USA Network's hit show Psych is hotter than ever these days and so is its hunky star James Roday. But while most people know everything there is to know about the quirky show -- a lot of people may not know that Roday -- original apellido "Rodriguez" -- is Mexican-American. Que cool, no?
"It's certainly not something people are expecting to hear," Roday once told Latina.com in an interview. "I feel like over the last couple of years, it's gotten out there a little bit more—it's certainly not anything that I've ever made an effort to hide. But initially upon meeting me it generally comes as quite a shock to people," he said with a laugh.
The actor who is also English, Irish and Scottish added that a lot of people "think I'm a White dude. Every once in a while someone thinks I'm Jewish. I get a lot of stuff, but never Latino."
Still, Roday said he identifies with his Latino side of the family. "I grew up about two hours from my grandparents and I saw that side of my family a lot more than I saw my mom's family, because they were in California. I would say in terms of the scales, it was probably tipped 70-30 towards the Mexicans." Very cool, James!
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