During my first year on
Melrose Place (1992), there was a great deal of pressure
from the network [Fox TV] for me to out myself as a straight man. The
producers of
Melrose Place (1992) kept telling me I had to say publicly that I was a
breeder. They said too many people assumed I was gay. I know the truth
of my life, so I didn't have to play the network game. For three years,
I was the spokesperson for the AIDS rides [yearly cycle-thons] in
California. I was flattered that people assumed I was gay. To me, that
was an affirmation that I was doing my job.
