>> Mad Men’s Kit Williamson Engaged to John Halbach
Tandis que la Cour Suprême des États-Unis reste divisée sur la constitutionnalité du mariage des couples de même sexe à l’échelle du pays, l’acteur américain Kit Williamson, qui incarnait le personnage d’Ed Gifford dans la série Mad Men, vient d’annoncer ses fiançailles et son souhait d’épouser son compagnon John Halbach : “Nous avons tous le droit d’aimer, le droit d’être heureux, le droit de partager sa vie avec la personne que l’on souhaite…”
Originaire du Mississippi, où le mariage entre personnes du même sexe n’est pas encore légalisé, le jeune homme de 29 ans a témoigné dans les colonnes du magazine OUT :
“Nous sommes ensemble depuis plus de huit ans. Nous avions plus ou moins résisté à l’idée du mariage au début car nous nous étions déjà promis d’être engagés l’un envers l’autre, mais avec tous les progrès de ces dernières années et la possibilité d’une décision favorable de la cour suprême en juin prochain, cela nous a fait réfléchir sur le sens du mariage et de notre relation. Nier notre droit au mariage, c’est nier la validité de notre relation amoureuse.”
Kit Williamson n’est pas le seul acteur ouvertement homosexuel de la série à parler mariage. Bryan Batt, qui interprète le rôle de Salvatore Romano, a également épousé son compagnon Tom Cianfichi.
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>> Mad Men will be coming to an end very soon, but Kit Williamson, who played Ed Gifford on the AMC series, is excited for his next chapter: Marriage!
“We’ve been together for more than eight years,” Williamson, who also co-stars alongside his fiancé on Logo’s EastSiders, said in a statement. “We kind of resisted marriage at first because we were already committed to one another, but all the progress that’s happened over the last few years, and the likelihood of a favorable Supreme Court ruling in June, has made us really think about what marriage means to us and our relationship. To deny our right to get married is to deny our relationship’s validity.”
The future spouses addressed this further in a recent joint interview with Out. “I feel so lucky to be alive when we’re alive and to see everything that’s happened since I realized I was gay,” said Halbech. “The fact that we’re getting married and marriage equality is in all the states I’ve ever lived in is so amazing. That it could be everywhere imminently is also very amazing.”
“Growing up in Mississippi [a state which upholds a gay marriage ban], I thought there was no way I’d ever get married,” added Williamson. “I thought there was no way I’d ever get to meet somebody. I couldn’t imagine my life now. So I’m really grateful for that. I think and I hope that it keeps me from taking it for granted.”
As for the wedding? That’s still up in the air. Williamson told Out they’ve “been deciding between New York, L.A., or some destination wedding.”
“Our friends and family are split all over the country,” he explained. “His [Halbech’s] family is in Minnesota, mine’s in Mississippi. It’s kind of not convenient for anybody, so maybe we’ll just go to none of the above and have a destination wedding!”
Those are always fun! And a big congratulations to the happy couple on their engagement!
