The Boys in the Band, Charlie Carver says that a gay colleague once slapped his face at an Emmy party as part of a lesson to not to appear too gay at entertainment industry events.
The exchange was a catalyst for Carver coming out a while later. “I was told that I needed to ‘get it under control’ around people in the business,” Carver told Variety of how the incident began.Later that evening, when Carver asked his colleague what he meant by the statement, the man slapped him.“It wasn’t playful but intentional, pointed and meant to be instructive.
A slap,” Carver said. “I told him that if he ever touched me again, I would name him.”“That was the moment when I said to myself, ‘I can’t do this.