Jesse Williams has discovered to be A-OK with going nude in “Take Me Out” on Broadway.
“Everyone round me [was] going, ‘Are you critical? Are you certain? Nude, nude? Bare, bare? Entrance?’ Everyone makes such a giant deal,” the actor, 40, said on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” Monday.
“It’s a physique. When you see it, you notice [it’s] no matter. It’s a physique!” he added.
Williams’ look on the late-night Bravo present aired just a few hours after NSFW photos and videos of him within the revival of Richard Greenberg’s homosexual baseball play leaked on-line.
Whereas numerous social media customers raved concerning the measurement of his manhood, the “Gray’s Anatomy” alum apparently isn’t one to brag about himself.
“Isn’t it a lot better whenever you be ok with your penis?” Cohen, 53, requested of his visitor’s full-frontal scenes.
“I’d think about so. I don’t, so I don’t know,” Williams responded earlier than including with fun, “I’m simply kidding, I’m simply kidding.”
The newly minted Tony nominee defined that he tries to not “learn into” stripping down an excessive amount of “as a result of it simply creates extra insecurity” earlier than he goes on stage.
“I’m advised it’s fairly insane, however it’s a primary, so I’ve nothing to match it to,” he acknowledged. “And I gained’t be petrified of something after this.”
Williams’ nerves have calmed down loads in latest weeks, although. When he spoke to Web page Six in early April on the opening night time of “Take Me Out,” he admitted to feeling “terrified” however shared that he was making an attempt to vary his mindset.
“Actually, I simply make that pleasure. … I do know it’s going to be wonderful. I simply need to consider that and lean ahead,” he advised us on the time. “Having stated that, I’m extremely humble about the entire thing. I’ve no enterprise being right here. I’ve by no means carried out this earlier than.”