Abbott Elementary's Gregory Eddie is the internet's crush, fulfilling Williams' goal of making completely normal men hot.
published on Wednesday, Williams said he appreciated the extensive online thirst for his character, and that his intention with Gregory is to showcase the attractiveness of every-man types like
“the dude at church, that boy who works at the corner store, your cousin.” In particular, he talked about the “need to continually romanticize Black dads,” as we watch Gregory toil away at teaching and being a mentor to first grade students in a predominantly Black community. “A lot of the work that I do takes place in the past because I look like a Black man of any era,” he toldgave us an opportunity to make that attractive. So it wasn’t Quinta Brunson making me a heartthrob. It was giving people the opportunity to see the man they see every day as that.”Williams said that Brunson often sends him thirsty tweets about his character, and one that stuck with him read, “Tyler James Williams looks like a n***a you meet in church.
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