Vic Grassi

Infobox character | name = Vic Grassi


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real_name = Victor Grassi
portrayer = Jack Wetherall
creator = Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
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gender = Male
first = Season 1, Episode 2
last = Season 4, Episode 14
cause = Death (Heart Attack)
age = 49 (Season 1)
Deceased (Season 4)
occupation = Chef
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family = Debbie Novotny (sister)
Michael Novotny (nephew)
significantother = Rodney (boyfriend)
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Victor Antonio Grassi (1951 - 2004) (or 'Uncle Vic' as he was commonly referred to by other characters) was a secondary character on the US television series "Queer as Folk" from seasons 1-4.

Vic was Debbie Novotny's brother and Michael Novotny's uncle. For the first three seasons of the show, Vic lived with Debbie in her house. Although he was HIV-positive, he recovered from a lengthy stay in the hospital prior to the beginning of the series and took a trip to Italy with Debbie, not knowing that he would live to see the bills from this trip start showing up. Debbie helped Vic manage his medications and health, and Vic contributed his disability check to Debbie to cover his portion of the household expenses. Vic also gave Justin his ID card to get into Babylon in one of the first episodes, saying that he had "paid his dues" and doubting he would need it again, although on a few occasions Vic appeared at Babylon after this incident. Vic was arrested for solicitation in the men's room at a mall during the first season, although he was eventually cleared of the charges, since the arresting officer had entrapped him.

Vic worked at the Liberty Diner with Debbie for a short time, after discovering that his disability may be cut off; however, it was difficult for him to adjust to being a short-order cook after his previous training as a chef. In the second season, Debbie berated Vic as pitiful for having trouble making Lindsay and Melanie's wedding cake on short notice, which caused Vic to channel his anger into the task. When Justin questioned Debbie about this, she said that was how she had gotten Vic to live in the first place: "I just kept screaming at him, 'So fucking die already!'" Emmett hired Vic to assist him with his event planning business during the third season.

Also in the third season, Vic met Rodney, and the two men began seeing one another. During the fourth season, Vic moved out of Debbie's house and lived with Rodney. Debbie, mad at not being invited to a dinner party, got into a huge argument with him. The following morning, Michael came to visit Vic and found him dead from a myocardial infarction
heart attack (a complication of his HIV medications). His death caused Debbie to feel extreme guilt, and she even went so far as to throw a Christmas party for him in February. However, in the end, she realized that Vic wouldn't want her to live her life this way, and with some help from Detective Horvath, moved on.

Brian, on the other hand, had several visions of Vic after his death, mainly after Brian found out he had testicular cancer. Vic appeared in his dreams, telling him if he lives through this, he'll die "an old queen" like he did, or he could die young and get into a heaven with plenty of good-looking gay men. After intensive radiation treatments, and conquering cancer, Vic stopped showing up to Brian and in the series altogether.