"There was an actor I was working with who wasn't as comfortable that he was playing someone who was gay," he recalled. "I wanted, in an effort to show that [his character Matt Fi

"I think we surreptitiously held hands underneath the table," he explained, "we" referring to his character Matt and a character called Jeffrey Lindley (Jason Beghe), a closeted Navy lieutenant who falls in love with Matt in season 2 and insists their relationship be kept secret from his family.

Melrose Place' featured one of the only gay main characters on TV when it premiered in 1992.