In a discussion on Barstool Sports’ KFC Radio podcast, the star said he lived in fear that his family would “disown” him after Cruel Intentions.
The classic drama, released in 1999, stars Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar as as two wicked step-siblings who plan to steal the innocence of their headmaster’s daughter, played by Reese Witherspoon.
Although it received mixed reviews at the time, the three leads received widespread critical acclaim for their performances and the film has since become a cult classic. “I thought my parents were going to disown me,” he admitted, before diving into his groundbreaking gay role as Billy Douglas on US soap opera One Life to Live. “I had grown up going to Baptist school and Christian school.