Tom Berklund: Bodybuilder and "Modern Family" cop stars in gay tragedies, poses nude, but what's with all the lady friends?

 

We've finished Modern Family, but I forgot to research a bodybuilder who appeared in Episode 10.5, "Good Grief" (2018): as the family gathers for Halloween, Jay gets the word that his ex-wife DeeDee (Shelly Long) has died.  Dressed in wacky costumes, the children and grandchildren try to process their grief in different ways. Phil and Cam drive into West Hollywood for a convoluted reason, and get stuck in the Halloween parade.  As they are honking, a cop tells them to give the horn a rest.  The parade will be over soon.  Then he swishes off in his very tight chaps.

Phil: "I don't get to this part of town often.  That's not a real cop, right?"

I was annoyed that Phil says "this part of town": West Hollywood is a separate city.  But I wanted to see more of the hot cop, Tom Berklund, and his tight chaps.

I checked his Instagram first: "Real estate developer, bodybuilder, spiritual growth."  That's not an occupation, buddy.

 Some nice muscle shots, but the mixed signals made it impossible to tell if he is gay or not. 

"Had a great time with Sarah and Teddy," a lady and a dog.  You're dating a lady, got it.

"Dinner and theater night out with my famous friend" Ryan Hadad, a queer disabled playwright.  Is it a date or a friend hang?

"Ali, Joey, and me."  Ali and Joey are a woman and a baby.  So is this your wife and son?  

"Post dinner sunset stroll with the one and only Tucker Breder," an actor whose Instagram is private, but he poses with a woman on Soundcloud.  Now you're dating a straight guy?

"Charlie got the lead in Once Upon a High School."  Posing with a woman and teenage boy.  But if this is your wife and son, who's Ali and the baby?   

Heck with it.  Let's look at his biceps and bulge, and see if he's been in any gay-themed movies.

Tom was born in Middleton, Wisconsin, 15 minutes from Madison, and got his BFA from the University of Michigan.  He then moved to New York, where he won the part of Gregory Gardner in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line.  

In his monologue, Gregory talks about getting an erection in class, and realizing that he was gay.  Not a bad start.

Tom has 25 acting credits, but mostly parts like Dancer, Gym Attendant, Spin Instructor, and Sexy Santa (above, on Ray Donovan).  I found a few gay roles:

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Paul Michael Barnes: Bo Duke's country-western good ol' boy buddy likes Barbies and disco. With Locke butt, Duke dick and Kentucky cocks

  

I started researching Paul Michael Barnes based on this photo, which I thought identified him as a Barbie girl, so probably gay.  On a closer look, it says "Hillbilly Barbie is my Pa." 

Hillbilly Barbie is a 2010 pink label collectible Barbie based on Ellie Mae Clampett (Donna Douglas) of The Beverly Hillbillies.  

So your daddy is a lady?  Way to subvert gender polarization, buddy. 

It didn't take long to figure out that Paul Michael is straight, but I continued the research, as he became more and more incongruous.  Shockingly incongruous.    His girlfriend's shirt reads "Cash, Hank, Willie, Waylon," four country-western greats.  Who likes country-western music and the Barbie movie?  

Paul calls himself Little Bo Duke, after  the "good ol' boy, never meaning no harm," who zoomed through rural Kentucky in their Confederate flag racecar, General Lee, in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-85).   He was played by John Schneider (the one with the bulge).  His boyfriend...um, I mean cousin...was played by Tom Wopat.

John Schneider's dick. 

But there is no Little Bo Duke character in the tv series or the 2005 movie.  So why does Paul call himself Little Bo Duke?

Because he looks like John Schneider?  

Because they've worked together several times, most recently at the Cahoots Christmas show in Lebanon, Kentucky in December 2025 (not shown; I went with the guy with the muscles).

Or because he's a good ol' boy, too?

From Berea, Kentucky, about 40 miles south of Lexington.

In 2024, Paul Michael performed "Okie from Muskogee" at the Garrad County Rural Heritage Tobacco Festival in Kentucky

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee.
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like living right and being free

Harriet Beecher Stowe used the Kennedy House in Lancaster as the inspiration for the Shelby Plantation in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Can't get more Good Ol' Boy than that.

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Gavin's hunky dad, brother, and cousins, with maybe a few nude dudes thrown in

 

Gavin Munn (Jonathan on Raising Dion and Abraham on The Righteous Gemstones) is lucky to have two supportive parents, willing to drive him as far as Atlanta, six hours away, for auditions and scenes. 

1. Dad Johnny is the president of Coastal Built Construction an aviator, an avid fisherman and motorcyclist, and an actor.  His screen credits include two locally-produced Pirate Kids movies, an episode of Good Behavior,  Domestic Disturbance with John Travolta.

Did I mention that he's also a mega-hunk?

2. Here he is starting to do a backflip into a very rocky pool.

3. Fishing.  You can see the family resemblance: Gavin is a freshwater fishing champ.

4. A few years ago. 

5. Gavin's brother-in-law.

6. I'm not sure.

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