This week, photos of Jesse Williams doing a nude scene in Broadway’s Take Me Out went viral.
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Take Me Out is the story of star MLB player Darren Lemming, who comes out as gay — and how he navigates this a queer person of color, as well as how his team reacts.
The images — which featured a completely nude, full-frontal Williams — spawned thousands and thousands of tweets:
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Well, Jesse opened up about the nudity leak in an interview with the Associated Press Thursday. “I’m not down about it,” he said.
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“Our job is to go out there every night — no matter what,” he continued.
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“I’m not really worrying about it. I can’t sweat that. We do need to keep advocating for ourselves,” Jesse said, referring to the support he’s received from the production company and other performers.
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“It’s wonderful to see a community push back and make clear what we do stand for, what we don’t,” Jesse said.
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“Consent is important, I thought,” he concluded. “So, let’s keep that in mind universally.”
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YES, let’s. Thank you for opening up about this, Jesse. <3
