Debbie also initially disapproves of the relationship because of Ben's HIV status. After several failed attempts at dating other men, Michael realizes he is in love with Ben, and that he will have to accept his HIV status. The two begin to date, but Michael decides to stop after finding out that Ben is HIV positive. Upon first meeting Michael, he states that he is a Pisces. He is a gay studies professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the author of the non-fiction book RU12 and the unpublished novel Gentlemen in Paris. Rather than being angry or jealous, Emmett recognizes that Drew, being so newly out, needs time to explore his new-found gay world.īenjamin 'Ben' Novotny-Bruckner ( né Bruckner) (Portrayed by Robert Gant) became a main character during season two, when he is the first customer in Michael Novotny's comic book store. The relationship finally ends on a bittersweet note when Emmett spots Drew flirting with another man. Drew and Emmett resume their relationship and Drew is eventually picked back up by the Ironmen after they lose several games in a row. Drew appears on the news station that employs Emmett for an interview and comes out, kissing Emmett on live television and losing each of them their jobs. It turns out to be a panicking Drew, who was being threatened with being outed by a tabloid. In season five, Emmett receives anonymous phone calls and believes he is being stalked. However, Emmett turns him down when Drew reveals he still intends to marry Sierra and keep the affair up. Drew breaks off the affair, but later seeks to resume it, admitting to missing Emmett. Unfortunately, they run into Drew's fiancée who is delighted to see Emmett and brings them to the locker room.

Despite an agreement that Emmett must never show up at Drew's games, Emmett accompanies Ted to the Ironmen stadium. Drew even allows Emmett to persuade him to model in a Brown Athletics underwear campaign for Brian's agency Kinnetik. Over time, however, his feelings for Emmett become less purely sexual and more romantic. The next day, when Emmett visits Drew's house to pick up his check, Drew becomes aggressively flirtatious and the two have sex on the living room floor.Īlthough Drew and Emmett continue the affair, Drew does not identify as gay, instead thinking of himself as just a man who occasionally enjoys sex with other men (or possibly on the down-low). At the party Drew and his teammates make disparaging homophobic remarks about Emmett and a waiter, and Emmett confronts him about it.

He was introduced in season four when he hired Emmett Honeycutt to cater the party for his engagement to his girlfriend, Sierra. Drew Boyd is the quarterback of the fictional Pittsburgh Ironmen.

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