Give her your full support! Luke Gage mother knows about her son’s famous type of scene in season 1 of White Lotus – and he couldn’t be more proud.
“That’s a big ass. Get that money,” Gage, 27, recalled variety on Thursday, March 16, his mother’s reaction interview. “‘Get that bag and be faithful.’ My mom is cool. She’s like a cool little hippie lady. Being mute, I think we both share a European vibe.
At Euphoria actor, who starred in season 1 of the HBO series as Dillion’s staff, made headlines in July 2021 when an episode featured him receiving a golden shower from his costar. Murray Bartlettwhich portrays Armond’s hotel manager.
Gage then revisited the intimate act for the role in the fourth season of You – which premiered in February – when his character, Adam, cheats on his girlfriend Lady Phoebe (Tilly Keeper) after pursuing the inner desire.
Gage said variety there are those who received a lot of support from fans after appearing in two hit shows – but others are not quite enthusiastic.
“We have a couple of people from the Golden Shower community who are very grateful to be shown on the screen, and they have some haters who are yucking some people,” he explained. “Everyone should feel heard and feel seen. I don’t want to make anyone scrutinized or like to joke. I just believe that everyone should be ashamed and everything they love and not be ashamed.
The California native added that the “goal” of his work on screen is to help people feel “connected” and “seen” by the characters he plays.
“At the end of the day, you hope that these stories don’t just entertain. It might just entertain for the sake of entertaining, or maybe it’s an escape from something difficult in life, but look at the characters, feel like you can relate to them and like people second – ‘I’m not the only one there’ – at the end of the day is the biggest gift I can get in this job,” he said. “That’s the biggest compliment I can get for anything I’ve done.”
When it comes to sexuality, Gage has often been candid. When social media trolls posted criticism of Hollywood’s pattern of casting heterosexual actors for queer roles in June 2022, moon the actor quickly fired back.
“If Hollywood could stop hiring non LGBTQIA+ actors like @lukasgage to play LGBTQIA+ characters, that would be great,” the Twitter user wrote at the time. “He has played 4 so far. 1 is enough.”
Meanwhile, Gage replied, “You don’t know my alphabet.” When the original poster encouraged the Queer as Folk alum to “enlighten the whole world” of his sexual identity, he answered, “No,” with a red heart emoji.
At Supergirl The actor has never publicly mentioned his sexual identity, but has played several LGBTQIA+ characters over the years. Earlier this month, a celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton confirmed that he and Love, Victor alum are dating.
“Listen, I’m very happy [and] very much in love,” Appleton, 39, gushed during Wednesday, March 15, appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show. “I feel very grateful to be able to share time with a very special person. Love is a very special thing and, I think, meeting someone you are in a relationship with is very special.
After a photo of the couple appeared on the screen, the director of Color Wow added: “This is Luke [when we were] in Mexico.”
At You star and Appleton first sparked romance speculation when they posted pictures while on vacation together at the St. Regis Punta Mita Resort in Mexico. Then they walked the red carpet together Vanity Fair and the TikTok A Night For Young Hollywood party in Los Angeles on March 8.
However, when discussing the relationship status with New York Times in an interview published earlier that week, Gage opened up about his desire to keep the details of his love life private.
“If they want to think, they can,” he told the outlet. “I’m a pretty open book about a lot of things in my life, but I have a problem with the culture of everyone knowing everyone’s business and nothing being sacred. It’s a weird line I’m still walking.