The actor Jake Borelli, who plays Dr. Levi Schmitt in "Gray's Anatomy," follows his character in the closet.(Photo: Mitch Haaseth, ABC)

The character of "Gray's Anatomy", Dr. Levi Schmitt, is not the only one to be released last night. Jake Borelli, the actor who plays it, did the same.

On Thursday, after the long-running medical drama presented his first love novel and his first male kiss between Schmitt and the new character Nico Kim (Alex Landi), Borelli celebrated the historic moment on Instagram.

"As a gay, tonight's episode was so special to me," wrote the 27-year-old. "It's exactly the kind of story I've been craving as a young gay boy growing up in Ohio, and that makes me forget that I'm able to give life to Dr. Levi Schmitt while he's starting to struggle with his own sexuality this season in "Gray's Anatomy". "

Borelli continued: "His vulnerability and his courage inspire me every day and I hope he can do the same for you." For all those who feel like little Lévis, know me too that you are seen and that we are all in the same boat. "

Borelli joined the cast of "Gray's" last season in recurring roles. His character, an intern in surgery nicknamed "Glasses", had a memorable first day when his glasses fell into a body cavity. Meredith Gray was compared to the late George O 'Malley (T.R. Knight).

Landi was brought in this season to play orthopedic surgeon Nico Kim, who took the first step when he winked at Schmitt at the operating table. They then shared a beer at the bar in front of the hospital. Things started to heat up when Kim took a shower in the resident's locker room, shocking Schmitt.

In the Thursday episode, they kissed in the hallway, which prompted Schmitt to admit that it was the first time that he was kissing another man and pronouncing his own speech.

"That's exactly the kind of story I dreamed about as a young homosexual boy who grew up in Ohio," actor Alex Borelli said about his character's nascent romance. (Photo: John Fleenor, ABC)

Showrunner Krista Vernoff said Entertainment Weekly had been inspired by the writing of gay romance for Borelli's character because Schmitt had reminded him of a college friend "who was sort of an awkward and sickening guy, who stumbled on himself and stammered the end of our freshman year and emerged as a completely different human being because he lived in his truth. "Living in his truth seemed to release something in him where he no longer walked on his feet."

She added, "I wanted to tell this story to Jake because it was a great way to evolve his character and then we realized we had never done it!" It was an extremely exciting thing . "

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