Casey Cott, Actor Behd Gay 'Riverdale' Character Ma Seri Regular

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• CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
• THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
• GAV LEATHERWOOD : DATG, GAY, MOVI, RIVERDALE & NET WORTH
• "RIVERDALE" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENEKEV KELLER HAS SRED HIMSELF A BAD {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 DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017/4:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017 / 4:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"RIVERDALE\" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","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;}WE KNEW GOG THAT THE CW'S RIVERDALE WOULD BE A B MORE "ADULT" THAT THE ARCHIE ICS S BASED ON. AND WH GREG BERLANTI BEHD , WE KNEW THERE'D BE SOME GAY SPICE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE SHOW STARTED, GAY TEEN KEV KELLER (CASEY COTT) WAS SECRETLY HOOKG UP WH CLOSETED FOOTBALL STAR MOOSE (CODY KEARSLEY)—OFF MERA. LAST NIGHT, THOUGH, THE SHOW GAVE A STEAMY MAKEOUT SSN BETWEEN KEV AND NEW BAD BOY JOAQU (ROB RA). THERE'S NOTHG LIKE SUCKG FACE AGAST A CHA-LK FENCE, IS THERE?{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;}BUT WHEN JOAQU REALIZ KEV IS THE SHERIFF'S SON, HE REVEALS HE'S A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSI SERPENTS. IS THIS A ROMEO AND JULIET MOMENT OR WHAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH TV LE, RA SAYS HE LOV THAT HIS CHARACTER ISN'T HUNG UP ON HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PORTRAYG JOAQU AS NFINT WH HIS SEXUALY AS I AM WH ME [AS A STRAIGHT MAN] HAS BEEN CREDIBLE. IT’S SPIRATNAL TO ME. IT’S FEARLS. NOTHG IS FORCED, NOTHG SEEMS FAKE."{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;}WHILE JOAQU WAS CREATED FOR RIVERDALE, KEV WAS TRODUCED VERONI ISSUE #202 2010, AS RIVERDALE'S FIRST OUT GAY TEEN. SCE THEN HE'S GONE ON TO HEADLE HIS OWN MI-SERI, YA NOVEL AND NOW A DIGAL TLE, LIFE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• IS CASEY COTT GAY AND IN ANY RELATNSHIP? WHY DO HE PLAY GAY ROL?

CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR

Photo Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPR Use your ← → (arrows) to browsePhoto Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPRWhile Riverdale’s handlg of gay characters has long been a bated issue, has reached a boilg pot this season wh the troductn of new pairg Cheryl and Toni (aka Choni) me start out by statg that I am a huge fan of CW’s Riverdale.

That said, there is a pretty big problem wh the show’s pictn of gay characters and is not one that I feel I n stay silent on any all the talk of Riverdale beg a subversive teen drama appears the show is perfectly happy not subvertg any of the trop or problems that entertament has regardg LGBTQ+ we dive to the sophomore season’s g-out story for Cheryl Blossom and the handlg of her pairg wh Toni Topaz, let’s start at the begng of the seri wh s first gay character: Kev Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPRThe Gay Bt FriendKev Keller (Casey Cott) was troduced one of the first scen of the seri as Betty Cooper’s bt iend. As the season went on, many fans cricized the show for not allowg Kev to be more than the tired Gay Bt Friend trope.

When the send season did give Kev an episo, foced on his venturg to the woods to hook up wh other gay teens and end wh him gettg shamed by Betty. And wh Greg Berlanti behd , we knew there'd be some gay spice, the show started, gay teen Kev Keller (Casey Cott) was secretly hookg up wh closeted football star Moose (Cody Kearsley)—off mera.

THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS

"While Joaqu was created for Riverdale, Kev was troduced Veroni issue #202 2010, as Riverdale's first out gay teen. His role was outshed bee he played the role of the first openly gay character the history of Archie Comics.

GAV LEATHERWOOD : DATG, GAY, MOVI, RIVERDALE & NET WORTH

Enjoyed Playg Gay Character RiverdaleRiverdale, an Amerin teen drama televisn seri based on the characters of Archie Comics for a long time, did not clu any gay characters. Kev, as a gay character, was troduced a bid to diversify the the shootg started, Casey was well faiar wh his character and always knew he had to play the character to near perfectn and enjoyed playg the role of Kev.

Prent Datg StatDpe portrayg a gay character Riverdale, Casey is straight. And whether or not he intifi as straight, gay, or bisexual don't change the fact that he has played Kev so well, allowg the character to she his own ways spe not beg one of the classic Archie characters.

"RIVERDALE" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENEKEV KELLER HAS SRED HIMSELF A BAD {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 DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017/4:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 17, 2017 / 4:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"RIVERDALE\" DELIVERS ITS FIRST STEAMY GAY SCENE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-17T21:41:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","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;}WE KNEW GOG THAT THE CW'S RIVERDALE WOULD BE A B MORE "ADULT" THAT THE ARCHIE ICS S BASED ON. AND WH GREG BERLANTI BEHD , WE KNEW THERE'D BE SOME GAY SPICE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE SHOW STARTED, GAY TEEN KEV KELLER (CASEY COTT) WAS SECRETLY HOOKG UP WH CLOSETED FOOTBALL STAR MOOSE (CODY KEARSLEY)—OFF MERA. LAST NIGHT, THOUGH, THE SHOW GAVE A STEAMY MAKEOUT SSN BETWEEN KEV AND NEW BAD BOY JOAQU (ROB RA). THERE'S NOTHG LIKE SUCKG FACE AGAST A CHA-LK FENCE, IS THERE?{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;}BUT WHEN JOAQU REALIZ KEV IS THE SHERIFF'S SON, HE REVEALS HE'S A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSI SERPENTS. IS THIS A ROMEO AND JULIET MOMENT OR WHAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH TV LE, RA SAYS HE LOV THAT HIS CHARACTER ISN'T HUNG UP ON HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PORTRAYG JOAQU AS NFINT WH HIS SEXUALY AS I AM WH ME [AS A STRAIGHT MAN] HAS BEEN CREDIBLE. IT’S SPIRATNAL TO ME. IT’S FEARLS. NOTHG IS FORCED, NOTHG SEEMS FAKE."{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;}WHILE JOAQU WAS CREATED FOR RIVERDALE, KEV WAS TRODUCED VERONI ISSUE #202 2010, AS RIVERDALE'S FIRST OUT GAY TEEN. SCE THEN HE'S GONE ON TO HEADLE HIS OWN MI-SERI, YA NOVEL AND NOW A DIGAL TLE, LIFE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"Article ntu below advertisementCasey Cott has been lked to female performers the hasn't been any reason to suggt that Casey intifi as gay real life, and he has been lked to more than one female performer over the years. One of them is Casey Cott, who plays Betty's gay bt iend, Kev. (gay bt iend).

Sent back to 1955 wh magic, Kev is a closeted gay boy high school datg Betty and velopg feelgs for a new classmate, Clay Walker. Kev admted that his mother was homophobic towards him, and cricised his looks growg up. Dpe both his dad and close iends beg supportive, Kev has trouble navigatg romance as the only out and proud gay guy high school.

IS CASEY COTT GAY AND IN ANY RELATNSHIP? WHY DO HE PLAY GAY ROL?

Kev felt misunrstood and jealo of Betty, who uld experience and play wh her sexualy whout problems while he as stgglg wh beg the only openly gay guy at school. (gay bt iend), ially puttg their iendship a stereotypil pigeonhole of mean girl and gay bt iend. They also bond over their tert boys, though not as Kev and Betty were durg sophomore years.

Dpe the mon ia that jocks and gay stunts are natural enemi at school, Kev and Reggie seem to get along que well and often spend time together, whether 's gog to watch a Drag Race, fendg town om thugs om the Southsi as vigilant or jt havg a party, ually at La Bonne Nu. Kev impli he is the only openly gay stunt at Riverdale High School. After g out as gay, Colton Unrwood is sharg his journey a new Netflix documentary.

Gay. Osborne announced he is gay.