A love story, not a gay story: Nick Offerman addresses “homophobic hate”

Actor Nick Offerman spoke about “homophobic hate” that was aimed over the past year at “Long, Long Time” – a stand-alone episode of HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us. He was speaking at Sunday’s Independent Spirit Awards where he won an award for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series.

He starred in that episode with Murray Bartlett.

“Thank you so much, Film Independent. I’m astonished to be in this category, which is bananas,” Offerman began while onstage to accept the prize. “Thanks to HBO for having the guts to participate in this storytelling tradition that is truly independent. Stories with guts that when homophobic hate comes my way and says, ‘Why did you have to make it a gay story?’ We say, ‘Because you ask questions like that.’”

Added an impassioned Offerman: “It’s not a gay story, it’s a love story, you a**hole.”

Offerman clinched an Emmy for his portrayal of Bill in The Last of Us, a character navigating a post-apocalyptic world, whose enduring love saga with Frank (Bartlett) is spotlighted in what’s arguably the most talked-about episode of the series’ inaugural season. Alongside Bartlett, Offerman triumphed over Spirit Awards contenders in the gender-neutral category, which featured luminaries such as Billie Eilish (Swarm), Jack Farthing (Rain Dogs), Adina Porter (The Changeling), Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry), Benny Safdie (The Curse), Luke Tennie (Shrinking), Olivia Washington (I’m a Virgo), and Jessica Williams (Shrinking).

Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us is currently in production in Vancouver in its second season. In the press room at last night’s SAG Awards after winning the award for Male Actor In a Drama Series, Pascal revealed that filming on the second season “is going amazing.”

The actor went on to say that “it’s sort of awe-inspiring the kind of focus and dedication that everyone has going into Season 2.”

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