John Wells is a name that many know well, given his work on TV shows including ER , Animal Kingdom , Shameless , and now The Pitt , just to name a few. And while the storylines covered on shows have changed over the years, there are some for which, when he put them on air, there were conversations behind the scenes.

“I had huge discussions during the ER days about racial storylines. ‘Could this Black character actually kiss this white character?’ This in 1998! I was like, ‘Guys, what are we even talking about?'” he revealed to The Hollywood Reporter . (Among the relationships on ER was that between Eriq La Salle and Alex Kingston ‘s characters, Benton and Corday.)

He continued, “A big storyline we did in the third season of ER was Gloria Reuben ‘s chara

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