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'Insecure's' Jéan Elie Talks Playing Ahmal And Why He Refuses To Portray A Stereotypical Black Gay Man Onscreen
First generation Haitian-American actor Jéan Elie is getting a lot of love for his portrayal of Ahmal, Issa Dee’s no-holds-barred younger brother on HBO’s Insecure. Ahmal is gay, but Elie makes it his business to subvert stereotypes about Black gay men and give Ahmal the complexity he deserves.
