The Residence Netflix star 'proud' to play a gay US president
Briefly

'The Residence' is a Netflix murder mystery series set in the White House, featuring an all-star cast that includes Uzo Aduba and Randall Park. The show presents a screwball whodunit with a setting that encompasses the complex lives of the White House staff, centering on a dead body discovered at a State Dinner. The characters include President Perry Morgan and his husband, First Gentleman Elliot Morgan, representing LGBTQ+ visibility in leadership roles. The series aims to depict diverse representations within the queer community.
Fitzgerald said, 'I'm a queer man myself, and probably very straight-presenting. I'm someone who's very comfortable in my sexuality. I loved just being myself.'
Aduba plays eccentric detective Cordelia Cupp, hailed as 'the best detective in the world'. A dead body, belonging to the White House Chief Usher, A.B. Wynter, is discovered.
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