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Grey's Anatomy's Jake Borelli Talks Feeling Seen After Coming Out On Screen and Publicly For the First Time
Glasses had a very big night on Grey's Anatomy last night.
Finally, weeks of flirtation and some confusion with new warm doc Dr. Nico Kim, the intern known as Glasses shared his first ever kiss with a guy (and we can probably all agree that that kiss was hot), and right after the episode aired, actor Jake Borelli publicly came out himself on Instagram.
"As a male lover guy myself, tonight's episode was so special to me," he wrote. "This is exactly the caring of story I craved as a young queer kid growing up in Ohio, and it blows my mind that I'm able to bring existence to Dr. Levi Schmitt as he begins to grapple with his hold sexuality this season on Grey's Anatomy."
Borelli joined Morgan Stewart and Carissa Culiner on Daily Pop on Friday to talk about these revelations, and to confirm that that peck with Dr. Kim was, in fact, very hot.
"Oh, we did a lot of takes," Borelli joked, before getting a petite more serious about what it meant for him to take on this storyline.
"It was mind blowing for me,
'Grey's Anatomy' star Jake Borelli reacts to 'horrifying' laws restricting drag shows and queer marriage: 'It feels like we're being pushed backwards'
In a recent interview with Insider, "Grey's Anatomy" star Jake Borelli common his feelings on the recent anti-LGBTQ marriage legislation and anti-trans legislation that's currently being proposed and passed in some states around the country, most notably in Tennessee.
"It's horrifying. It feels like we're being pushed backward, that we're being forced to take steps backwards," he said. "I'm afraid about it, especially not knowing what the next administration is going to be like."
A Tennessee bill outlawing "adult cabaret performances" done "on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret recital could be viewed by a person who is not an adult," was signed into law by Governor Bill Lee on March 2. According to reporting by Insider's Yelena Dzhanova, the law identifies "male and female impersonators" — drag kings and drag queens — as adult cabaret performers. The law is a class E felony in the state, which means it carries a jail sentence of up to six years.
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When Jake Borelli landed the role of Dr. Levi Schmitt on “Grey’s Anatomy,” he hoped his show would inspire others. What the actor didn’t hope for, however, was to sense inspired himself.
The 27-year-old first joined the cast of the smash ABC series last year in what he assumed would be a two-episode notice, but became a mainstay of the show as his character was expanded over the course of Season 14. Nearly a year later, he’s part of Season 15’s most buzzed-about plotline and a series first: a adoration between two gay male doctors.
Like other Shonda Rimes-created shows, “Grey’s Anatomy” has never skimped on the sex, and the relationship between the endearingly awkward Schmitt ― aka Glasses ― and Dr. Nico Kim (played by Alex Landi) is no exception thus far. The tension between the two began to simmer with stolen glances and a literal wink early in Season 15 and exploded with a steamy elevator kiss in the Nov. 1 episode, “Flowers Increase Out of My Grave.” The Nov. 15 midseason finale, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” found them escaping a windstorm for an ambulance rendezvous.
Borelli, meanwhile, used his character’s journey as an opportunity to acknowledge his real-life sexuality
Breaking: Grey's Anatomy actor Jake Borelli comes out as gay
has always pushed boundaries, but on Thursday night’s episode, it finally introduced a storyline fans possess been waiting 15 years for — a queer male romance between two doctors.
In “Flowers Grow Out of My Grave,” Levi Schmitt (Jake Borelli) and Nico Kim (Alex Landi) shared a hallway touch after several weeks of flirtation and missed connections. The moment prompted Schmitt to admit it was the first time he’d ever kissed a gentleman before and to donate a metaphorical coming out speech about how his switch to orthopedic surgery marked the first moment he felt like he belonged in the hospital.
But the speech and the moment prompted something equally as moving in actual life — Borelli, who has been bringing Schmitt to life on the small-screen since last drop, came out alongside his character. The actor, 27, opened up about his sexuality in an Instagram post, writing, “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episode was so unique to me. This is exactly the kind of story I craved as a young gay kid growing up in Ohio, and it blows my mind that I’m competent to bring life to Dr. Levi Schmitt as he begins to grapple with his own sexuality this season
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