HE was famous for playing Carrie’s gay best friend Stanford Blatch in Sex and the City. But Willie Garson - who died this week of cancer at the age of 57 - said fans were often surprised to find out he was in fact straight.
He told how playing the flamboyant Stanford next to Sarah Jessica Parker had girls queueing up - to be his best friend. He said: “At the beginning, you would approach someone at a bar and realize, ‘Oh, they want to be Stanford’s best friend.’ “They don’t necessarily want to sleep with you.” The star once confessed he even enjoyed a few dates with star of SATC Sarah Jessica Parker before the show aired.
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