Scott Evans talks about his gay storyline on ABC soap “One Life to Live”

Well, this kinda sucks. I’m at the Burbank Airport. I mizsed my 9:45 a.m. flight to Sacramento and the next one is nntiol 12:45 p.m. So, I’m going to do a few blogs items as I’m sitting here.

I read an interview on AfterElton.com with actor Scott Evans whose character is embarking on a gay storyline.If Scott looks a bit like actor Chris Evans, it’s because they are brothers.

Here are a few of the interview with Editor Michael Jensen.

AE: It seems like there has been an explosion the past month or so on daytime television with gay male characters popping up all of a sudden on One Life to Live and The Young and Restless. And As the World Turns added another gay character. Are you aware of Luke and Noah over on ATWT and what a huge phenomenon that became?
SE: I heard stuff about it and I know it’s there and gets a lot of coverage. Which is exciting, but to say explosion…we’re getting there. It’s good. I’m glad people are accepting of it, and it’s become such a big thing.

AE: With the upcoming reveal about Fish and Kyle’s sexual past in college, and the word that there’s a romantic storyline in store for them, what’s your take on Fish’s sexual orientation? I know he’s had relationships with women in the past, as well. Is this a coming out story? Is he gay? Bisexual?
SE: I think right now it’s going to be a story of his journey and how he’s dealing with all this stuff. He comes from very conservative parents, and there’s going to be a lot of people who can relate to that, and trying to hide it. It’s a coming out story. You experiment, if you do, when you’re younger. Then he decides he’s not gay, and he’s straight and likes women, so he tries to throw himself at different girls and see where it takes him. I think it’ll just be the story of his journey.

E: Every year, we do something called the AfterElton Hot 100, where our readers vote on who they think are the hottest men in the world. I know thanks to your mom, Chris is aware that he’s made the Top 10 twice. I suspect that with this role for you, you could very well make the list next year. So I want to know is there any sibling rivalry between you two? Is it incredibly important to you that you eventually rank higher than Chris on the list?
SE: [laughing] No, no rivalry at all. That would be fantastic to be there together. There’s no rivalry. The only rivalry we ever have is when we play sports or wrestle.