When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent.

My mom doesn't get the whole gay thing, but she loves me.

I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son.

I am a mom as well as a senator!

I had so many offers after 'True Blood' for things that were someone in the same vein, but nowhere near Alan Ball's vision. Or something that was over-the-top and fantastical. And I've always wanted to play the regular, working-class mom, and I've never really had the chance to do that.