Take Me Out appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Monday night. The play is about a closeted, gay baseball player.In the After Show segment, Williams talked about the issue of nudity in the show.
His comments came after the leak of a video of him naked. The clip comes from a locker room scene in the play.Related: Nude, full-frontal video leak of Jesse Williams sends Twitter into meltdownTake Me Out’s home, the Hayes Theater, has forbidden audience members from using their phones during the performance and requests cells be locked away in protective bags.The video went viral on Twitter, with many commenting on Williams’ extra-large manhood.
Twitter has since scrambled to delete the re-posted images.Williams brushed off the hoo-ha about the nudity.“It’s a body, once you see it, you realize it’s whatever, it’s a boy!
I just have to make it not that big of a deal.”It was more of a big deal for Second Stage Theater, the company running the production.