| | Lloyd (Rex Lee) Rex Lee as Lloyd | Gender: Male | | Occupation: Personal Assistant | | * First appeared on June 05, 2005. |
Ari's current, long-suffering assistant. Lloyd is a gay Chinese American who holds an art history degree from Sarah Lawrence College as well as an MBA from Stanford Business School. As Ari's assistant, he is subject to a demanding and verbally abusive boss and his sexual orientation and ethnicity often fuel Ari's venomous barbs. Lloyd considers E the "only nice person" in Los Angeles. He remains loyal to Ari when he is terminated, and delivers a motivating speech to Ari following the incident, which inspires him to start up his own agency. Although Ari continually verbally abuses Lloyd, he cares a great deal for him as Lloyd repeatedly proves himself as Ari's best assistant. Ari goes out of his way to help Lloyd on two episodes: Ari goes to a gay house party and saves Lloyd from a gay TV show writer played by Will Sasso who is looking to take advantage of Lloyd; Ari reunites Lloyd with his boyfriend after a relationship breakup. In season 3, Lloyd booked Johnny Drama an audition in an Edward Burns' TV pilot and is his current agent. In the Season 4 finale, Lloyd and his boyfriend Tom go on a Rosie Cruise, which can be seen in the background of Ari and Lloyd's phone conversations. It is revealed in Season 4 that he has a picture of Ari being used as his personal dart board, probably for all the times Ari makes fun of him. Also in Season 4, it is revealed that his family is wealthy after Ari visits Lloyd and finds him living in an upscale condominium. In season 5 title credits, Lloyd is credited as a main character. |
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