Aug 20, 2026 · 20 min · 9 segments
Michael Johnston is opening up like never before — and bringing that honesty to Cosmopolitan's "Blind Date" with Editor-in-Chief Willa Bennett. The actor gets candid about coming out during his time…
Michael JohnstonGuest
Willa BennettHost
If the roles were reversed and Nikki had made the wish that Bear would be obsessed with her, do you think the fan reception would be the same?

So I guess the question could really be if it was a woman doing it to a man sort of thing.

What are some things that you feel like you should leave up to fate versus control?

A lot of conflict stems from people trying to control other people and change other people.

A lot of times, if you have a huge problem with someone, maybe you should just look at why you are trying to change someone's behavior so much, because usually it really has something to do with yourself, right?

When you were playing Barry, calling your therapist, being like, hey, so today I'm struggling a bit.

I think that could be a really good like new acting technique to go to therapy in character, method therapy.

I think he probably just looks at the pictures and I think he listens to really sad boy like emo music.

If the roles were reversed and Nikki had made the wish that Bear would be obsessed with her, do you think the fan reception would be the same?

So I guess the question could really be if it was a woman doing it to a man sort of thing.

What are some things that you feel like you should leave up to fate versus control?

A lot of conflict stems from people trying to control other people and change other people.

A lot of times, if you have a huge problem with someone, maybe you should just look at why you are trying to change someone's behavior so much, because usually it really has something to do with yourself, right?

When you were playing Barry, calling your therapist, being like, hey, so today I'm struggling a bit.

I think that could be a really good like new acting technique to go to therapy in character, method therapy.

I think he probably just looks at the pictures and I think he listens to really sad boy like emo music.
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