Will Lexington finally came out to the world on last night’s season finale of “Nashville”

On this week’s season finale of the ABC drama Nashville, the character of Will Lexington finally decided to stop hiding.

At a press conference called to deny a tabloid story that he was having an affair with his male songwriting character, Lexington has a change of heart and instead decides to confirm the truth.

The scene was one of the most powerful yet for actor Chris Carmack who has portrayed the ambitious Will through a sham marriage to a woman and his falling in love with another man for the first time.

‘I want Will to be out and happy and still a huge country star and people loving him for who he is. I want him to make some decisions that are going to help him fulfill his life,’ Carmack tells HuffPost Live.

The stakes are high personally but especially professionally for Will.

‘He’s rolling the dice of his entire career,’ Carmack says. ‘Historically, those things have not gone over well with country audiences.’

The role has been a huge breakthrough for Carmack who was previously best known for his role on the series The OC.

‘This is the first role I’ve ever played that I really do feel that I have a responsibility in the playing of it to get it right,’ he says.

‘I’m fully aware that it’s a character on a nighttime soap and we’re amping up the drama, but I think this is the first time that I’ve ever played a character that is so connected to a part of my own social consciousness and the social consciousness of many people that I love and respect. It’s freeing and daunting at the same time to feel that connected to a role that you’re playing.’