(SOAP Q) GAY 'Days'; Rodriguez talks about if he will Hook up with Will!

 

Jai Rodriguez has been filming episodes of NBC’s Days of Our Lives and is set to first appear on Jan. 13.
He portrays the gay character of Mateo, a friend of Sonny’s who may become in his latest business venture, according to AfterElton.com’s Langford on Soaps column.

“Mateo has tattoos and is a little more edgy than the Salem boys,” Rodriquez tells Soaps in Depth. “But, he hits it off with Will right away and they have an interesting connection. … I think there’s definitely room for Mateo to come back.”

In a separate interview with Deep Soap, Rodriguez, shared his thoughts on the soap’s handling of the Will Horton storyline so far.

“I think they’re handling the storyline with a lot of sensitivity and being really, really honest… It’s definitely not a cliché.” he said. “The portrayals of young gay people on television are a lot different than they were ten or fifteen years ago. They’re colored with a little more diversity. I think that’s a really good thing.”