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Will looking/acting gay? It would have been way back when they ‘changed the actor and the story’. I was thinking about this the last few days as the spoiler came out and thinking I remembered it being posted here as in "What if he’s gay?" type post. It would be funny if one of the writers was testing the waters here or if someone here gave the writers this idea.
If I am remembering correctly, then we had better watch what storylines we decide to suggest. 
Any comments? Anyone remember this or is it just my imagination?I don’t know if anyone said he looked or acted gay but it was rumored that it would be revealed that Will was gay was floating around when the old actor portrayed him before he went to stay with Carrie and Austin. Everyone thought the reason they changed actors was because of this storyline so I really think the writers had it in their outline for the character for the past couple of years but had to mature him before it could happen. It was also suggested that the old actor left because he wouldn’t/couldn’t play a gay character.
(was it Chris Gerse or something like that) was here, the kid with the long curly hair, that a gay storyline was suggested for Will. I don’t remember the actor refusing to play it, though. I know the actor from Y&R who played Adam Newman refused to and quit the show. But I do remember at the time it was put on the table for DOOL, KC thought it would not be favored by the fans and dropped it. Now, here we are again, but yes the character considered for the gay role was definitely Will. Wonder how Chandler Massey feels about it. Evidently, he’s okay with it, which may or may not be his decision. Could be they told him "our way or the highway."
Right, I just remember when they announced they were replacing the actor there was some speculation floating around that the previous actor might have refused ot play a gay character so he quit but nothing definate was said.
gay but was using a gay lawyer and kissed him, acting like he was interested in him when he never was. I thought the original quit more over the character becoming so evil (which this actor loves to play).
and yes, it’s true that Adam was using the other actor (whose character name is "Rafe") and making him believe he (Adam) was gay, but the first actor wouldn’t agree to the kiss. The actor (Chris Engene (sp?)) was uncomfortable with the role. Then he threw in something about not being happy for a while with his villainous role, but it was all over the boards that the requirement of the kiss and pretending to be gay was the main reason the actor quit. I’m thinking he just tried to ‘spin’ it so that he would not be deemed a ‘homophobic’.
stood up for his convictions whether he spun his reasonings for it or not. It really irritates me when people are called homophobic for standing up for their principles…
Am am SO FAR from being homophobic but I’d never want to kiss another woman. I’d probably quit also. It’s not much different to me than asking me to appear nude, I wouldn’t do that either because both would make me feel very uncomfortable.
I kiss my boys (on the lips) hello and good-bye (or thank-you) but no way in the world, as much as I love them both, would I want to kiss my DsIL. They just get one on the cheek. I don’t have a daughter so don’t know what I’d do in that case.
I have no problems with gays whatsoever…except…I don’t want to watch them kissing or making out. I’m afraid I’m really going to have trouble with this storyline, regardless of how "tastefully" they may do it. As well done as it is on Brothers and Sisters, it still makes me cringe when I see the two gay guys kissing or in bed together. Maybe because I know both actors are straight…it might be different if they were actually gay in real life.
opinions here, I kept thinking of how many students I got to know when I worked on campus who are gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transexual and enjoyed working them and knowing them. However, under no circumstances am I interested in seeing intimate relations between two females or males portrayed on TV. I saw just that scene on "Glee" a couple of weeks ago between two male characters and didn’t like it one bit. No way am I homophobic in any sense of the word! I like your analogy about posing nude. It is totally wrong for someone to label us as homophobic just because we disagree with their point of view.
I agree. Homophobic is such negative feelings and attitudes toward anyone who’s gay, bi, trangendered gay and afraid to be around them. I don’t see anyone here having that type of attitude. I mean you can like the person while not approving of their lifestyle or behavior. I’ve got a niece who’s literally a crack whore and even though I don’t want her friends around me she’s still welcome in my home as long as she keeps her business out of my face and off my property.
so for someone to call another "homophobic" doesn’t degrade the person they are speaking of, because they are in my opinion stating a "fear" of something they don’t fully understand, nor do they care to, or simply that they have been raised, or brainwashed as a child, are are ignorant, to a certain degree, and possibly are simply determined to "go with the flow" instead of speaking their own minds and/or facing the fact that indeed a fear of some misguided myths they may have even exist to begin with. It’s easier for people to simply say the word "homophobe" without delving deeply into their own feelings as to exactly what they are afraid of to begin with. By the way, the ever so gay Perez Hilton, celebrity blogger, supposedly wrote the word "homophobe" on a photo of Chris Engen. Now this is a well known, openly gay man, from a very powerful family, calling someone a "homophobe," and in this instance I find him even more offensive than someone who is straight using the word.
Now, I am not homophobic. I say ‘whatever floats your boat’ and I’m also not offering any apologies for my own opinions. As I have always believed, we are all entitled to our own; so, with that in mind I say, to each his own, but I would NOT watch a gay storyline if it involved the intimate sex scenes that go with the lifestyle. Sorry, but that doesn’t make me homophobic.
were you referring to the "Hilton" family ala the hotel chains and billionares? If so, this guy isn’t related to any of them – he was according to Wikipidia born "Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton (a play on "Paris Hilton)."
But yes, you are correct, he does have a reputation of calling people homophobic and he likes getting the fame of "outting" actors and celebrities. I think that’s repulsive of him to garner noteriety that way…while I won’t watch shows with this genre myself, I do believe in "live and let live" – and it’s God’s world and it’s for Him, not for me to judge, so this Mr. Lavandeira seems to me to be a bit more of a homophobic personality in outing his own.
were you referring to the "Hilton" family ala the hotel chains and billionares? If so, this guy isn’t related to any of them – he was according to Wikipidia born "Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton (a play on "Paris Hilton)."
But yes, you are correct, he does have a reputation of calling people homophobic and he likes getting the fame of "outting" actors and celebrities. I think that’s repulsive of him to garner noteriety that way…while I won’t watch shows with this genre myself, I do believe in "live and let live" – and it’s God’s world and it’s for Him, not for me to judge, so this Mr. Lavandeira seems to me to be a bit more of a homophobic personality in outing his own.
I don’t think a person is homophobic just because he doesn’t care to watch 2 people of the same sex kissing, making out or having sex. I don’t enjoy watching people of the opposite sex making out or having sex but I do feel out of the norm by today’s standards. A homophobe is somoene who has such a severe dislike or hatred of homosexuals that it can be violent. It’s up there with prejudice and bigotry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
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