Highlights
- Jordan Firstman confessed he fully thought he would marry Andrew Scott after they texted during the pandemic.
- The two actors joked about going on lockdown dates and continuing to flirt whenever they see each other.
- A pop culture outlet had to clarify that their playful banter did not mean they were officially a couple.
Jordan Firstman and Andrew Scott spent the pandemic having exceptional banter and treating their hangouts like dates. The internet is currently losing its collective mind over their newly published exchange in Interview magazine.
The pair sat down at the Telluride Film Festival in September to promote their respective films, Club Kid and Elsinore. What started as a standard promotional chat quickly derailed into a remarkably horny stroll down memory lane.
Firstman gleefully admitted he was stunned to discover Scott was actually gay. Firstman confessed, “I remember when we first started messaging, I just was gagged.”
He fully bought into the fantasy of locking down the Fleabag star. Firstman said, “I was like, ‘I can’t believe I’m texting with a hot priest.'”
He was absolutely convinced they were headed for the altar. Firstman recalled, “I’m like, ‘This is my husband, a hundred percent going to happen.'”
Scott naturally deflected the thirst with a brilliant callback to his iconic television role. Scott joked, “But I belong to the church.”
Still, the two actors got incredibly close during the early days of lockdown. Firstman revealed, “But the pandemic, we were going for dates.”
He also praised their conversational chemistry. Firstman added, “And the banter.”
Scott did not attempt to deny the spark between them. Scott agreed, “It was excellent.”
Their connection was apparently quite intense before fizzling out. Firstman noted, “We were really locked in.”
Scott completely validated this assessment of their past dynamic. Scott replied, “Yeah, we were good.”
Firstman even explicitly confirmed his intense infatuation directly to Scott. Firstman stated, “You know I used to have the biggest crush on you.”
Scott, clearly enjoying the ego boost, pressed for details on exactly when the magic died. Scott asked, “When did it end?”
Firstman traced the tragic conclusion of his romantic delusion back to a specific Hollywood event. Firstman explained, “It was at the W party.”
Sadly for the fan fiction writers of the world, Firstman eventually realized a romance simply was not in the cards. Firstman admitted, “I was like, ‘I feel like this is just not going to happen.'”
Firstman insisted, “I still think we flirt every time we see each other.”
Scott immediately confirmed this mutual arrangement. Scott replied, “Of course.”
They also spent time gushing over the current renaissance of queer cinema happening right now. Firstman observed, “We started in Cannes and everything was gay.”
He noted how rare it is to see so many queer artists succeeding at the same time without toxic competition. Firstman said, “No one feels shady, and no one that feels like they want it too much.”
Ultimately, their dynamic supports Scott’s theory of queer social survival. Scott declared, “The most terrifying type of gay person is a non-funny gay person.”
