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Remember Pablo? He was one of the backyard buddies on Nick Junior's Backyardigans (2004-2013) a high-strung, frenetic blue penguin best-buddying with the laid-back orange moose Tyrone. Their friends included Tasha, a yellow hippopotamus best-buddying with the tomboy Uniqua, who has no animal species; and Austin, a purple kangaroo.
Contrary to what commentators believe, gayness doesn't suddenly appear when you see your first drag queen. You are gay as a preschooler. You may not be interested in physical intimacy yet, but you find some people and not others attractive, and form romantic bonds, early on. In Backyardigans, Pablo and Tyrone were queer coded, although Pablo is more often paired with Austin on Archive of Our Own.
A decade later, Nicholas Barasch, who played Austin in 20 episodes (2009-13), showed his physique on Riverdale.
Leon Thomas III, who played Tyrone in 25 episodes (2006-09), gave us a butt shot on Insecure.
But Jake Goldberg, a long running Pablo (60 episodes, 2006-13), has given us one better: shots of his penis.
Born in 1996, Jake grew up in New York, except for five years spent in Israel. As a child and teenager, he appeared in episodes of 3D Rock, Law and Order: SVU, and Bull, and he played Adam Sandler's son in Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Jake is second from the left. Notice David Henrie of Wizards of Waverly Place on the right.
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His character crushes on girls, but also buddy-bond (and gets naked) with Nadji Jeter as Chris Rock's son. He was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award, which may have turned him off acting as a career choice.
More after the break. Caution: Explicit.