Nick Pugliese’s main character energy is why he’s everyone’s favorite gay bestie on ‘School Spirits’

Nick Pugliese. Photo: Instagram/@nickpug

Times are tough, and we could all use a bestie right now. And gay besties are the best of the best. TV has a long history of positioning queer characters in broader narratives. Who can forget Wilson Cruz in the one epic season of My So-Called Life? Or the dry-witted Stanford Blatch (the late great Willie Garson) comforting an ever-troubled Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City? Nick Pugliese is one of the newest actors to grab the rainbow-colored baton, capturing hearts on Paramount+’s School Spirits.

The out actor joins Peyton List as Maddy Nears, a teen stuck in purgatory as she investigates her disappearance in a crime-solving mission. Pugliese plays Charley, who, in Season 1, has unfinished business with

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