My chat w/John Barrowman: “The fans have put me in a position where I’m getting to do what I love to do”

Last weekend, there was a stage filled with some of the most gorgeous men in television and I was sitting about 20 feet away from it.

It was a panel with the casts of The CW’s Arrow and The Flash and among the hunks on the stage were Stephen Amell, Robbie Amell, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Colton Haynes, David Ramsey, Grant Gustin and Victor Garber, among others.

But after it was over and there was an opportunity for some one-on-one chats, I bypassed all of that beefcake and made a beeline for John Barrowman who plays Malcom Merlyn on Arrow.

We had a nice chat about gay stereotypes on TV, about his first TV job on Central Park West 20 years ago and his hopes for another Torchwood series. You can read all about it over at Gay Star News.

Here are some other parts of the interview exclusive for Greg In Hollywood readers:

How he manages to juggle TV gigs in the US and UK with a weekly radio show and live performances: “I don’t think about it, I just do it. It’s part of what I do – it’s called the entertainment business and I’m a businessman like everybody else. Although I love and enjoy what I do, it’s great to be able to be diverse. There’s all sorts of stuff happening at one time. We have our main home right now in Palm Springs, an apartment in Vancouver and we have our home still in London but we’ve rented that now because I’m more so over here than over there at the moment. I go back over to do my concert tour, I think it’s May, for my album that was released. I just go – I get on a plane and I go. And now we’ve just got picked up for season four of Arrow.’

You are very active on social media letting us know what you’re up to in your very busy life. Your fans love it but what do you get out of it?
I don’t look to get back stuff, I do it for the fans because the fans have put me in a position where I’m getting to do what I love to do. I’ve got a life that I would have only dreamed that I would have had, I’ve got a beautiful home, I’ve got a lovely husband, I have a beautiful car and it’s all because of the fans. What I’m doing on social media is allowing them to view what they’re part of and the exceptional life that they’ve given me.’