Tom Cavanagh, one of my crushes, is playing a gay ex-Toronto Maple Leaf in the upcoming film "Breakfast with Scot." He did an interview with NBC Sports.com about the movie and locking lips with actor Ben Shenkman who plays his life partner in the film which is about a gay couple raising a gay kid.
Here is some of the Q&A that led to the kissing question:
Q: Let's play "$20,000 Pyramid", the bonus round. I'm giving the clues. Here goes. 'Julie Bowen, Kelly Ripa, Rena Sofer, Bridget Moynahan, Ben Shenkman...'
TC: Um, 'People Who Are Better-Looking Than Me?'
Q: I'm sorry. We were looking for 'People I've Kissed Onscreen.'
TC: Here's the problem with that. You ever hear Conan O'Brien talk about the problem with having gone to Harvard? It means that you're sentenced to a lifetime of, whenever you do anything halfway stupid, having to hear, "And you went to Harvard?" Likewise, when you get to kiss these beautiful women, for the rest of your life you get no sympathy. "Oh, your leg was severed at the knee? At least you got to kiss Bridget Moynahan."
Q: You even feel that way about Ben Shenkman (pictured, right).
TC: Let me quote Keats here: "Beauty is truth, and truth is beauty." And when you're as good-looking as Ben Shenkman, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman. Although, I'm not sure if Ben's wife wants to hear me say that."