Call me Mentor
Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson talk about what they’ve learned from each other on the set of ‘Call Me Kat’ CHRIS AZZOPARDI | Contributing WriterTwitter: @chrisazzopardi Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson, co-stars in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, are in separate locations on Zoom, tenderly admiring each other.
As an openly gay actor, Jackson (30 Rock and All Shook Up, his first lead role on Broadway) affectionately acknowledges that Jordan, who’s also openly gay, has been a mentor to him ever since he saw him as Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace.
Jordan, who admits he doesn’t know how to respond to younger generations who praise him for paving the way for them, recognizes Jackson for being precisely the kind of actor Jordan is not.
Since January 2021, the Call Me Kat actors have come together weekly to make viewers laugh through a seriously unfunny and fraught time.
