Actor Maulik Pancholy discussed for the
first time publicly his 9-year relationship with another man.
Pancholy, who is best known for playing
Jonathan, Jack Donaghy's (played by Alec Baldwin) assistant on NBC's
now-canceled sitcom 30 Rock, made his remarks as part of gay
glossy Out's Out100, the magazine's annual list of notable
LGBTs.
“I just celebrated my nine-year
anniversary with my partner,” Pancholy
told Out. “It feels like a nice time to be celebrating
something like that, especially on the heels of the DOMA and Prop 8
decisions.”
Pancholy, 39, came to pubic notice
playing Sanjay Patel on Showtime's Weeds. He currently plays
another Sanjay in cabler Nickelodeon's animated series Sanjay and
Craig.
Out's special double issue hits
newsstands later this month.
(Related: Ian
McKellen, Nate Silver, Mary Lambert, Laverne Cox make Out100.)