‘The Residence’: Netflix’s New Show Finally Puts a Gay President in the White House

HAIL TO THE CHIEF

“The Residence” stars Paul Fitzgerald and Barrett Foa talk being the rare gay president and first gentleman in a TV show—especially during this administration.

Paul Fitzgerald as President Perry Morgan, and Barrett Foa as Elliot Morgan in The Residence.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Netflix

The gays have finally moved into the White House.

In The Residence, the new Netflix series created by Paul William Davies and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, there’s a murder at a state dinner.

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