Some fans, however, think the lyric actually is gay. Rather than the Lord forgetting to give her a gay awakening, they think she’s saying he forgot that she already had one.
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Darren Ritter didn’t know he was gay when he joined Firehouse 51 in “My character was only going to be around for a few episodes, so I don’t think there was a lot of thought put into who the guy was,” said Daniel Kyri, the actor who plays Ritter on “Chicago Fire,” now in its 13th season on NBC.