RG Beefcake and Boyfriends: Jordan Calloway: "Unfabulous" hunk, "Riverdale" jerk, supervillain, firefighter, fundamentalist. With a j/o video

In another instance of seeing the nude photos and then researching the actor, I found the j/o video of someone named Jordan Calloway, then googled his name and "gay." There were references to his "gay kiss" and "captivating gay scenes."

Next, his Wikipedia article, where I saw that he was on Riverdale, the campy, over-the-top adaption of the venerable Archie comic books. He played Clay Walker, Kevin Keller's boyfriend during the last season, when the gang was zapped into the 1950s.

By the way, Kevin also dated Joaquin DeSanto (Rob Raco), Moose Mason (Cody Kearsley), and Fangs Fogarty (Drew Ray Tanner, left)

Wait -- Jordan graduated from the fundamentalist Maranatha High School in 2009 and the extremely homophobic Azusa Pacific University in 2013. How is he playing a gay character a few years later?

Jordan's first major role was in Unfabulous (2004-07), a Nickelodeon teencom featuring a middle school girl (Emma Roberts) who has a crush on, dates, breaks up with, and reunites with a boy named Jake (Raja Fenske). Wait -- are all of the boyfriends of teencom girls named Jake?

Her two friends, girly girl Geena and jock Zach (Jordan), eventually fall in love with each other, so everything is tied up in a neat little heteronormative package.

Next Jordan had guest roles on Reckless, Recovery Road, House of Lies, Beyond, and Pure Genius.

Nine episodes of Freakish (2017), as Zane, who was working at the Keller Chemical Plant the day a toxic fog started killing everyone -- which happened to be the same day that he dumped his girlfriend for cheating on him. A straight guy.

Six episodes of Riverdale (2017-18). Except I read the Wikipedia entry wrong! Jordan didn't play Kevin Keller's boyfriend Clay, he played Chuck Clayton. Clay-Clayton, an honest mistake.

Chuck is a horndog who lies about making it with Veronica on their date, so she and Betty trap him in a boiling hot tub and torture him into making a confession. A straight guy.

So which of his roles featured a "gay kiss" and "captivating gay scenes"?

An article promises a "gay love story" in Drumline: A New Beat (2014): An upper-class Brooklyn girl defies her rich parents to attend college in Georgia and revitalize the "drumline." She falls in love with her "he's arrogant!" rival, Jordan! Straight.

The gay guys are played by Rome Flynn (who plays a straight guy in With Love) and Quentin Flair (who plays a straight guy in Welcome to Chippendales).

Left: Quentin.

More after the break

Maybe the gay kiss is in Countdown (2019)? In spite of the misleading title, it's not about space travel: A female nurse downloads an app that calculates how long people have to live. Uh-oh, she has only three days! Jordan plays Matt Monroe, her Love Interest. Straight

Or Always a Bridesmaid (2019)? After her 14th gig as a bridesmaid at her friends' weddings (I don't even have 14 friends), Corine decides to find herself a man. Jordan plays the man. Straight

There may be a gay bff, but the trailer is ambiguous, and there is no plot description on Wikipedia.

Ok, then, the tv series Black Lightning (2018-21)? Jefferson Pierce, a mild-mannered high school principal (Cress Williams), was once the titular DC comics superhero. He is forced from retirement when his wife and young-adult daughter are kidnapped (why is it always a daughter, never a son?). After the crisis, they begin to develop superpowers of their own, while the daughter's boyfriend Khalil (Jordan) becomes the super-villain. Straight

Most recently Jordan has starred in Fire Country (2022-25), with Max Theiriot as a young convict "seeking redemption" by becoming a firefighter for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. Jordan plays Jake Crawford, the department head. He has a female Love Interest. Straight.

I returned to the "gay kiss" and "captivating gay scenes" references. They lead to TikTok videos with nothing to do with Jordan.

So maybe he's gay in real life? Time to check his Instagram.

Ulp, the first tagged post is a photo of Matthew 26, taken from the King James Bible. The second is Jordan hugging a lady. Straight

Then there's "I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will continually come from my mouth."

Lots more posts of hugging ladies, and lots more Bible verses, plus a quote from Oswald Chambers. His fundamentalist classic, My Utmost for His Highest, was required reading in my childhood church.

It's unfortunate, but quoting the Bible usually means that you are homophobic.