Don't Hate John Stamos Because He's Beautiful...

Hate him because he seemingly hasn't aged a bit in about 20 years.

He's currently starring in a Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie. The former Full House family member shouts out his gay fans and shared some candid information on a now-infamous Australian interview. He's also got a thing for costar Gina Gershon's cult classic Showgirls. The sexy Stamos, who, incidentally, makes no apologies for having been "fucking drunk in Australia...” gives his gay fans even more reason to love the handsome actor who says he'd go for NPH if he switched teams.

Originally published on Advocate.com
By Brandon Voss
When John Stamos suited up for the cover of The Advocate in 2006, he was playing doctor on ER and promoting his role as a gay wedding planner striking for marriage equality in the A&E original movie Wedding Wars. The former General Hospital heartthrob best known as Uncle Jesse on the hit family sitcom Full House is now performing to full houses as mama’s boy Albert Peterson in the first Broadway revival of the Tony-winning 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie, which opened October 15 at Henry Miller’s Theatre. The eternally youthful 46-year-old called Advocate.com to confess his campy obsession with Birdie costar Gina Gershon and the boozy truth behind that now-infamous Australian morning show interview.

Some blogs actually seem obsessed with how youthful you still look.
It’s funny, because I haven’t had one ounce of Botox or any of that. I finally got gray hairs in the past couple years, and I wore it on ER, but they made me cover it up in this show. I don’t want to be one of those weird-looking guys who gets old but stays looking young.

  Though it helps sell tickets, the Broadway community can sometimes be cold to the casting of TV and movie stars, which can lead to what I call a “Julia Roberts backlash.” Do you feel welcomed by the Broadway family?
No matter what happens review-wise, I very much feel accepted by the community. In fact, I feel more accepted here than I do in television and certainly in movies. I feel that I’ve paid my dues, somewhat, by doing the three other shows. I wouldn’t have deserved to get Albert right off the bat because I needed to prove myself and learn. The only way I’ve ever grown in my career is to put myself in a very difficult situation, which is what you do when you do Broadway. Everyone’s off in Hollywoodland, making movies and TV, thinking what they’re doing is so important, but when you come to Broadway you see how hard these actors really work — and it’s really about the work because there’s not a lot of money involved, no perks, no big fancy trailers. This is my fourth Broadway show, and every time I’m a completely new person at the end of it.

On the subject of star casting, do you have any plans to meet for a drink with A Steady Rain stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig after your shows one night?
Hugh’s an old friend of mine and it’s such a small community, so I’m sure I’ll run into them. Some woman asked me the other day, “Is there a place where all you heartthrobs hang out?” I said, “Yes, it’s called the Hollywood Heartthrob Club. We just sit around and talk about how hot we are.” There is a great bar, Bar Centrale, where everybody goes after their shows, so it’s a good place to see your fellow actors.

Do you notice many gay fans at the Birdie stage door?
I am seeing a lot more guys than normal coming to the stage door, and I take a picture with them. It’s very sweet. I hope that I’m accepted as being gay-friendly. I think gay people are proud of Wedding Wars.

Well, your good looks don’t hurt either. Were you aware of gay fans back in your General Hospital and Full House days?
I guess so, but people weren’t as out back then. You know, I’m not sure this pertains to the question, but I went to a party for Liberace when I had just started General Hospital, and there’s this great picture of me, Liberace, and David Hasselhoff out there somewhere. I need to find it.

Before your head gets too big, don’t forget that your costar, Gina Gershon, has a bigger gay fan base than you do.
Yes, she does have a bigger gay fan base. She was so brilliant in Bound, which is my favorite movie of hers, but I’m also a big Showgirls fan. That’s all I talk to her about. That’s one of the main reasons I did the show. I need to have a Showgirls party, because a lot of the kids in the cast haven’t seen it. She’s never seen Full House, so I told her, “OK, we’ll watch a few episodes of Full House, but then we have to watch Showgirls together. It’s a must.” I even do that dance move — you know, the quick hand movements in front of the face? I think I’m going to try to sneak that into the show.

You already show off some pretty groovy moves in Birdie. Would you ever do Dancing With the Stars?
Uh, no. Not to be disrespectful, but isn’t that the place you go when you don’t have a career? Why would I dance on that show when I get to dance on Broadway?

Nolan Gerard Funk, who plays Conrad Birdie, recently tweeted that you introduced him to Madonna. What’s the story?
Nolan’s a sweet kid. I’ve sort of taken him under my wing because he’s very ambitious; he wants to meet the right people, do the right thing, and go to the right places. So I took him to the opening of the Boom Boom Room at the Standard Hotel, and the first person I happen to sit next to is Madonna. She said, “Hey, John,” and I said, “Hey, meet my friend Nolan.”

May I turn [a] hypothetical question on you?
Who would I be into if I were gay? You know, I’ve never been asked that before. And I can’t say “me,” right? [Laughs] Well, I’m attracted to funny people. Let me think ... Neil Patrick Harris, maybe. He’s funny. I love Neil. It always breaks my heart when I see someone who has the courage to come out and then it hurts their career, but I think it’s fantastic that Neil’s coming-out didn’t seem to hurt him one bit; in fact, it’s propelled him. He’s become such a force in our business.

To find out more about John Stamos's starring role in Bye Bye Birdie and his A&E movie Wedding Wars, read the full interview on Advocate.com here.

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Comments

[roybadboy]

john is still hot and he still looks the same since he played in general hosiptal when he played blackie i loved him in the show i missed him when he left.