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- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.
- JSE WILLIAMS WEIGHS ON BEG A STRAIGHT MAN PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER BROADWAY'S TAKE ME OUT
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.
"As a gay guy myself, tonight's episo was so special to me," Borelli shared on Instagram. * gay character on grey's anatomy *
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JSE WILLIAMS WEIGHS ON BEG A STRAIGHT MAN PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER BROADWAY'S TAKE ME OUT
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MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
“This is hontly such an amazg thg, ” he wrote, “As a gay man myself, is so great to see you be able to be yourself real life and on tv. When shownner Krista Vernoff lled this summer to say Levi would be part of the first gay male romance on the ABC h drama, he didn't expect to fd himself facg his own life-alterg cisn. " On Thursday night, immediately followg the Wt Coast airg of Grey's and Levi's own g out, Borelli took to Instagram to tell the world he is gay.
He wrote, "As a gay guy myself, tonight's episo was so special to me. Vernoff tells EW that the ia for this storyle actually me not om a place of wantg to do a gay romance, but rather tryg to fd a new, pellg arc for Borelli. "I've known that I was gay sce I was very young, 8th or 9th gra, and I me out to myself around that time.
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