Broadway, film and television star Cheyenne Jackson — who’s latest gig is appearing on the hit TV series Glee — is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Out magazine. In his coverstory article, Cheyenne opens up about his life-long fascination with Wonder Woman, his 10 year relationship with partner Monte Lapka, his acting skillz and more. As you can imagine, Cheyenne‘s Out magazine photospread is HOT HOT HOT … but we’ll get to that in a bit. First up, here are a few excerpts from Cheyenne‘s Out magazine interview:
On his Wonder Woman Fetish: Even from a distance of 25 years, the memory of his weekly Lynda Carter fix gives Jackson goosebumps. A few years ago, his father found an old woodburning art kit of the kind once popular among boy scouts. The idea was to use a woodburning pen to etch around a suitably masculine image on a piece of wood, in this case a muscle car. Jackson, however, must have lost interest part way through. “It was as if I started it and was, like, ‘Eh, I don’t want to do that.’ And then I turn it over, and on the other side, I’d freehanded a portrait of Wonder Woman. Not only that, I’d added watercolors. I had her blue undies and her red thing. I just thought that was a perfect encapsulation of me as a child.”
On his relationship with his partner: A few months after that birthday dinner, Jackson and his partner of more than 10 years, Monte Lapka, walked into New York’s City Hall and registered as domestic partners. “We wanted to get as married as we could,” says Jackson. “I think we were filling in some forms for wills or insurance, and I just thought, Let’s just make this as legal as we can. It was with a bunch of Russian mail order brides, literally. And it was hilarious and it was romantic, just he and me, our little secret.” Although Lapka, a trained physicist, is apparently ambivalent about marriage proper, his status on Jackson’s Wikipedia page is already listed as “spouse.” The boy of 18 who had never said “I’m gay” has come a long way.
On learning to own his own space from an acting coach: “He immediately just broke down my façade — all my bullshit — and challenged me to own my own space,” recalls Jackson. The coach took him to Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, pointed down the busy sidewalk, and commanded him to walk right down the center, not bobbing or weaving as Jackson would ordinarily do. “They’ll move for you,” he told the hesitant actor. “It was very hard,” recalls Jackson. “People were like, ‘Asshole, I’m holding groceries here, what the fuck,’ but I did it. I learned to hold my own space.” He smiles. “That’s when things really started happening.”
I first fell in love with Cheyenne after seeing him (multiple times) in the Broadway musical Xanadu and since then, my love has grown. I’ve meet the man on a few occasions and I can tell you, he is as real as they come. Hearing about his Wonder Woman love only endears him to me more because we all know I, too, have that same love for the Amazonian superhero. Now it’s your turn to love Cheyenne Jackson — after the jump, check out a few photos from his Out magazine interview and see what all the hubbub is about …
Here is behind the scenes video from Cheyenne‘s photoshoot:
Cheyenne Jackson is a star … a very talented, very handsome star … and this is only the beginning. I can’t wait to see more from Mr. Jackson. Wee!
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