Gays of our Lives (July 27, 2009)

Welcome to another edition of Gays of our Lives. This week, we have a special feature for you, an interview with Forbidden Love star Jo Weil (Olli) as we chat about the Chrolli vlog, a new concept the folks at FL cooked up to give fans insight into the lives of Germany’s favorite gay couple.

Plus, GOOL THEATER has all the latest clips of your favorite gays in soaps, including some wonderfully heartbreaking moments on One Live To Live, the start of a new plot arc for Roman on All That Matters and Sean’s attempts to snare a man who is way out of his league on Coronation Street.

In SCOOPS and SPOILERS, find out why Christian and Syed’s relationship on EastEnders takes a dark turn and check out the hot new gay that turns up on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

And in GOOL NEWSBEAT, we learn that acting can be painful from All That Matters star Igor Dolgatschew and I have some great casting news for Glee, Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters. All this plus SNAPSHOTS and our SOAP STUD OF THE WEEK!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURE: INTERVIEW WITH JO WEIL
GOOL THEATER
SCOOPS & SPOILERS
GOOL SNEAK PEEKS
GOOL NEWSBEAT
SNAPSHOTS
SOAP STUD OF THE WEEK
QUESTION OF THE WEEK

A couple of weeks ago, the people that bring you the ongoing saga of Christian Mann and Olli Sabel on Forbidden Love came up with a concept that provides deeper insight and a closer look at the lives of this popular gay couple: the Chrolli vlog.

Every Friday, following the airing of Forbidden Love in its native Germany, a new edition of the Chrolli vlog is posted at www.chrolli.de where actors Thore Schölermann and Jo Weil talk to the camera in character about the week’s events, their relationship and how they feel about the world around them.

The vlog, filmed in an intimate setting a la Big Brother or The Real World, is in FL’s native German, but there is also a subtitled version for the show’s huge English speaking audience. We talked to Jo Weil about the concept behind the vlog and what he hopes to accomplish from it. And maybe we try to squeeze a few spoilers from the actor about what’s ahead for Christian and Olli.

Keep reading to see if we were successful!

AfterElton.com: What is the concept behind the vlog?
Jo Weil: It is a little present for our wonderful fans. In this way, they have a chance to gain a deeper insight into Christian’s and Olli’s minds and learn about things that do not have a place in the daily episodes of Forbidden Love. The blog can be considered as an extension of the Chrolli story.