It’s been a while since we heard from Pat Mastroianni AKA Degrassi favourite Joey Jeremiah. He recently broke his silence, speaking to the Australian press as well as participating in the ACMI’s Nineties Nostalgia Night. Tonight Pat will be doing a Q&A via Skype for the event in Australia. He also spoke about his time on Degrassi in a recent interview.
Pat starred as Joey Jeremiah for the entire run of Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High, and appeared in the first 5 seasons of TNG. Other than a couple of unconfirmed rumours, we were never really knew why Pat decided to leave Degrassi: TNG after its 5th season. In this recent interview, Pat explained “I’d had my fill of the show, and wanted to separate myself from it.” But he was still very excited to talk to his Australian fans!
Pat also discusses Degrassi’s more controversial storylines, such as the HIV/AIDS episodes. ”In Canada, and probably Australia, we have a more liberal, open mindedness. We realised that half our audiences were kids and the other half were their parents watching with them,” Mastroianni says. ”We knew the audience was savvy and could take something positive from it.”
You can read the full interview right here.