Maybe I have a sixth sense for this sort of thing, but I knew Kaldrick King (Andra Fuller) was gay the moment he appeared on the May 1 episode of The L.A. Complex. The fact that he dropped lines like “come get my ass” and had perfectly sculpted eyebrows certainly didn’t help his cause — nor did his angry hook up with Tariq (Ben Watson) at the end of the hour. Yes, my friends, the King is a queen.

In other unsurprising news, Abby (Cassie Steele) may not be a good stripper — she didn’t know customers could touch her in the champagne room, which is like Stripping 101 — but it turns out she’s a great prostitute! She beat out Raquel (Jewel Staite) for a guest-starring role as a hooker on Cause of Death, which gave the aging actress another glorious frown line.

Seriously, just for a minute, can we discuss how God-awful Raquel is? Besides being a straight-up bitch, she’s also the literal embodiment of all that is evil and fake in Los Angeles. Kudos to Jewel for doing such a great job with her; Raquel is definitely one I’m loving to hate.

Moving onto more awkward topics, Nick (Joe Dinicol) remained completely clueless about the opposite sex this week. Not only did he completely strike out with a stand-in on the set of Connor’s (Jonathan Patrick Moore) show, but he also tried to kiss Abby — and that went equally badly.

And then there’s Alicia (Chelan Simmons), who enjoyed a glamorous night out with a washed-up child actor she met at the strip club — because, you know, that’s always a great place to meet fine, upstanding gentlemen. Ricky (Aaron Abrams) has a very Dustin Diamond-esque feel to him, and if you know how things turned out for that former Saved by the Bell star, I think you can guess what’s going to happen next. (Spoiler alert!)

What did you think of this week’s turn of events? Were you surprised to see Tariq go at it with the King? Are you holding out hope for an Abby/Nick pairing? And do you love to hate Raquel — or do you just hate her? Drop your thoughts in the comments section below!

— Andy Swift

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Tariq’s (Ben Watson) career in the hop-hop industry is taking off, but because no one can have the best of both worlds on The L.A. Complex, his personal life is about to take a major hit on the May 1 episode. “At the end of the day, we’re all human beings and we all need love,” Ben tells HollywoodLife.com. ”It may be a forbidden love, but we’re in 2012 now. Nothing’s really forbidden in love, anymore.”

So what “forbidden love” is Ben talking about? OK, here’s where the spoilers start…

Tonight’s episode features a surprise hook up — or not so surprising depending on how closely you watched The CW’s promos for the show — between Tariq and hip-hop star Kaldrick King (Andra Fuller), which Ben says opens the door to a whole lot of drama.

“It’s vital to show people [this kind of relationship],” Ben says. “No one wants to talk about … being gay in the hip-hop industry. It’s a big no-no if you’re black, and it’s a big no-no if you’re in hip-hop. It’s huge, but there are so many other issues out there that I think this should be such a tiny issue, yet everyone is hiding from it. I think it’s stupid that people are hiding.”

But it’s more than just your run-of-the-mill make-out sesh. In fact, things get pretty intense between Tariq and his down-low lover.

“I’ve never filmed a love scene in front of so many people before, but you just kind of forget everyone is there,” Ben tells me. “You connect with that person, and you just go for it. There’s no preparation. As an actor, you just find something you’re totally in love with about that person and you just do it.”

Be sure to watch tonight’s all-new L.A. Complex to see exactly what goes *ahem* down between Tariq and Kaldrick, then come back to HollywoodLife.com for our take!

— Andy Swift

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