Out in Sports: April 2008 Archives

I caught last night's episode of "Law & Order: SVU" about a closeted football star's boyfriend who ends up murdered. Handsome Bailey Chase played the pro quarterback who we think did the killing because the dead boyfriend wanted to go public. Turns out it was his slimey agent who did the deed.

Anyway, AfterElton.com has done a nice recap and I'd like to direct you there after I give you some of my impressions. I really did not like the character of the famous model who refered to the football player as a "homo, ass-bandit" etc. just because he didn't put out for her. Somebody needed to seriously rip out her vocal cords.

Chris Meloni's character disappointed me because I thought me was more evolved, maybe because he did so many guys on "OZ." When he finds out Chase's character is gay he laments: "But he's my son's hero."

So, Meloni and Mariska Hargitay think they have outed the footballer while investigating the case and he quickly gets bashed, gets a fractured skull by a group that yells "get the faggot." He ends up in a coma. A radio shock jock called Sportsman Larry was tipped off and outed him to 5 million viewers. Please tell me this is not how things would go down if a real NFL player were to come out. It really made me sick.

Mariska's character it is revelaed is dating a newspaper editor played by Bill Pullman and she gets suspended because they think she leaked the information about the gay footballer to the press. Pullman, one of my longtime crushes, is aging wonderfully, looks as handsome as ever. But he was largely wasted in the episode. Maybe he'll be back for a return visit!