Adamo Ruggiero Says ‘Degrassi’ Helped Him Come Out, But Show ‘Missed Opportunities’

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Adamo Ruggiero is looking back at his time on “Degrassi: The Next Generation”. Ruggiero played Marco Del Rossi, a gay character who struggled coming out, on the hit show.

At the time, it was considered a groundbreaking character. Looking back at the show for its 20th anniversary, some of the cast and crew spoke to A.V.

Club about the representation. “I was a closeted gay boy, and I found myself on the show, and my life went from zero to 100,” Ruggiero said. “I hadn’t really acted that much before.

Suddenly, I was a character that was playing to all my deepest, darkest secrets, so there was a lot of negotiation of my coming out personally and a negotiation of my personally not being prepared to have those conversations because they were