“Glee” cast member Max Adler tells The Advocate: “There are some attractive men in that cast. I cannot deny that.”

In the heated moment when he kissed Kurt Hummel in the McKinley High locker room, Dave Karofsky, Glee’s most hated slushie-tossing tormentor, became one of the most tragic and sympathetic figures on television, writes Brandon Voss for The Advocate.

Here is a portion of a new interview Brandon has done with the 25-year-old actor:

The Glee audience first discovered that Karofsky was gay in “Never Been Kissed,” the November episode in which he unexpectedly kisses Kurt. Similarly, you learned Karofsky’s secret when you read the script for that episode. How did that new insight change the way you played the character?
Well, before the “Never Been Kissed” episode, I still looked for things within him that would make him more interesting for me to play — why he does bully, why does he torment so many people? Him being gay was actually something I tossed around as an idea, but it obviously wasn’t confirmed until “Never Been Kissed,” which just reiterated how I played him. I knew there was something going on underneath, but once I knew for sure what that thing was, it made it a lot more exciting for me. It’s almost like playing two people at once: Karofsky has one way he speaks and shows himself to his peers at school, and then there’s this whole other life beneath the surface, so with everything he says there’s something else that he’s thinking. To get to act that is such a joy.

Now that it’s been confirmed that your character is attracted to other men, have you become more aware of all the hot guys on the show?
There are some attractive men in that Glee cast. I cannot deny that.

After all, Santana figured out Karofsky’s secret when she caught him checking out Sam in the hallway.
Yeah, Sam’s a good-looking guy. That was great, because in the script it just said, “Santana spots Karofsky” — and then in all caps — “AS HE TOTALLY CHECKS SAM’S ASS OUT!” I thought, Oh, my God, that’s going to be so much fun. I had already thought about that kind of thing. When I’m doing those locker-room scenes, I think, Karofsky’s probably feeling pretty uncomfortable with all these other guys, because it would be like me in a locker room with a bunch of girls changing. That was something I had been playing, but it was never shown until he checked out Sam. If you’re questioning your sexuality at school with a bunch of good-looking teenage guys, yeah, your eyes are going to be roaming for sure.