T.R. Knight's dark, carbonated past: Diet Dr. Pepper, highlights, and women

The other night TBS ran one of those "funniest commercials" specials (hosted by Kathy Griffin, no less) and one of the ads caught our eye, as it starred a pre-fame T.R. Knight as a man whose dismay that his girlfriend and her dog are taking over his apartment can be soothed only by the sweet, sweet nectar of Diet Dr. Pepper.

Of course, being the amateur semioticians that we are, we dug for any subtext that we could find in the ad that would hint that the actor would eventually come out as the biggest gay-type-person on television*.

Complete lack of physical contact with his "girlfriend"? 200-yard permastare and overwhelming disinterest in their living arrangement, leading to apparent substance abuse? Frosted tips? Nope, nothing to see here.

Check out the ad after the jump...

* Drama (NPH has Comedy, natch)