Is Chris Potter gay

Answer 1

Yes. Chris Potter from Heartland, Queer as Folk and Kung Fu The Legend Continues is very much a gay man (not bisexual) but like many gay men in Canada he has chosen to remain in the closet; he has a wife who is a lesbian and to whom he has been married for many years. She receives a lifestyle compensation in exchange for keeping up the charade. Although they live under the same roof, they maintain very separate lives. She is called a 'beard', a woman who helps a gay man pretend he is straight and maintain a public straight image. In the case of closeted gay actors, in order not to disappoint female fans and lose popularity and thereby ruin their careers and suffer major loss of income. But make no mistake, Chris Potter is a proud gay man and this is well known fact in Canadian gay circles.

Potter enjoyed a bit of freedom when he played the gay doctor in Queer as Folk and maintained it was a "breath of fresh air" as he has trouble when playing romantic heterosexual intimate scenes, where he looks most awkward. He had asked his agent to get him such a part and was looking for a while.

When asked if he enjoyed his time playing Peter Caine in Kung Fu The Legend Continues, fans are often surprised that his answer is not a resounding yes, far from that. This is due to David Carradine's Alcoholism who made the set a challenging place to be at times, and the fact that in order to get the part, Chris Potter had to accept David Carradine's sexual advances. They remained friends, and, although Potter was grateful to Carradine for this opportunity that made him a star in Canada, he never came to terms with the way he obtained the role. Chris Potter and David Carradine maintained a casual and open-ended sexual relationship during the 4 seasons of KF: TLC. This caused a lot of arguments between Chris Potter and his then boyfriend, and they eventually broke up in the middle of season 2, after an on-going 6 year relationship. It ought to be noted that David Carradine considered himself a straight man, but was into experimenting. It would be more accurate to say that David Carradine was bisexual in the true meaning of the word.

Chris Potter's gay wife and beard conceived their 4 children via in-vitro fertilization. It is unclear as to whether the children already know the sexual orientation of both parents, but no doubt it will be explained to them when they are old enough. In the meantime they understand mommy and daddy have some close same sex friends.

Answer 2

married to Karen potter with 4 kids