Greg Berlanti, the director of the gay
teen romantic comedy Love, Simon, says his husband Robbie
Rogers was introduced to him at a party as his “next boyfriend.”
In Love, Simon, 17-year-old
Simon (played by Nick Robinson) begins a correspondence with another
closeted high school student. The film opened nationwide on Friday.
(Related: Love,
Simon star Joey Pollari talks coming out gay.)
During an appearance on SiriusXM's
Radio Andy, Berlanti was asked how he met his husband, retired
soccer star Robbie Rogers.
Berlanti told host Andy Cohen that he
was introduced to Rogers at a party.
“Somebody came over to me and said,
'I'm going to introduce you to your next boyfriend,'” Berlanti
said.
“Wow,” Cohen replied.
“And I sort of brushed it off. We
met and we became friends. We were friends first for a while before
we actually decided we wanted to date,” Berlanti said.
The couple married late last year and
are raising 2-year-old Caleb.