From: Manhunt Daily
Robbie Rogers is an openly gay pro soccer player and media darling. Greg Berlanti is a very successful television creator and shockingly good-looking for a guy who works behind the scenes. They have joined forces as a couple who likes to dress up in police uniforms and do unspeakable things to each other with billy clubs and handcuffs. No, that pic is just from Halloween and taken from Greg‘s Instagram feed. TMZ reports that the LA Galaxy player and Arrow, Dawson’s Creek and Everwood creator have been dating since May.
These two are a prom king couple designed to make the rest of us feel like Hobbits. Screw you both!
If you’re bitter, don’t despair. There is ONE obstacle in their relationship. Greg is a producer of the CW’s Arrow. Arrow stars Stephen Amell. You can’t tell me that Robbie and Greg don’t spend most of their time ignoring their own relationship because they’re trying to talk Stephen into a three-way.
Greg Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American television writer, producer and director. He is the creator of cult television series Everwood and co-creator of Jack & Bobby, No Ordinary Family, and Arrow. He is also the writer of Green Lantern
Berlanti was born in Rye, New York. His parents are Barbara Moller Berlanti and Eugene Berlanti. Greg has one sister, Dina and is the uncle of two nieces. He has Italian and Irish ancestry. He described his early life in an August 2004 interview
with Entertainment Weekly: "We were Italians in a town of WASPs" and his family was not "doing as well as 90% of the community." After each of his shows is his Berlanti Television logo which features a family with their backs to the audience and a quote which says "Greg, move your head!" which is actually what his father Gene used to yell at him when he was blocking the television screen. Berlanti is in a relationship with L.A. Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers.
Robert Hampton "Robbie" Rogers (born May 12, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He plays as either a winger or as a second striker. Rogers has also represented the United States men's national soccer team. In February 2013, Rogers came out as gay, becoming the second male footballer in Britain to do so after Justin Fashanu
came out in 1990. In May 2013, he became the first openly gay man to compete in a top North American professional sports league when he played his first match for the Galaxy.
After one season playing college soccer at the University of Maryland, Rogers attracted the interest of Dutch Eredivisie side Heerenveen. He signed for Heerenveen in August 2006 but failed to make any first-team appearances. He left the club by mutual consent in February 2007, and returned to the United States to sign for Columbus Crew. Rogers' four-year tenure at Columbus Crew was a successful one, with the player breaking through into the first-team, as well as securing an MLS Cup title in 2008 and two Supporters' Shield wins in 2008 and 2009 respectively. In December 2011, Rogers opted to leave Crew when his contract expired. A month later, he signed for Championship side Leeds United on a free transfer. The first six months of his Leeds career were blighted by injury, and he was transfer-listed ahead of the 2012–13 season. In August 2012, Rogers joined League One team Stevenage on a loan deal until January 2013.
At the end of Rogers' loan agreement at Stevenage, he briefly returned to Leeds before it was announced he had left the club by mutual consent.
After briefly retiring and coming out as gay upon leaving Leeds, Rogers signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy in May 2013, becoming the first openly gay male athlete to join MLS or any of the five major North American sports leagues.
Rogers is the son of Theresa and Robert Hampton Rogers II. He has one brother, Timothy, and three sisters, Nicole Camilla, Alicia, and Katie Rose. His mother's family is originally from the Columbus area where Rogers played for Columbus Crew. His maternal grandfather is a graduate of Ohio State University and his mother spent her early childhood years in Dublin, Ohio, before the family moved to California.
When growing up, Rogers enjoyed surfing and still surfs when he returns to the United States. He also enjoys playing table tennis and has a strong interest in music. Rogers states that his favorite athlete is
Zlatan Ibrahimović.
In February 2013, Rogers came out as gay. Posting a blog entry on his website on February 15, Rogers stated — "Secrets can cause so much internal damage. People love to preach about honesty, how honesty is so plain and simple. Try explaining to your loved ones after 25 years you are gay. I always thought I could hide this secret. Football was my escape, my purpose, my identity. Football hid my secret, gave me more joy than I could have ever imagined".
After basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay in April 2013, he sought out Rogers for advice on dealing with the media.
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