Ugly Betty: April 2008 Archives

I told the adorable Christopher Gorham at the GLAAD Media Awards that the gay blogs - including this one - went nuts over the photos of him in his underwear during a fantasy sequence on "Ugly Betty."

So, does he know that he such a sex symbol to gay men? He laughed and said he did not know that but remarked, "It's great!"

But the whole sexy thing, that he's heard: "I have to say, when I found out that I was one of the sexiest men alive last year in People, that was awfully surprising. It's made for lots of jokes around the house. My wife is totally sick of it but I still think it's funny."

It's been so great to have "Ugly Betty" back on the air with original episodes. But fans of the show who are rooting for our heroine Betty (America Ferrera) to end up happily ever after with her endearingly nerdy boyfriend Henry ( Gorham) better wake up and smell the coffee. Henry's ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his child and he's being a stand-up guy about it. But he really, truly loves Betty.
"It's a mess," Christopher said. "Oh my God Greg, it's a hot mess. It is my baby, we know that. That is tough."

He wouldn't tell me what was next for the ill-fated lovers but hints: "There's a big cliffhanger that involves me in the season finale."

Christopher, 33, is mighty happy to be in a hit show after starring in such quality, but unfortunately short-lived, shows as "Popular," "Out of Practice," "Jake 2.0" and Oddessy 5." But "Betty" is a big Thursday night hit and will begin filming its third season at the end of June.

"I really like what we're doing coming back with this last bit of season two and then going
into season three thematically because they're really bringing the show back to Betty," he said.

"I felt like it got a little crazy in the beginning of the second season, there were a
lot of storylines. So we're really boiling that down in these last five episodes, everything
is coming back to Betty which is where everything should be centered. I think the show is
going to be better and also, it's coming back to being the more of the family show that it was in season one."

This is pretty shocking. Rebecca Romijn, who has done a solid job as transgender magazine editor Alexis Mead on "Ugly Betty" will be reduced to a recurring character when the show returns for its third season next fall.

In an interview with the New York Post over the weekend, Rebecca said: "They made a tremendous amount of changes, especially with the writing staff [during the writer's strike], and while I know I'll be coming back next season, with all the changes, I'm not sure they can take care of my character they way they have been. So I'll be leaving, back in a recurring capacity, but it's time for me to leave and find something else."

"Ugly Betty" won the GLAAD Award for outstanding television comedy Saturday night.

"Ugly Betty," one of the best shows on television and certainly one of the most gay-inclusive, returns with a batch of brand-new episodes beginning this Thursday. To mark the occasion some cast members, led by Becki Newton and Michael Urie, headline the first-ever "Ugly Betty" Video Podcast.

Enjoy!

Ya know, it wasn't until I came across these photos that I realized how much I have missed "Ugly Betty" which returns to the airwaves with new episodes on April 24. We've had to put up with a lot of reality show CRAP over the last 3-4 months so the thought of new episodes of smart shows like "Betty," "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives" and "Gossip Girl" just makes my mouth water.

Also making my mouth water is Betty's true love, Harry (Christopher Gorham) who ooks to be bringing Betty some flowers for her 24th birthday. But we see in the preview clip below that, as always, things get complicated.

Two more reasons to love "Ugly Betty" is the wonderfully sickening relationship between Mark (Michael Urie) and evil Willhelmina (Vanessa Williams).

And I'm so glad to see my fave Judith Light looking all powerful and glamorous in this photo with her on-screen daughter played by Rebecca Romijn.

Gee, I wonder why everyone is getting so excited about Hilda's new boyfriend on "Ugly Betty"?

He's being played by Eddie Cibrian that's why! Eddie wears a shirt about as often as Matthew McConauhay and all I have to say is that Ana Ortiz, who plays Hilda, won't have trouble acting like she's into this guy!