The world is changing so fast and the amount of progression that is starting to happen is so broad that I think it's going to become less of a big deal and more of this is just what's happening. "And there are going to be some people who like it and there are going to be some people who are not going to like it. "I'm happy and I'm proud that is pushing the boundaries, but I guess I'm just doing in a way of me just kind of living my life," he added. when I'm having sex with my boyfriend or with whomever I'm dating, I'm not having 'gay sex.'Ĭonrad Ricamora in Here Lies Love Photo by Joan Marcus Clara, CA native shared about the controversy. 19, the social media-savvy Rhimes lambasted a Twitter user after they complained that the shows' "gay sex scenes" were too much. The sexy scenes and the role itself have caused some scuttlebutt within the Internet zeitgeist Oct. On the Rhimes-run drama series, Ricamora portrays a studious tech whiz who falls in love with a cunning law school student (played by Jack Falahee) after a whirlwind of intense sexual trysts. "My first reaction when I leave the theatre and people tell me they love 'How To Get Away with Murder' is to immediately cover myself." "The attention is a little disconcerting I guess," Ricamora further pondered. "I don't know what all means but it feels nice to be working," he told during a recent break in performances at The Public Theater, where he stars in the immersive musical Here Lies Love.
"I just feel like it's a lack of vision that you don't see it on TV, but ABC has never had a note about any of the weird stuff in the show, so I'm gonna keep it going.A theatre actor should know he's in good company working with the same television producer who has brought Broadway luminaries like Audra McDonald ( Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill), Viola Davis ( Fences), Norm Lewis ( The Phantom of the Opera), Taye Diggs ( Rent), Sara Ramirez ( Spamalot), Bellamy Young ( The Life) and Kerry Washington ( Race) to the mainstream masses via highly addictive ABC dramas such as "Private Practice," "Grey's Anatomy" AND "Scandal."Nįor Conrad Ricamora, who's at the center of a steamy story arc on ABC's hot new hit show "How To Get Away With Murder," he's blessed for the opportunity, humbled by the experience and even embarrassed by some of the attention his controversial character and his "gay sex" storyline is drawing. "Because I didn't see that growing up, and I feel like the more people get used to two men kissing, the less weird it will be for people," he continued. "And to me, writing the gay characterization and writing some real gay sex into a network show is to right the wrong of all of the straight sex that you see on TV. "I knew I wanted to push the envelope, especially with the gay sex," Nowalk told E!. "We never got any pushback about from the network."Į! reports fans can expect a lot more man-on-man action throughout "HTGAWM" because "It's part of life," Nowalk said.
The show's creator, Peter Nowalk, who worked with Rhimes on breakout shows like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal," told E!:
As Jezebel notes, having graphic sex scenes, especially between two men, "is not commonplace on network television." Jezebel also reports there was "both cunnilingus and gay sex in the premier of the show, which might be a new network television record."