Jason Hervey: Did the "Wonder Years" big brother hook up with guys in West Hollywood? How big was he? With explicit photos
Daniel DiMaggio: The queerbaiting boy of "American Housewife" grows up to play Count Chocula and post n*de photos
You may be familiar with Daniel DiMaggio, no relation to Joe DiMaggio, as Oliver Otto on American Housewife (2016-21). I never heard of it, but I wouldn't have watched anyway. Who wants to watch a sicom about June Cleaver or Donna Reed?
He is presented as gay, with everything from pictures of muscular men on his bedroom wall to an interest in ballet to a boyfriend, the wealthy, femme Cooper (Logan Bell). Everyone thinks they are boyfriends, anyway, including Cooper himself, who is upset every time Oliver claims that they are not dating. But then he backs off and gets a girlfriend.
Logan Bell (the femme one) is gay in real life, and states that he played Cooper as gay. So why five seasons of "crumbs" that led nowhere? Fans were irate when the showrunners were too cowardly to let Oliver come out.
Daniel already has two strikes against him (baseball metaphor, har har) for five years of queerbaiting. Let's check on his other projects.
He was born in 2003 in Los Angeles, and began acting at age nine in the short Geisho (2010): a man (Horatio Sanz) wants to become the world's first male geisha. Kind of gender-fluid.
Next, a 2013 episode of Burn Notice, which, I discovered today, is not about a hospital burn unit, in spite of the misleading title. It's about a spy who was "burned" (fired). How the heck are potential viewers supposed to know that? Daniel plays the young version of focus character Michael (Jeffrey Donovan).
More after the break
Gemstones Episode 4.6: Kelvin cruises Anakin Skywalker, Jesse hangs dong, and Cobb gets his cobb bit off. With a nude Ricky and Smiley Creature
Previous: Gemstone Episode 4.5, Continued: Kelvin crashes, the Monkey fumes, and we find out who is bigger, adult video star Joey Stefano or Adam Devine
Title: "Interlude IV." The Interlude is usually Episode 5, but this season started with a stand-alone, so it's Episode 6. We're halfway through the action in the present day, with Kelvin's meltdown, Judy's jealousy over the monkey, and Eli and Lori dealing with violence.
The New Parking Lot: 2002. Eli is standing before the County Zoning Board, discussing his plan to build a 10-acre parking lot at the Salvation Center, which would involve buying and demolishing neighboring houses. He claims that it will bring thousands of people to town, who will spend money, so it's a "win-win" situation. Aimee-Leigh points out that they're also bringing in jobs. The townsfolk growl and complain. So am I. Zoning restrictions? How boring can you get?
Cute council member Terry Cook is eating a donut. A unnnamed background player, he notes that they did several takes. Sometimes he had to be angry. Once he ate an egg.
The council president yells: "You may be able to buy out desperate people, Dr. Gemstone, but that doesn't make it right!" She notes that the county board usually rubber-stamps their crazy plans, but not this time: "The crowd of people behind you is voiceless, and someone has to be their voice!"
The plan is rejected, and the couple leaves in defeat. Aimee-Leigh wonders why they're even doing this ministry stuff.
Eli: "For the lake house." That is, for the money. Um...serving God? Spreading the Gospel? Helping people?
They walk out into a huge demonstration. Someone shoves pies in their faces.
Writers: This sequence has no connection to the plot. In Season 3, the Y2K scandal caused Peter's meltdown and enmity toward the Gemstones, but Cobb's enmity has nothing to do with the new parking lot.
Corey Defends Daddy: At the lake house, Lori's husband Cobb (Michael Rooker) is trying to water-ski, but Eli drives too fast, and he capsizes. His manhood challenged, he splutters and swears.
Meanwhile, on a raft-slide, Young Judy and Jesse laugh at Cobb, which upsets his son, Young Corey.
Young Kelvin defends him, pointing out that at least Cobb is trying, whereas Jesse spends all his time "being bad, having sex." This has resulted in Amber getting pregnant. The enraged Jesse tries to attack, but Corey stops him.
A New Album: While Lori and Aimee-Leigh watch their husband in the water, posturing to see who will become the Silverback, they advise the very pregnant Amber that she should go inside and take a nap. She refuses, so they discuss how much they dislike their kids until Amber gets tired of it and leaves.
Then they discuss recording a new album; they haven't recorded together in years, so it will be nostalgic.
Cut to the studio, where they are making up song lyrics while Judy listens. Kelvin eavesdrops from outside the door. Notice that his t-shirt says The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, reflecting his belief that he is a "boy genius." The tv show premiered on July 20, 2002, so this must be a few months later, maybe in September 2002.
More after the break
The "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" boys grow up: Gay subtexts and penises of Zayne, Elijah, and Steele. With bonus Dad bulge
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015-19) starred Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a driven attorney (with degrees from Harvard and Yale both) who drops everything and moves to West Covina, California to track down Josh, the boy she met at summer camp 15 years ago (Vincent Rodriguez III, who would go on to play everyone's favorite family-friendly gay guy).
As she tries to steal him away from his current girlfriend, then gives up and dates other guys, Rebecca becomes immersed in the lives of his friends and associates, including the gay White Josh (David Hull), who dates her newly-out bisexual boss. And there are musical numbers that reveal the characters' inner state, such as "Fit Hot Guys Have Problems, Too."
We liked it so much that we went through the series twice.
Paula Proctor (Donna Lynne Chaplin), Rebecca's confidant and partner-in-crime in the devious schemes to land Josh, is a nuclear family mom with a troubled marriage to Scott (Steven Munroe, below) and two kids who dislike her.
1. Brendan is a budding juvenile delinquent who is obsessed with knives and swords ("What did I say about the katana on the table) and sells marijuana, with customers including Josh's girlfriend Valencia and Dad Scott. His heterosexual identity is not established until Season 3, when he mentions that Rebecca has "nice boobs." When his father tells him to be respectful, he changes it to "beautiful breasts."
In Seasons 1 and 3, Brendan was played by 16-20 year old Zayne Emory, who has 27 credits listed on the IMDB, including episodes of Modern Family, Shameless, Supergirl, and a lot of teencoms.
He played JC Spink, Adam's bully-turned-friend on 29 episodes of The Goldbergs (2015-22). JC has a gay-subtext buddy-bond with Brian (Zach Callison).
Most recently Zayne appeared on 10 episodes of The Rookie (2018-24) as Henry, son of main character John Nolan (Nathan Fillion). He has a girlfriend.
Zayne seems to be heterosexual in real life, but at least he's given us a nude selfie.
2. In Season 2, Brendan was played by 17-year old Elijah Nelson, who has 38 acting credits on the IMDB, including episodes of The Thunderman, Bizaardvark, American Housewife, 911 Lone Star, and SWAT.
Most recently he has played himself in 91 episodes of Shiloh and Bros (2020-25). Brothers Elijah, Micah, Judah, and Josiah. and their sister Shiloh, post humorous videos like "Dress to Impress in Real Life" and "If Among Us Had No Chats."
More after the break
Gemstones Episode 4.4, Continued: Keefe in drag, Pontius with four dicks, Jasper with one, and Casper the Friendly Ghost
Previous: Gemstones Episode 4.4: Gideon is gay, Jesse jealous, and Kelvin scared. Plus a Big Dick and a play within a play
And this one of BJ and the nephews hanging out, with the cute attendant in the background (still can't find him on the IMDB). Abraham is shirtless, but only 16, not old enough to be a hunk. Maybe a hunkoid.
Judy's Breakup Plan: Jesse and Kelvin have failed in their attempts to break up Eli and Lori, so Judy decides to use her "super power": the ability to incite the erotic interest of anybody. She goes to Lori's room and tries to seduce her. Lori just stands there.
Keefe decides on the next best thing: dress-me-ups. He puts on one of Aimee-Leigh's dresses, her wig, her glasses, and some makeup (wait -- where did he get makeup?), goes to Eli's room, and tries to haunt him: "I'm the ghost of your dead wife. Break up with Lori."
Eli doesn't respond, so Keefe crawls on top of him and starts singing Aimee-Leigh's signature song, "Misbehavin'"
Suddenly Eli and Lori awaken; everyone screams. Keefe rushes out and falls down the staircase into the parlor whereupon the Nanny, thinking that he is an intruder, pulverizes him.
"Who are you?" she shouts.
First he consorted with Hot Stuff, the Little Devil, and now he's Casper the Friendly Ghost.
More after the break
Matthew Underwood: The "Zoey 101" It-Boy Logan plays himself again and again...and again, posts dick pics. With bonus Noah Beck
The internet was all agog over pictures of Matthew Underwood's penis. I wasn't impressed. First, the guy doens't even show his face. Second, he rubs me the wrong way. I can't quite remember how.
Oh, yeah. It's that annoying smugness. It's one thing to be heterosexual -- lots of guys are. It's another to brag about it. "I'm so entirely heterosexual, I'm the most heterosexual of all heterosexuals, I can heterosexualize anywhere, anytime. Every girl wants to be with me, and every guy wants to be me."
Born in "The Sunshsine State of Florida" in 1990, Matt began acting at the age of eight, and appeared on screen in some guest spots before hitting paydirt in Zoey 101 (2005-08).
Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears) and her brother Dustin (Paul Butcher) are students at the prestigious Pacific Coast Academy, filmed on location in Malibu instead of on a sound stage. Her coterie includes:
1. Logan (Matthew Underwood), the fabulously wealthy son of a famous actor, an it-boy who is basking in the absurdly exaggerated longing of every girl who sees him. Eventually he settles down with the nerd Quinn (see, looks aren't everything).
2. Chase (Sean Flynn, left), in love with Zoey but trapped in the "friend zone." Eventually, she realizes that she is in love with him, but then she leaves him again.
2. Michael (Christopher Massey, right), mostly in charge of advising Chase to admit his feelings, although he eventually gets a girlfriend of his own.Matt reveals that just after Zoey, when he was 19, he was sexually harassed and then assaulted by his agent. The trauma prompted him to move away from Los Angeles and retire from acting.
He returned in 2017 to direct and star in two tv pilots with Sean Flynn, playing themselves: The Magic Studio, about kids who find magic rings, and The Golden Stars, about missing award statues.
And some shorts: Time Hoppers (2018), Matt and Sebastian Cabanas in silly costumes.
He appears with some girls in Remi (2021) and with the entire Zoey gang in the Jamie Spears music video Follow Me (2020).
Matt's social media is mostly generic, landscapes, weird jokes, boating, pictures taken with the Zoey gang. He is currently single, his last heterosexual relationship (that he told fans about) in 2015.
Corey Saucier: Texas model who got nekkid with Carrie Bradshaw, counseled a dying gay guy, and posted an adult video, sort of
I like guys who aren't very famous, where there's something to research. Never heard of Corey Saucier, but there are two types of photos of him online:
1. Teen idol type
2. And sullen artistic model type.
Corey was born in 1988 in a suburb of Houston, played basketball, football, and basketball in high school, and decided to become a model while at Texas State University.
According to his purple-prose bio at the Fort Agency, "Corey Saucier has shot with fittingly unique brands, such as Diesel and his handsome visage has posed for Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Levis."
His handsome visage? Come on, that sounds ridiculous. Visages don't pose.
He continues: “My style is a mixture of chic and rugged”
He has two acting roles listed on the IMDB, both, in 2022:
Shane in "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," Episode 1.8 of And Just Like That, the update of Sex and the City. I never saw the original, but I understand that it's about four ladies sitting around discussing sex in a gay-free New York. He isn't listed in the episode synopsis, but apparently he gets nekkid with, I think, Carey?
And Dr. Underwood in Spoiler Alert, about a gay couple (Jim Parsons, Kit Aldritch), one of whom is dying of cancer. Why on Earth would anyone want to watch something like that? I assume that Dr. Underwood is diagnosing him or whatever.
More nekkid photos after the break
Jacob Tremblay: Gay sea monster, gay-subtext Miracle, heterosexist Good Boy, Boyfriend. With Brady Noon and n*de dudes
You probably saw Luca (2021), the Disney/Pixar animated movie about the friendship between the closeted sea monster boy (Jacob Tremblay) and a human boy named Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer). And you were probably upset when director Enrico Casarosa vehemently denied the possibility of a gay reading of the couple. "They're kids! They're much too young to be gay!"
Got it, Enrico. All boys are born heterosexual, Gay is something that happens in adulthood, after you've tried heterosexual stuff and decided that it is not right for you. Gay is who you invite to your bed,, heterosexual is the Eternal Feminine that draws us to the City of God.
Yeah, I was unhappy, too.
But it wasn't the fault of the actors. I heard that Jack Dylan Grazer and Jason Maybaum (general voices) are gay. Let's see if Luca himself, Jacob Tremblay, is involve din any gay-friendly projects.
He has 43 acting credits on the IMDB, most long before Luca. I've never heard of most of them, but there seem to be some interesting gay subtexts here and there:
Gord's Brother (2015): The human Gord and his monster brother (Jack Irvine, Raphael Alejandro) searach for the legendary City of Monsters. Jacob plays the Young Gord.
Wonder (2017): "The incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story" of a boy with facial differences who goes to school. How to come up with a title that gives you absolutely no clue to what the movie is about.
There's a girl -- there's always a girl -- but he makes a male friend (Noah Jupe), too.
Good Boys (2019): Three six-grade boys skip school to go on an "epic adventure" involving two of them (Jacob, Brady Noon, center, recent photo) trying to win the Girls of Their Dreams (of course). The third (Keith L. Williams) is a bullying victim who doesn't try to win a girl. Hey, in a raunchy "coming of age" comedy, I'll take any gay hints I can get.
Will Forte plays one of the dads.
Left: As of this writing, Brady Noon is 19. Maybe I'll profile him next.
More Jacob after the break
Aaron Carter: The golden boy of the fall of 2000 comes out as bi, shows his d*ck, has a hard life. Brother Nick: "Hurts to love you."
Aaron Carter, the younger brother of Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys, burst into teen idol fame with his debut album (entitled Aaron Carter, naturally), released in 1997, when he was just nine years old. It sold a million copies. A second album, Aaron's Party: Come and Get It (2000), sold two million copies and peaked at #4 on the U.S. charts.
The sizzling star appeared as himself on Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2001) and Lizzie McGuire (2001), and started high-profile romances with Hilary Duff (Lizzie) and Lindsey Lohan (The Parent Trap).
New albums were released in 2001 and 2002, but in the post-911, War on Terror world, that golden age seemed impossibly naive, and Aaron's star faded. He continued to tour and release new songs, but none of them charted. Focusing on his acting, he played:
Harry (one of the daughter's boyfriends) on two episodes of 7th Heaven (2004)
A classmate of the live action Fat Albert (left, with Shedrach Taylor III as Rudy).
A Hannah Montana-like incognito popstar in Popstar (2005). Former popstars David Cassidy and Leif Garrett (right) appeared.
Marty in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006), with Jeff Garlin (soon to star in The Goldberg) as a man looking for someone to each cheese with.
Brian in College Fright Night (2014), about a vampire infestation at a college, with former teen stars Todd Bridges and Dustin Diamond in the cast.
Aaron's adult years were rough:
Monetary problems, with his parents squandering his income, sometimes forcefully.
His father firing a gun next to his ear, leaving him partially deaf.
Allegations of abuse from his sister Leslie and brother Nick, which led to a restraining order and an admission that on social media that he wanted to kill Nick's wife.
Frequent drug problems.
More after the break