Antonio Sabàto Jr., the “family values” Republican from California accused of having a gay “porn” past, says he’s “not ashamed” of the work he did in the ’90s and early ’00s.

Sabàto is a former underwear model and actor turned political hopeful. He, along with several other Republicans, is currently running for U.S. Congress against incumbent Democrat Rep. Julia Brownley in California’s 26th district.

Earlier this week, Sabàto’s primary opponent, Jeffrey Burum, accused him of appearing in gay “pornography” and called on the 45-year-old to suspend his campaign immediately for spitting in the face of “family values.”

The “pornographic” films included 2003’s R-rated Testosterone, where Sabàto plays a gay Argentine who disappears under mysterious circumstances, and 2005’s made-for-TV Deadly Skies, which has a TV-14 rating for its gay sex scenes and nudity.

Link: https://www.queerty.com/straight-gop-candidate-gay-film-past-not-ashamed-20180119