*The cast of the popular LGBT series “P-Valley” appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the Tamron Hall show where actor J. Alphonse Nicholson got emotional about possibly being nominated for an Emmy award for playing a gay character.
“Don’t make me cry,” he stated on the show. “It’s such an honor to be able to bring such a complex story to the table and to be a representation for any and everyone. I call Lil Murda the every man. I’m just crying because the love is overwhelming. And being able to bring Katori’s story to life, and represent a black woman, I’m grateful for it.”
Nicholson (who plays Lil Murda on the show) previously took to Twitter to address the outrage over his character’s same-sex love scenes.
“The love is real the hate is real,” J wrote, The Jasmine Brand reported. “As an actor the ultimate goal is to be as believable as possible. Relax, precise, fierce. Although @PValleySTARZ is a fictional story I’m grateful for the real conversations that are being had. Job well done. #PValleyStarz #LILMURDA #steadygrind”
In a previous interview with Vulture, J. Alphonse opened up about “P-Valley’s” cultural impact.
“There’s so many layers to it,” he said. “I think Lil Murda is in love with Uncle Clifford, and he wants to continue to find himself with her and explore that relationship. But he also realizes the friendship and the brotherhood that he has with Teak and knows the relief that Teak needs and then also probably the relief that Lil Murda needs for himself. You know, there might have been some selfish reasons in there, but at the same time, I think it was very selfless to come in and comfort his friend and comfort his ex-lover, his once-companion. I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything on TV like that before.”
He continued, “Sex scenes are just uncomfortable — it doesn’t matter what your sexual preference is or who you like or what you like, it’s just uncomfortable because there are so many people in the room and lights and cameras and all these things. But we knew we had a job to do. I got a real feeling that we both understood that we were gonna make history. We both felt what that energy was gonna be and locked in and got it done.”
The actor recently reacted to rapper Plies after he jokingly said he was left “traumatized” after watching the gay sex scenes with Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford on the show.
Nicholson was recently interviewed by xoNecole interview and he made time to respond to Piles’ reaction.
“It’s interesting because he knew every character’s name, knew exactly what they said, and so you wonder ‘are people traumatized?’ Are you confused? Or are you just scared to kinda accept maybe who you are or those who are around you are?”
“And I don’t got nothing against that brother,” he continued. “I will say this publicly, though, I do think it’s very unkind to talk about people’s appearance and weight and if you have something harsh to say, like… the 300 pounds of pressure joke… Nicco Annan is my good brother, I love that brother, and I wouldn’t let anyone disrespect him to his face nor through the internet… but um yea, worry about your own weight, dawg… worry about your own height…”
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