Hi! I love your your blog! Sorry for my english. Do you know if I can read somewhere the transcript of the radio interview -the OutQ Frank Show? Or at least what he says about the twins. I can't understand what he says!! I need to kow it!! Thanks
Hi! Your English is great. :) As far as I know, there isn't a transcript of the interview. It's pretty long, so I don't think I'll transcribe the whole thing. But if there are particular parts you're really having trouble with or you really want to hear, feel free to give me the time stamp for that part and I'll transcribe it (for example, tell me: "Can you transcribe when he talks about ____ at the 12 minute mark?" - or something)
I transcribed the part about the twins and being a dad for you. Read it below the cut. :)
Q: How has it been juggling the commute [while filming White Collar]? Because you have to go to work and it's 3,000 miles away.
Matt: It's been tough. To try and compartmentalize parenting, especially when you have really young kids, is a tough thing to do. But as difficult as it was to work 60 hours a week and then get on that 6am flight home and fly back 3pm on Sunday...You know, getting to see them for whatever window of time I could was really reinvigorating for me and reminded me why I was doing what I was doing, so...
Q: How long have you and Simon been married now?
Matt: 3 years. Almost 4. My gosh, time flies. Yeah.
Q: What's the age range of your kids?
Matt: Our oldest turns 9 on Monday, and our twins are 6. All boys. It's so fun. They're so funny. You know, the twins, especially. Everything that comes out of their mouth is just so funny. They're so curious about everything in life.
Q: Do they have twin speak? Or did they ever? I'm fascinated by that.
Matt: A little bit. I mean, it's more kinesthetic for them. It's more how they relate to each other physically in the world. They really do have this kind of symbiotic relationship where they fill in for each other's weak spots and have stronger suits that compensate for the other and they're just a beautiful team. And the fact that they spent every waking second together and they get along as well as they do is kind of profound.
Q: And that non-verbal communication the twins have...?
Matt: Yeah, they understand each other emotionally without having to say anything really well. And they'll clarify things for us a lot of the time.
Q: Did you both always want to be dads? Was that something that was...?
Matt: Yeah, I mean, I think...You know, I'm 36 now, so I didn't think it was necessarily going to be in the realm of possibility for me growing up. Probably especially in the environment of suburban Texas. So the fact that it did happen for me, I think is amazing. It's a dream come true. It's one of those dreams that you're kind of scared to dream at a certain point. And the fact that it gets to happen is kind of amazing. I know Simon was always going to be a parent. He was born to be a parent.
Q: As gay folks, we weren't really...it wasn't we weren't allowed to dream, it just wasn't in the realm of...The idea that we could be legally married was like, "Wait, we could actually could do that, couldn't we?" You know, I didn't even think about it.
Matt: There was no one to look to, yeah. I'm still waiting for somebody to pinch me and wake me up and say, "Hey! It's 1993 again!" Or whatever. But it's a really great time to be gay and to have the rights we have. We still have a long way to go, obviously.
