Y&R's Grown-Up-Hot-Guy-Virgin

As Chloe put it "I've never met a grown up virgin...or a guy virgin..or a hot guy virgin!". Michael Fairman chatted with Y&R's John Driscoll (Chance) in his "Soapside" column on Advocate.com The full interview will be posted tomorrow, but here's a preview:

“I was trying to do some homework before I started on Y&R. One of the soap websites said there might be a budding relationship between Mac, Chloe, and ... Rafe? And I said, 'Rafe. What? That does not sound like a female’s name.'” [Laughs] This character has been gone such a long time they don’t know what his sexual orientation is. Is he gay, straight, what’s the deal? I thought, You know what? If it’s going to play that’s way, that’s OK.

I actually worked opposite Christian Campbell, formerly of All My Children, where he played Bobby Warner. We had this romance on the show, and if the series had not been canceled, you would have seen the budding relationship between our two characters. It was really funny doing double duty while I was doing Guiding Light. During the day I was having bedroom sexual scenes with a female, and then at night on set in bed with a man. It was crazy. I needed a couple of drinks!”

Driscoll weighs in on Chance’s virginal ways and if this could really mean something else. “Honestly, who knows? As of right now they are playing him as if he is not gay. At this point, Chloe [played by Elizabeth Hendrickson] is the object of his affection, and he is attracted to her. Chance respects her, and there is a spark and energy between them.”

Check back with Advocate.com for the full interview tomorrow.