCE BEG NICE ACTUALLY EARNED HER WHAT SHE WANTED. THE DRAGON: EARLY ON TO ALEXIS. ALSO DURG HER LIFE AS WANDA, FEY SOMMERS' ASSISTANT.FX AFFABLY EVIL--> HEEL–FACE REVOLVG DOOR: CAN BE PLOTTG DANIEL'S DOWNFALL ONE EPISO TO BEG HIS ALLY ANOTHER VERY OFTEN. HEEL–FACE TURN / HEEL REALIZATN: IN THE FALE, PECIALLY AFTER MARC CHEWS HER OUT. ICY BLUE EY: TO REFLECT HER LD, ICY MEANOR. IT'S ALL ABOUT ME: SHE REALLY WANTS THE MAGAZE TO SUCCEED. AS LONG AS SHE NS , OF URSE. JERKASS HAS A POT: HER ANTAGONISM TOWARDS DANIEL (AND BETTY BY PROXY) RIS OM THE FACT THAT SHE HAS WORKED S AT THE MAGAZE, HAS LED HER PARTMENT WH AN IRON FIRST AND WAS OBVLY THE MOST PETENT ELIGIBLE PERSON TO TAKE OVER AFTER FEY'S MISE. BUT JOB WAS GIVEN TO BRADFORD MEA'S SON (SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN HER WH NO EXPERIENCE) OUT OF BLATANT NEPOTISM. SHE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE BTER ABOUT , BUT HER QUTNABLE METHODS ARE OBVLY TOO MUCH. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: SHE N BE NICE, EP DOWN. MANIPULATIVE BCH: IT'S UALLY SCHEMG OR MANIPULATG PEOPLE ORR TO OT DANIEL AND BETTY AND TAKE NTROL OF THE MAGAZE. MOLG IS GLAMORO: WILHELMA SLATER WAS A RICH GIRL TURNED SUPERMOL, WHO WAS ABLE TO PARLAY HER SUCCSFUL REER TO A HIGH-POWERED FASHN MAGAZE EXECUTIVE. HER TASTE FOR THE FER THGS LIFE HAS REMAED NSTANT THROUGHOUT, AS HAS HER IMPER PERSONALY. MS. FANSERVICE: SHE'S A SCTRS THAT OFTEN WEARS GLAMORO AND REVEALG OUTFS. MT MAKE AMENDS: WHEN SHE PROTECTS CLAIRE OM TYLER AT THE END OF THE PENULTIMATE EPISO.NAKED MK-->KICK THE DOG: WILHELMA DO THIS ALMOST EVERY EPISO.--> PET THE DOG: RARE EARLIER SEASONS, BUT QUE OFTEN SEASON FOUR. USUALLY TO MARC, DANIEL OR EVEN BETTY. IN THE FALE, SHE EVEN ADMS THAT SHE WILL MISS BETTY. RICH BCH: RICH, CHECK. BCH, OH SO CHECK. LAMPSHAD CLAIRE: YOU MAY WANNA RETHK YOUR WARDROBE, WILHEMA. GONNA HAVE A LTLE TROUBLE NVCG THEM YOU NEED MONEY WEARG MK. WILHEMA: IT'S NOT MK, DARLG, 'S CHCHILLA! CLAIRE: WELL, WHATEVER IS YOU LOOK LIKE A RICH BCH! SILVER VIXEN: SHE IS A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AND IS STILL VERY MISS AMERI BETIFUL AND HAS EVEN PERFORMED THE ROLE OF THE VAMP A FEW TIM. TAKG THE BULLET: AN UNUAL EXAMPLE; SHE DIDN'T REALLY TEND TO TAKE THE BULLET OM TYLER FOR CLAIRE ( FACT, TYLER ACCINTALLY FIRED THE GUN), BUT SHE DID SAVE HER LIFE. SHE GETS BETTER. THE VAMP: SHE PLAYED THIS ROLE, IALLY, TO SCE BRADFORD. VILLA DEY: WHILE STILL A DANGER AT TIM, HER BACKSTABBG AND SCHEMG WANE SIGNIFINTLY AS THE SERI GO ON. SHE UNRGO THE HEEL–FACE REVOLVG DOOR SEVERAL TIM PER SEASON DUE TO PERSONAL HANGUPS, FAIAL NFLICTS AND THE OLD "MY REER" VS "MY SOUL" NFLICT. VILLA WH GOOD PUBLICY: ZIG-ZAGGED THAT WHENEVER SEEMS THGS ULDN'T GO WRONG THEY DO. INVOKED "BANANAS FOR BETTY". SHE GIV EXPENSIVE SIGNER CLOTH TO HOMELS PEOPLE, SGS TO SICK CHILDREN, AND MAK SURE TV MERAS HAPPEN TO BE THERE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT A GOOD PERSON SHE IS. IT TURNS OUT TO BE ALL FOR NOTHG WHEN LATER THAT NIGHT, SHE SLAMS BETTY WHE'S FGER A R DOOR AND LLOLY STAT "I'M WILHELMA SLATER AND I DON'T GET WET." VISNARY VILLA: SHE REALLY, REALLY R FOR AND LOV MODE AND WILL DO ANYTHG TO HAVE A PERMANENT SHARE OF . AS OF SEASON FOUR, SHE HAS SUCCEED AND HAS AN EQUAL 50% NTROL WH DANIEL. AT THE END OF THE SERI, SHE HAS PLETE NTROL, BUT NOT BY TREACHERO MEANS. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: INVERTED. SHE AND HER FATHER ED TO BE PRETTY CLOSE BUT HER AMBNS IS WHAT MA THEM GROW DISTANT. WHEN YOU COMG HOME, DAD?: HER DGHTER NI GOT HERSELF EXPELLED OM EVERY OTHER SCHOOL AS A CRY FOR ATTENTN OM HER EMOTNALLY DISTANT MOTHER.     MARC ST. JAM MARC ST. JAM (MICHAEL URIE)WILHELMA'S BATTLE BUTLER AND CAMP GAY ASSISTANT. MARC TAK PLEASURE AT BEG TTY TO IENDS AND ENEMI ALIKE THOUGH HE TOO HAS THE OCSNAL PET THE DOG MOMENT. BATTLE BUTLER: NOT AAID TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY TO GET THE JOB DONE. BIG BROTHER INSTCT: MARK ALWAYS IS SHOWN TO BE VERY IENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE OF JT. GIVG HIM ADVICE AND ENURAGEMENT WHEN NEED. CAMP GAY: VERY MUCH SO. HE BEHAV A STEREOTYPILLY FLAMBOYANT MANNER AND MAK PUNS AND WTY JOK ON SUGGTIVE TERMS LIKE "FLAMG" AND "OUT." DEADPAN SNARKER: MOST OF HIS DIALOGUE IS THIS, PECIALLY WHEN PAIRED WH AMANDA. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: MALE VERSN - NO GAY JOK, PLEASE. MARC BE QUE CLOSE TO BETTY E TO THE END OF THE SERI, AND EVEN DANIEL HIS OWN WAY. THE DRAGON: AS THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT OF BIG BAD WILHELMA. EVEN EVIL HAS STANDARDS: MARC DRAWS THE LE AT HIDG EVINCE THAT ULD EXONERATE CLAIRE. MARC: I DO A LOT OF MORALLY QUTNABLE THGS FOR WILHELMA, BUT NONE OF IS TECHNILLY CRIMAL. GAY BT FRIEND: FOR AMANDA, A LOT OF THE SHOW'S HUMOR OM THEIR DYNAMIC AND THEY EVEN GOT THEIR OWN SP-OFF WEB-SERI. HIDN DEPTHS: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE SNARKY, GAY ASSISTANT, WHO PICKS ON PEOPLE'S DREAMS, WOULD WANT TO OWN A MAGAZE ONE DAY? JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: MARC REALLY IS A NICE GUY BEHD HIS TTS. MENTOR QUEERNS: TO JT. MORALY PET: TO WILHELMA, PECIALLY THE FALE. PARENTAL SUBSTUTE: TO JT, MORE SO AS THE SERI GO ON (THOUGH HE STILL THKS JT IS BETTY'S SON), WHICH EVENTUALLY GOT HILDA JEALO. PET THE DOG: WH AMANDA, JT, AND OCSNALLY BETTY. PLATONIC LIFE-PARTNERS: WH AMANDA. THEY HAVE A -PENNT RELATNSHIP; SHE OFTEN PRETEND TO BE HIS GIRLIEND TO HELP HIM HI OM HIS MOTHER THAT HE WAS GAY, AND HE HAS TAKEN RISKS TO PROTECT HER JOB OM WILHELMA. THEY EVEN STARRED TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN SP-OFF WEB-SERI "MO AFTER HOURS". THE RIVAL: TO BETTY, AS HE'S WILHELMA'S PERSONAL ASSISTANT JT LIKE BETTY IS DANIEL'S. Y-MAN: UNTIL ABOUT SEASON 3 AND 4 WHERE HE BE MORE VOL ABOUT HIS DISNTENTS.     AMANDA TANEN AMANDA TANEN (BECKI NEWTON)A SASSY SECRETARY (TECHNILLY A RECEPTNIST) AT MODE WHO SERV AS MARC'S FAG HAG AND TAGS ALONG WH HIM WHENEVER VOLV PRANKG OR MEANG OTHERS. THOUGH SHE'S NNIVG AND TTY SHE'S NOT TOO TELLIGENT (I.E. NOT KNOWG WHAT WRATH MEANS) AND IS HIGHLY IMPULSIVE. DPE THIS SHE IS NOT PLETELY BCHY AND, LIKE EVERY OTHER MA CHARACTER, HAS PLENTY PET THE DOG MOMENTS. IN MORE RECENT EPISOS, SHE, MARC AND BETTY SEEM TO HAVE FORMED SOME KD OF LOOSE TR. ADOPTED TO THE HOE: AMANDA GETS KICKED OUT OF HER APARTMENT AFTER GOG EP TO BT AND MAXG OUT HER CRED RDS. WHEN BETTY FDS HER LIVG AT THE MODE OFFIC, SHE V HERSELF TO BEE BETTY'S ROOMMATE HER NEW APARTMENT, WHERE SHE'S GENERALLY A PT BUT HAS HER PET THE DOG MOMENTS (LIKE GETTG A SEND JOB AT A BURGER FOOL WH A BAD JOB, WORSE UNIFORM WHEN SHE LOS THE RENT MONEY). AMBIGUOLY BI: LATER THE STORY, AMANDA SEEMS TO HAVE SOMETHG OF A GIRL CSH ON BETTY. ATTENTN WHORE: AMANDA IS OFTEN SPERATE TO BEE FAMO AND THE CENTER OF ATTENTN. BAD JOB, WORSE UNIFORM: AFTER SHE LOS THE RENT MONEY "BAD AMANDA", SHE GETS A SEND JOB AT A BURGER FOOL TO HELP PAY HER SHARE. SHE SH OUT OF THE OFFICE, HIDG HER UNIFORM UNR A AT. THE BRALS BETY: DOWNPLAYED, AS SHE MAY NOT BE THE SMARTT, HOWEVER, AMANDA IS MORE OF A SENSIVE GENI, OFTEN BEG VERY EMPHATIC WHEN THE SUATN TLY REQUIR , SHE'S ALSO SHOWN TO HAVE SOME GREE OF STREET SMARTS AND IS A VERY PETENT STYLIST. THE BEARD: PLAYED THIS ROLE OFTEN FOR MARC. BIG EATER: MALY WHEN UNR STRS. DEADPAN SNARKER: NOT AS MUCH AS MARC, BUT 'S STILL THERE. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: TO BETTY THROUGHOUT THE SERI. FAG HAG: MOSTLY TO HER GAY BT FRIEND MARC, BUT BEG A SECRETARY A FASHN MAGAZE HAS HER HANG AROUND MANY GAY MEN. SHE EVEN TURNED A FEW. FRIENDS WH BENEFS: BE ONE WH DANIEL SEASON 4, THOUGH SHE WAS SLEEPG WH HIM AS EARLY AS SEASON 1.HAVE I MENTNED I AM A DWARF TODAY?: AFTER SHE FDS OUT, 'S RARE FOR HER TO GET THROUGH A NVERSATN WHOUT MENTNG AT LEAST ONCE.--> HOME NUDIST: IMPLIED, GIVEN WHEN SHE'S FOUND WALKG AROUND THE BUFF AT WHEN SHE'S LIVG AT MO AFTER SHE'S BEEN EVICTED. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: SEEMS LIKE A VA, MEAN WOMAN AT FIRST, BUT SEEMS TO GENUELY RE ABOUT THAT SHE LIK. LE, I AM YOUR FATHER: SHE FDS OUT HER MOTHER IS THE LEGENDARY EDOR--CHIEF FEY SOMMERS SEASON 1. LOVABLE ALPHA BCH: THE GROWN-UP VERSN. MISTER MUFFYKS: HALSTON, HER CEASED MOTHER'S PET DOG. MS. FANSERVICE: OFTEN WEARS VERY REVEALG AND GLAMORO OUTFS, AND DON'T TAKE MUCH TO GET HER OUT OF THEM. PET THE DOG: MOSTLY WH MARC, BUT SHE N BE OCSNALLY KD TO BETTY. IN LATER SEASONS, THEY BEE FULL-BLOWN IENDS. PLATONIC LIFE-PARTNERS: WH MARC. THEY HAVE A -PENNT RELATNSHIP; SHE OFTEN PRETEND TO BE HIS GIRLIEND TO HELP HIM HI OM HIS MOTHER THAT HE WAS GAY, AND HE HAS TAKEN RISKS TO PROTECT HER JOB OM WILHELMA. THEY EVEN STARRED TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN SP-OFF WEB-SERI "MO AFTER HOURS". PRETTY FREELOARS: IN SEASON 3 WHEN SHE GOT EVICTED OM HER HOE. SHE EVEN CRASHED AT MODE FOR A WHILE, BY SCG ONE OF THE SECURY GUARDS, AND CRASH WH BETTY FOR A WHILE. REALLY GETS AROUND: SLEEPS AROUND AS OFTEN AS DANIEL. THE RIVAL: TO BETTY, AS AMANDA WANTS HER JOB AS DANIEL'S ASSISTANT. SASSY SECRETARY: NOT OFTEN TO HER SUPERRS, BUT SHE'S VERY SASSY WH HER WORKERS. SEXY SECRETARY: SHE'S ALSO THIS, WH BEG A SECRETARY AND A MS. FANSERVICE. SHAMELS FANSERVICE GIRL: SHE SEEMS ALMOST VOID OF MOSTY, DOG THGS SUCH AS WALKG AROUND NAKED MODE BEFORE OPENS OR TAKG A BUBBLE BATH THE MIDDLE OF BETTY'S HOE. STUPID SEXY FLANRS: THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPLITNS THAT SHE HAS A BI-CUR CSH ON BETTY. SHE'S ALSO HAD HER MOMENTS WH WILHELMA AND CHRISTA. VRLIC BT BUDS: HER RELATNSHIP WH BETTY HAS PROGRSED TOWARD THIS.     CHRISTA MCKNEY CHRISTA MCKNEY(ASHLEY JENSEN)BETTY'S BT IEND AT WORK, CHRISTA IS A FUNNY FOREIGNER OM STLAND, WHICH MEANS SHE DRKS A LOT AND ALL THAT HILAR STTISH SLANG. HER PURPOSE ON THE SHOW WAS ORIGALLY BEG BETTY'S ONLY IEND AMONG THE MODI, MAKG HER THE ARTIFACT OM THE DAYS WHEN THE SHOW WAS MORE OF A FISH OUT OF WATER EDY. AS A RULT, CHRISTA WAS OUT OF FOC A LOT LATER EPISOS. SHE WAS PUT ON A B AT THE END OF THE THIRD SEASON, AND RETURNED THE THIRD-TO-LAST EPISO WHEN BETTY, HILDA, AND AMANDA VISED LONDON. THE ARTIFACT: CHRISTA DON'T REALLY F TO THE SHOW DURG HER LAST FEW EPISOS. GRANTED BETTY DON'T EHER, BUT SHE HAS MORE REASON FOR BEG THERE. BT FRIEND: SHE'S BETTY BT IEND AND ALLY AT MO AT THE START OF THE STORY. DEADPAN SNARKER: OFTEN GETS TO SOME SNARK-TO-SNARK COMBAT WH MARC AND AMANDA. FUNNY FOREIGNER: CHRISTA IS OFTEN MOCKED FOR BEG STTISH, BUT IS ALSO A HUMORO CHARACTER HERSELF. ONLY SANE EMPLOYEE: SHE'S THE MOST NORMAL PERSON AT MO. OUT OF FOC: AT SOME POTS, CHRISTA ONLY EXISTED TO POP UP AND GIVE BETTY ADVICE. REAL LIFE WR THE PLOT: CHRISTA WAS ORIGALLY WRTEN AS AN AMERIN AND WAS ONLY MA STTISH AFTER JENSEN WAS ST. ALSO, ONE OF THE MA REASONS FOR CHRISTA BEG OUT OF FOC (AND THEN BEG PUT ON A B) WAS BEE THE SHOW RELOTED PRODUCTN OM LOS ANGEL TO NEW YORK, G A NFLICT FOR ASHLEY JENSEN WHO WAS THEN RIDG CALIFORNIA AND UNABLE TO RELOTE. STLAND: HAS THAT GEO ACCENT.THE SUAREZ     IGNAC SUAREZ IGNAC SUAREZ (TONY PLANA)BETTY'S ELRLY DAD. HE'S AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT OM MEXI, BUT NOT ONE WHO WAS JT LOOKG FOR A BETTER LIFE. NO, THAT WOULD BE TOO BORG. INSTEAD, HE WAS ON THE N AFTER HAVG KILLED A MAN (A RATHER UNPLEASANT MAN, THOUGH, WHO LATER TURNED OUT TO BE NOT-QUE-SO-AD). DAY TIME DRAMA QUEEN: IGNAC SEEMS TO HAVE NOTHG ELSE TO DO BUT HANG AROUND WATCHG TELENOVELAS. DOTG PARENT: ALMOST OVERWHELMGLY SO TO HIS GIRLS, TO HIS GRANDSON JT, AND UALLY TO BETTY OR HILDA'S LOVE TERTS. MORALY PET: SOMEWHAT THIS FOR BOTH BETTY AND HILDA. OPEN-MD PARENT: HE IS PRETTY OPEN WHEN TO HIS DGHTER'S DATG LIV (UNLIKE THE UAL STEREOTYPE OF LATO MEN BEG THE MACHO LATO WHO MS TWERP SWEATG) AND VERY ACCEPTG (AND ENURAGG) ABOUT HIS TEENAGE GRANDSON BEG GAY AND DATG A BOY. PAPA WOLF: HE'S EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE OF HIS DGHTERS AND GRANDSON. SUPREME CHEF: HE HAS GREAT OKG. AS WE FD OUT, THIS IS HOW HE MET ROSA, AS HE ED TO WORK AS A CHEF THE RTRANT.     HILDA SUAREZ HILDA SUAREZ (ANA ORTIZ)BETTY'S RATHER SHALLOW SISTER WH WHOM SHE'S EMBROILED THE GLOR WAR OF SISTERLY RIVALRY. HILDA MAY OR MAY NOT BE MISS YO-YO KNICKERS, BUT SHE AT LEAST DRS LIKE HER. ALL GIRLS WANT BAD BOYS: SHE DON'T HAVE THE BT CHOICE MEN. ANIMAL MOTIFS: HILDA TENDS TO WEAR CLOTH WH ANIMAL PRTS, WHICH ADD TO HER QUEENS WOMAN IMAGE. BIG SISTER INSTCT: TOWARDS BETTY. CHATTY HAIRDRSER: ALL WH THAT GEO ACCENT OF HERS. COOL BIG SIS: TO BETTY. THE GLOR WAR OF SISTERLY RIVALRY: SOMEWHAT THIS WH BETTY, BUT THEY ARE VERY CLOSE FOR THE MOST PART. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE "FOOLISH" OF THE SUAREZ SISTERS. HIDN DEPTHS: WHILE HILDA IS OFTEN PORTRAYED AS SLIGHTLY SHALLOW AND DZY, HER SPANISH IS MUCH BETTER THAN BETTY'S, AND 'S IMPLIED THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY FLUENT. MAMA BEAR: JT TRY HURTG JT, OR BETTY FOR THAT MATTER. MISSG MOM: HER AND BETTY'S MOTHER, ROSA, DIED 2004, SOME TIME PRE-SERI. OPEN-MD PARENT: IN NTRAST TO HER FIRST APPEARANCE WHEN SHE TELLS JT ONLY GIRLS WORRY ABOUT THEIR WEIGHT, SHE IS VERY ACCEPTG AND ENURAGG OF JT HAVG TRADNALLY FEME TERTS AND WHEN FDG OUT HE IS GAY, HER STCT IS TO THROW A PARTY FOR HIM TO CELEBRATE HIS INTY. SIBLG Y-YANG: HILDA IS BETIFUL, SOMEWHAT SHALLOW, AND NOT ALL THAT SMART PARED TO BETTY WHO MIGHT BE PLAER LOOKG, BUT IS VERY WARM AND TELLIGENT. SGLE MOM STRIPPER: SORT OF AT ONE POT. SPICY LATA: SHE ACTS MORE THIS THAN BETTY DO. REALLY GETS AROUND: IT'S IMPLIED THAT SHE'S THIS. TEEN PREGNANCY: WHICH RULTED JT.     JT SUAREZ JT SUAREZ (MARK INLITO)HILDA'S SON AND THEREFORE BETTY'S NEPHEW. JT IS AMBIGUOLY GAY FOR MOST OF THE SERI, BUT HE EVENTUALLY OUT AS THE TWK WHEN HE HS HIS TEEN YEARS. LARGELY ED AS A PLOT VICE FOR THE MARC CHARACTER, WHO SERV AS A MENTOR FOR THE KID. AMBIGUOLY GAY: HE ACTS VERY CAMP GAY AND EVENTUALLY SE MARC AS THE MENTOR. THOUGH HE DID GET A BOYIEND NEAR THE END OF THE SHOW.AUTHOR AVATAR--> DISAPPEARED DAD: WHO EVENTUALLY DIED. ELEPHANT THE LIVG ROOM: SEE AMBIGUOLY GAY, ABOVE. PERFORMANCE ARTIST: JT IS QUE THE LTLE ACTOR AND DANCER. TELL ME ABOUT MY FATHER: WANTS TO KNOW HIS REAL FATHER. TRANSPARENT CLOSET: UNTIL SEASON 4. THE TWK: STARTG SEASON 4. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: AFTER HIS FATHER DIED, HE TEMPORARILY TRIED TO BEE A BEER-DRKG GIRL-CHASG BASKETBALL PLAYER HIS MEMORY.THE MEAS     CLAIRE MEA CLAIRE MEA (JUDH LIGHT)

Rickie Vasquez (Wilson Cz) of ABC's short-lived cult classic My So-Called Life (1994-1995) is one of the first exampl of a gay character a high school ensemble seri -- but what mak him pecially noteworthy is that he challenged the Gay Bt Friend trope before was even a trope. Cz, an Ao-Puerto Rin man, was the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay character a leadg role an Amerin televisn show. While Rickie was bt iends wh straight girls at his school, the way his storyle alt wh homophobia and self-acceptance was years ahead of s time.

Why do all the cutt guys end up beg gay, am I right, ladi?

MICHAEL URIE OF “UGLY BETTY” HAS BOYIEND OFF-SCREEN; EXPLAS WHY LLG HIMSELF GAY NEVER SEEMED RIGHT

Helen Hunt stars as Carol, a sgle mom and his love tert who "mak him want to be a better man, " while former Talk Soup host Greg Knear surprised dienc wh his imprsive actg chops as Simon, the gay neighbor who be iends wh the curmudgeonly Simon, an artist, is badly beaten up by a iend of one of his mols, his agent (Cuba Goodg Jr. There's a reason everyone pots to 1997 film My Bt Friend's Weddg as their go-to example of a Gay Bt Friend.

She enlists the help of her gay iend Gee (Rupert Everett), who drops everythg to fly to Chigo, pretends to be Jul' fiance to make Michael jealo, and trolls the hell out of her while dispensg nuggets of wisdom about her love is such a fantasy of a character that he may as well be a unirn, but Everett is jt so charmg about the whole thg.

NETFLIX L UP GAY CHRISTMAS ROM- WH SCHT'S CREEK AND UGLY BETTY STARS

The real gay bt iend of the seri was Jack (Sean Hay), a diva-lovg queen who cycl through men, jobs, and random fixatns. "For years I didn't talk about bee I found to be offensive to gay people, " he said. "People playg gay characters jumpg up and down screamg that they're not gay, like that would somehow be a bad thg if they were.

"What if I slept wh my Gay Bt Friend" was apparently a thg we were dog the late 1990s.

In The Object of My Affectn, New York social worker Na (Jennifer Aniston) is roommat wh Gee (Pl Rudd), a gay elementary school teacher.

INTERVIEW WH "UGLY BETTY"’S DAVID {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 ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 5, 2007/9:52 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 5, 2007 / 9:52 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INTERVIEW WH \"UGLY BETTY\"’S DAVID BLUE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-12-06T02:52:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-12-06T02:52:15.000+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":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","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;}{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 IF ABC’S H SHOW UGLY BETTY WASN’T ALREADY GAY-IENDLY ENOUGH, THE DRAMEDY RECENTLY ADD A BOYIEND FOR MARC ST. JAM (MICHAEL URIE), WILEHMA SLATER’S UNCTUO, YET LOVABLE ASSISTANT. PROVG OPPOS ATTRACT, MARC FELL FOR FASHN PHOTOGRAPHER CLIFF, AN OVERWEIGHT, FASHN-IMPAIRED GAY MAN, MARC’S OPPOSE ALMOST EVERY WAY. WE RECENTLY HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH DAVID BLUE, THE ACTOR WHO IMBU CLIFF WH A REHGLY DIFFERENT 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;}{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;}AE: WOULD YOU SAY UGLY BETTY IS THE BIGGT BREAK OF YOUR REER SO FAR? DB: ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. NOT ONLY IS A GREAT ROLE – THE CHARACTER IS WARM AND FUN AND IENDLY – BUT I DON’T THK HE FALLS TO ANY RIDICULO STEREOTYP. HE’S ALLOWED TO JT BE HUMAN; HE’S ALLOWED TO JT BE. BEE OF THAT, AND BEE HE’S JT THE AVERAGE, EVERYDAY GUY, PEOPLE N RELATE TO HIM OR SEE PARTS OF THEMSELV {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;}AE: WHAT WAS THE STG AND DN LIKE FOR THE ROLE? DB: IT WAS REALLY TYPIL, ACTUALLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THK I JT LLED AND WAS OFFERED THE ROLE, WHICH WOULD BE NICE. NO, I DNED THROUGH MY AGENT, THROUGH MY MANAGER AND WAS LLED BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER AND THEN DID A SCREEN TT WH MICHAEL URIE, WHICH WAS GREAT, AND BOOKED A ROLE. SO A TYPIL MOVIE OR TV DN {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;}AE: HOW WAS THE PART SCRIBED, OR WHAT DID LL FOR? DB: IT WAS SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF, A PHOTOGRAPHER AT MO MAGAZE, FUN … MALE, MID- TO LATE TWENTI, OVERWEIGHT, AVERAGE-LOOKG PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS A CSH 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;}{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;}AE: DID YOU SEE THE OTHER ACTORS YOU WERE UP AGAST FOR THE ROLE? DB: YEAH, I MET ONE OF THEM AT THE ACTUAL DN AND THE OTHER ONE IS A IEND OF ME. WE STUDIED TOGETHER AT AN ACTG SCHOOL A WHILE AGO SO WAS KD OF ODD TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND TO BE TTG FOR THE SAME {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;}AE: WERE THEY PRETTY SIAR OR WERE YOU GUYS VERY DIFFERENT? DB: NO, WE WERE VERY DIFFERENT. ONE WAS LARGER THAN ME, TALLER AND MORE BUILT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THNER AND DARK HAIR. VERY DIFFERENT. I THK ALL OF , WE’RE ALL ON THE LARGER SI, I WOULDN’T SAY HUGE, BUT I THK WHEN WE WERE ALL UP FOR THE ROLE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE RIGHT FOR , SO I KNOW THAT I, PERSONALLY, STARTED EATG LIKE A MAD {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;}AE: SO THE ROLE WAS FOR SOMEONE WHO WASN’T SUPER TH LIKE MARC? DB: {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;}AE: YOU HAPPEN TO BE STRAIGHT. WAS THERE ANY NCERN FOR YOU OR YOUR MANAGEMENT WH YOU TAKG THE ROLE OF CLIFF? DB: I N’T SPEAK FOR THEM. I’M PRETTY SURE THEY AGREE WH ME, BUT NO, NOT AT ALL. I THK, MAYBE I’M NAïVE THIS WAY, BUT LOVE IS LOVE. THIS IS A GREAT CHARACTER. IT’S A GREAT TERACTN BETWEEN 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;}{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 DON’T MATTER IF ’S TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, A GUY AND A WOMAN. IT’S A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP AND ON TOP OF THAT ’S AN TERTG ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP. I WOULD RATHER PLAY THIS ROLE THAN A STRAIGHT MAN WHO IS NOT NEARLY AS TERTG. ACTUALLY I THK I EMBRACED A LTLE B MORE, AND WAS A LTLE MORE HARROWG AS WELL BEE I FELT A LTLE MORE PRSURE TO LIVE UP TO WHAT THIS CHARACTER SHOULD BE. SO IF ANYTHG WAS ACTUALLY MORE OF A CHALLENGE AND I GUS MORE SRY TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT {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;}AE: IT SOUNDS LIKE WAS A PLETE NON-ISSUE FOR YOU. DB: IT’S NOT LIKE I HAVEN’T PLAYED ANY OF THE ROL BEFORE. I’VE DONE EVERYTHG OM STRAIGHT MEN THEATER TO GAY MEN THEATER TO QUTNABLE MEN. IT DON’T MATTER. THEY WERE JT ROL, THEY WERE {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;}UGLY BETTY HAS BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT BREAKG THE L. IT’S GREAT THAT THE WRERS, WHO I THK A LOT OF THEM E OM WILL & GRACE, WHICH OF URSE REALLY BROKE GROUND, NOW ARE ON UGLY BETTY WHERE YOU HAVE, A RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEN LIKE MARC AND CLIFF. YOU N HAVE A TRANSSEXUAL CHARACTER, LIKE REBEC ROMIJN, AND THEN YOU HAVE JT WHO IS GROWG UP AND LEARNG WHAT HIS TERTS ARE GENERAL AND I THK ’S GREAT THAT YOU N DO THAT AND THEY’RE NOT GETTG A LOT OF FLACK LIKE, “OH MY GOD. HOW N YOU SHOW THIS ON 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;}PEOPLE ARE WATCHG AND THEY’RE SER AND THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THE CHARACTERS VELOP AND THAT’S GREAT. AND TO BE ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERS, LET ALONE TO BE THERE HELPG THE CHARACTER THAT EVERYONE AMERI LOV, ADD MORE PTH AND TO SHOW MORE OF? I ULDN’T ASK FOR {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;}AE: WHAT HAPPENS THE FOURTH EPISO WHICH YOU APPEAR? DB: ESSENTIALLY ’S JT AS A NORMAL UPLE. THE FIRST TIME YOU’RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SEE DOG NORMAL THGS. THE PAST FEW EPISOS HAVE BEEN FIGHTG OR ELSE GETTG BACK TOGETHER, AND ’S NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE TWO OF THEM JT BEG {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;}AE: SO GOG ON DAT OR HANGG OUT AT HOME? DB: {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;}AE: I THK CLIFF IS PROBABLY THE CLOST TO WHAT ACCURATELY SCRIB THE MAJORY OF GAY MEN AS OPPOSEDTO YOUR SUPER-F, ATHLETIC GUY THAT YOU TEND TO SEE ON SOMETHG LIKE DANTE’S COVE, A SHOW YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF. DB: A GOOD IEND OF ME IS ON THE LAIR, BRIAN NOLAN. WE WENT TO LLEGE TOGETHER ORLANDO. HE WAS ACTUALLY AT MY HOE FOR THE AIRG OF MY FIRST EPISO WHEN I HAD IENDS TOGETHER TO WATCH , SO ACTUALLY YEAH, I AM AWARE OF DANTE’S {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 THGS ATTRACTED ME TO THE ROLE [OF CLIFF]. FIRST OF ALL, HE’S NOT STEREOTYPIL ANY WAY, AND I LIKE THAT. AND THEN SENDLY, EVEN JT READG THE SIS OM THE FIRST DN, I SAW THAT THIS CHARACTER HAD A PTH TO HIM. AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE, I THK MY FAVORE PART WAS THE END OF THAT FIRST EPISO, WHERE MARC KD OF DISS HIM FOR ANOTHER GUY. I REALLY ENJOYED THE FACT THAT STEAD OF JT LEAVG WH HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS, CLIFF ACTUALLY STOOD UP FOR HIMSELF AND WAS LIKE, “WA A MUTE, NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU NOT BE DOG THIS TO ME, BUT I’M A TCH.” AND I LOVE THAT BEE I HOPE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE 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;}AE: AND HE’S SPEAKG UP FOR HIMSELF OM A PLACE OF NFINCE, NOT SECURY OR BLTER. IT’S REALLY NICE TO SEE A CHARACTER LIKE CLIFF, WHO’S NOT ONLY OL, BUT VERY FORTABLE WH HIMSELF. AND NOT JT HIS SEXUALY, BUT THE WAY HE LOOKS. DB: YEAH. I KNOW THAT ORIGALLY HIS CHARACTER WAS BROUGHT ON BEE PEOPLE LOVE MARC … AND WANTED TO SEE MORE OF MARC AND WANTED TO SEE EPER TO WHO MARC WAS. AND I LOVE THAT I WAS BROUGHT ON TO HELP SERVICE THAT CHARACTER, AND I THK THAT I DID. I THK CLIFF ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE A MORE HUMAN SI 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;}YEAH, MARC HAS ALL THIS STUFF GOG ON, BUT HE’S STILL OUT TO MAKE A LOVE NNECTN, HE’S STILL OUT TO HAVE THAT HUMAN PART. I LOVE EVERY EPISO BEG ABLE TO CHALLENGE THAT PART. I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, “WHY IS CLIFF TERTED MARC?” AND I THK ’S BEE THERE IS THAT HUMAN PART UNRNEATH. CLIFF KD OF BRGS THAT OUT, AND JT LIKE I’M CUR TO SEE WHAT MARC WILL BRG OUT CLIFF. I THK ALLOWS THE CHARACTER TO BE MORE THREE-DIMENSNAL, BOTH 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;}{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;}AE: WHAT WAS THE MAKEOVER PROCS LIKE FOR EPISO THREE WHERE YOU SHOWED UP FOR THE WEDDG ALL DRSED TO THE N? DB: IT’S ACTUALLY FUNNY BEE I UALLY DON’T HAVE FACIAL HAIR. I HAVE THE PAST, BUT NOT NORMALLY AND WHEN I DNED, THEY ASKED ME TO START GROWG . BY THE TIME THAT WE SHOT THE FIRST TWO EPISOS, I GOT SO MANY JOK OM FAY AND IENDS – YOU LOOK LIKE A MOUNTA MAN – I HAD BEEN DYG FOR A HAIRCUT FOR WEEKS. BUT WAS PRETTY MUCH JT A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE, WHICH I DID {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;}AE: THAT WAS QUE THE SU! DB: YEAH, FELY WAS. IF I HAD NO MORALS, I WOULD HAVE STOLEN THAT BEE WAS AMAZGLY NICE AND FORTABLE. IT WAS JT GREAT. IT WAS THE FIRST THG THAT I’VE EVER HAD BUILT FOR ME AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE . I WAS JT SO HAPPY TO WEAR ANY TIME I WAS ALLOWED {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;}AE: YOU TALKED BEFORE ABOUT BEG A LTLE B HEAVIER THAN YOUR AVERAGE ACTOR. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO AL WH REGARDG THAT? AS AN ACTOR DO YOU FEEL PRSURE TO BE THNER? OR IS THAT SOMETHG TO WHICH YOU JT SAY, “THAT’S NOT ME. I’M NOT GOG TO LET THAT GET TO ME.” DB: I WAS HEAVY, THEN I LOST WEIGHT, THEN I GAED A LTLE WEIGHT, THEN I LOST – BACK AND FORTH. I’M A POSTER CHILD FOR YO-YOG. BUT I DO LOVE WORKG OUT, SO I TRY TO REMA SOMEWHAT HEALTHY ALL THE TIME. I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKG AT PICTUR OF MYSELF TWO YEARS AGO AND I WAS LIKE, “OH MY GOD! BACK THEN I THOUGHT I WAS HEAVY AND I WAS WAY THNER BACK THEN THAN I AM NOW!”{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;}I THK THERE’S A CERTA ACCEPTANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OF WHO YOU ARE ORR TO START WORKG THIS DTRY BEE WHEN YOU GO TO BRG SOMETHG TO A ROLE, YOU LERALLY HAVE TO BRG SOME OF YOURSELF TO . SO ON THAT NOTE, I HAVE ACCEPTED JT A LTLE B, THAT I AM A LTLE B ON THE BIGGER SI. NOW ON THE OTHER HAND, STILL BOTHERS ME IF I GO OUT FOR A ROLE AND EVERYONE ELSE THERE IS THNER AND I GET AND I WONR, IS THAT [BEG HEAVIER] WHY?{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;}AE: YOU SAID THAT EVERY ACTOR BRGS SOMETHG OF HIMSELF TO A ROLE, SO WHICH PART OF YOURSELF DID YOU BRG TO CLIFF? DB: I LIKE TO THK THAT A LOT OF MY BT QUALI. I WON’T EVEN TRY TO PRETEND LIKE HE IS ME, BUT I LIKE THAT CLIFF’S TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE SE. I’VE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THE SAME THG. I LOVE MAKG PEOPLE LGH AND SE, WHICH IS WHY I LOVE STAND UP EDY AND EDI MYSELF. I LOVE THAT ABOUT CLIFF. LIKE MR. GUTLEY I THK IS THE BT THG EVER. AND THAT’S TOTALLY SOMETHG THAT I WOULD PROBABLY DO REAL LIFE. I’VE BEEN A RTRANT AND PUT FOOD MY FACE JT TO MAKE A PERSON LGH, SO I BRG THAT 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;}AE: ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE POSIVE REACTN OUR REARS HAVE HAD TO YOUR CHARACTER? DB: SURPRISED, YEAH. I MEAN I’M SO CREDIBLY HAPPY ABOUT . I’M SO LMED BY . I WAS JT KD OF WORRIED AT FIRST. I JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE NOT ONLY THOUGHT THAT THE CHARACTER WAS BELIEVABLE, BUT GREW TO LIKE THE CHARACTER. BEE ’S SO IMPORTANT, REALLY IS SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE LIKE CLIFF, BEE OTHERWISE HE’S JT THIS ANNOYG GUY WHO WON’T LEAVE MARC {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;}AE: I’D IMAGE THAT’S SORT OF THE REACTN THAT AN ACTOR PRAYS FOR, PECIALLY WHEN JOG AN TABLISHED SHOW AND YOU WANT YOUR CHARACTER TO STICK AROUND. DB: WHEN I WAS FIRST GOT ST MY ROLE AND I WAS LIKE, WA, WHO ELSE IS ST THIS SEASON? JAM VAN DER BEEK, VICTORIA BECKHAM, JOHN CHO, I’M LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDG ME? I’M GOG TO GET LOST THE SHUFFLE! THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ALL OF MY SCEN ARE WH MICHAEL URIE AND BECKI NEWTON, WHO ARE BOTH CREDIBLY BRILLIANT EDIC ACTORS, AND THEN VANSA WILLIAMS, WHO IS BOTH FUNNY AND HUGE. BUT THE FACT THAT EVERYONE WAS SO NICE ABOUT THE ROLE AND THE SCEN AND WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR MAK ME SO {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;}AE: IN THAT FOURTH EPISO, DO WE GET TO SEE A KISS BETWEEN YOU GUYS? DB: I ALMOST TEMPTED TO NOT SAY ANYTHG BEE I WANT PEOPLE TO TUNE . NO, NOT AS 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;}{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;}AE: SEE, THEN THEY HAVE TO BRG YOU BACK FOR MORE EPISOS. DB: WELL, I’D LOVE FOR THEM [TO DO SO]. I’M REALLY NOT EXAGGERATG. THE CHANCE TO WORK WH MICHAEL URIE IS A BLAST, AND THEN TO WORK WH ANYONE THAT ST. I’VE HAD GREAT NVERSATNS WH AMERI [FERRERA]; CHRISTOPHER GORHAM HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZG, TOO. IT’S JT GREAT TO BE AROUND THE SET. THIS NEXT EPISO IS FUN. I THK THIS ONE IS MORE FUN THAN ANYTHG {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;}AE: AS I SAID TO MICHAEL WHEN I TERVIEWED HIM, UGLY BETTY IS TLY ONE OF MY FAVORE SHOWS BEE ’S A EDY THAT N TURN ON A DIME AND PULL ON YOUR HEARTSTRGS OUT OF THE BLUE WHEN YOU DON’T EVEN SEE G. I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT WH THE TWO OF YOU. DB: THE FIRST UPLE EPISOS, I WAS NCERNED AT FIRST. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERI, THE WORLD, WOULD HAVE PATIENCE BEE THERE WAS A LOT OF ARGUG BACK AND FORTH BEE WE WERE TRYG TO GET THIS RELATNSHIP ON THE ROAD, GET {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;}AND THEN I WAS REALLY HAPPY WH THE WAY PEOPLE RPOND TO THE THIRD EPISO, BEE THAT WAS THE PAYOFF, I THK. THAT WAS WHERE YOU WERE LIKE, OKAY, THEY ACTUALLY ARE A UPLE. AND I’M HOPG THAT NTU THAT WAY WHERE YOU GET TO SEE A REAL TERACTN, A REAL RELATNSHIP, NOT JT NSTANT BICKERG. AND ON TOP OF THAT, AND BY THE WAY, JT ON A SI NOTE, THANK YOU AND THANK THE SE. YOU WERE THE FIRST REALLY TO PICK UP ON ME GETTG ST THE ROLE, SO BEFORE I EVER EVEN SHOT, YOU GOOGLED MY NAME AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ON TO PUT A PHOTO UP SAY THAT I GOT ST, SO I’M THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS JT STILL BEG CUR ABOUT {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;}AE: WE’RE CUR ABOUT YOU BEE YOU’VE DONE A GREAT JOB WH THE ROLE, OM HIS GAY ASPECT TO WHAT KD OF HUMAN BEG HE IS. LAST WEEK WE HAD A REAR’S POLL AND YOU’VE BEEN GETTG QUE A FEW VOT, WHICH IS GREAT FOR A CHARACTER WHO HASN’T EVEN BEEN A REGULAR ON A SHOW AT THIS POT. YOU’VE MA AN IMPACT AND DONE YOURSELF PROUD. DB: WOW. I DON’T KNOW OF ANY OTHER WORD THAN HUMBLED, TO EVEN BEG CLUD ON THE LIST, LET ALONE GETTG VOT. THAT’S AMAZG AND A TTAMENT TO THE WRG. I’M NOT EVEN ABOUT TO TAKE CRED FOR BEE IF WASN’T FOR MICHAEL URIE AND BECKI NEWTON, MY ROLE WOULDN’T BE NEARLY 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;}AE: I THK UGLY BETTY TLY SH AS AN ENSEMBLE AND SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS REALLY BEEN GENERO WH EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL WORKG TO ELEVATE THE SHOW TO WHAT IS. DB: NOT TO SPEAK OUT OF HAND, BUT I WENT TO AN EVENT RECENTLY AND THEY HAD ACCINTALLY FOTTEN TO WRE DOWN MY NAME. THEY WERE ANNOUNCG ON THE STAGE THAT WE WERE THERE TO RAISE MONEY FOR A FOUNDATN AND CHRISTOPHER GORHAM WAS THERE AND HE JT PICKED UP THE MICROPHONE AND SAID, “OH, THERE’S DAVID BLUE OM UGLY BETTY,” AND PLETELY TRODUCED ME, AND THAT GO TO SHOW YOU, ON SET AND OFF, HOW GREAT THIS ST IS BEE THEY RE ABOUT EACH OTHER, THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND THEY’RE CREDIBLY TALENTED AND HARD {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

The flash-forward at the end, wh all the characters beg one big happy fay, was progrsive for s time; but the ia that a gay man uld be attracted to a woman if she plays her rds right is a b unfortable. The "gay men sleepg wh straight women" ia gets even weirr Madonna's 2000 film The Next Bt Thg. But then Abbie meets a guy who wants to get married and move to New York, and the romantic edy spirals to a bizarre urtroom drama as they fight over ctody of their Ebert gave the movie one star and lled "a garage sale of gay issu, " bombed at the box office, and Everett later revealed that led to the llapse of his iendship wh Madonna.

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