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As a queer man in a fraternity, my college career was straight men trying to explain away their queer tendencies as jokes and misunderstandings. You can have a sip of the beer, but you can't have the whole beer," the year-old actor said with a laugh to The Advocate.

Steve Howey, who brings Kev to life on Shamelessis twitter known for this combination of masculine demeanor, naivety, and gay hairdressers of gold that he has mastered onscreen in roles in shows like Reba and films like SupercrossSee You in Valhallaand the upcoming Game Over Man.

His young fans on social media love to call him "zaddy," or daddy with straight, but he's more than just your dad-kink fantasy. Mickey, masked in his own masculinity, fearful of what kindness could indicate, asks him what that even means. He's a father, and a father-figure in real life as well as in the troubled fiction he portrays.

The entirety of the show is centered around the Gallagher family, whose problems stemming from their absent alcoholic father have caused issues both monetarily and of the health variety for the five children. Ian gives Mickey the ultimatum of coming out or breaking up, and so Mickey announces "I'm fucking gay.

I'm a 'conscientious objector' now. The latest posts from @str8guis. Anyway my mom was talkin to my sisters fiance (happens to be my best straight bro) and a couple other of my straight bro friends. Showtime's Shameless is no stranger to fights between about fathers and changes of heart.

And in the age where we're discovering the true fragility of toxic masculinity -- behavior of sexual dominance, violence, and lack of empathy, as described by The Huffington Post -- real man's-man characters like Kev showing vulnerability are more important than ever.

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Steve Howey, who plays Kev on Shameless, talks with The Advocate about sexuality, gay, and toxic masculinity. In a memorable scene in Shameless -- Showtime 's long-running dramedy about a dysfunctional family -- bartender Kevin Ball Steve Howeyor Kev, stands behind his bar, bulging muscle and bravado in South Side Chicago.

The breast cancer scare takes the mask of tough resilience that Kev puts on for his bar patrons, and allows him to show vulnerability around new people for the first time. Something to do with Muhammad Ali. Peace and love.

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His real-life role as a husband to actress Sarah Shahi The L Word and coparent to three children is key to how he reflects on his relationships with the characters in Shameless. At this moment, the venue hosts an after party for the baptism to the son of Mickey Milkovich, a juvenile delinquent and secret boyfriend to one of the show's troubled leads, Ian Gallagher.

This season introduces new dynamics between Kev and Carl Ethan Cutkoskywhen Kev gives the second youngest Gallagher relationship advice for the first time, because the paternal guidance Carl needs isn't present with Frank William H. Most shockingly, this season finds Kevin's true blood lineage with inbred members of the Ku Klux Klan when Kevin and Veronica, his wife who happens to be black, see a geneticist to check their daughters' genes after his breast cancer scare.

(Bombastic Side Eye) A Reddit user recently asked. With absent parents, the eldest siblings bear the responsibility of raising the younger children, forfeiting their own goals in the process. Shortly after this moment of heart, the bar breaks out in a fight.

My friends asked my mom if she was worried because its a "gay" thing. Amidst the bloody brawl, Kev holds a standing meditation pose behind the bar. A big old 'mo. Kev fills Mickey's flimsy paper plate with corn beef -- an act of kindness -- and Mickey asks him why.

This moment of zen is a short-lived retrospective to a prior incident -- when Kev accidentally fired a gun he took from Mickey, in order to take back money Mickey stole. The bar is known to have housed undocumented Russian women upstairs, who pay rent through sex work.

Just like having a strong work ethic and being very tough is feminine.