Billy Christianson was Romy's love interest in the comedy Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Biography[]
Billy played high school football, where he was the first-string quarterback. He was part of the innermost social circle, which may have been due to his athletic accomplishments. However, it seems that he did not have much going for him outside of sports, as he was arrogant and dimwitted. His dull image could have been that he never applied himself academically. He was dating the most popular girl in school, Christie Masters, a Cheerleader and the leader of the A-group (the most popular but feared clique in the school consisting of the most popular but cruel students).
Romy White and her best friend Michele Weinberger, on the other hand, were very unpopular and dependent on each other for friendship. The pair were regularly bullied by the A-group. Romy had a huge crush on Billy, who ignored her.
At prom, Billy was elected Homecoming King, while Christie was Homecoming Queen. Romy finally got the confidence to ask Billy to dance with her. Though he agreed, when he asked Christie if this was OK she decided to screw around with Romy. Christie told Romy and Michele that Billy broke up with her to date Romy instead. Christie stormed off in fake tears. Billy promised Romy he’d dance with her, but told her to wait for him. Billy and Christie left the prom together and Romy and Michele waited all night for Billy, who never turned up.
At the reunion Romy and Michele have fooled everyone into inventing Post-Its. Michele and Romy are given awards for best accomplishment and Billy falls for Romy, to Christie's consternation. However, in doing so she is taken away in a limousine while Michele is taken away in a separate limo by Sandy Frink. 70 years later, an aged Michele is living in a mansion, feeling she has accomplished all in life with a successful husband and her high school award, which she still obsesses over. However, she misses Romy and Sandy encourages her to call her via video phone. The phone is answered by Billy, whom Michele is shocked to see still looks like he has not aged a day since the reunion. The respondent says he is Romy's son, not her husband, and his name is Billy Junior. It may have been possible that by now Billy Senior was dead. Billy Junior presents a bedridden Romy, who only agrees to reunite if Michele admits "I'm the Rhoda, you're the Mary". This culminates in an argument that split them apart. Michele hangs up to the sound, but in doing so causes a horn to honk, wondering why. The honking horn sound effect came from a parked car, as Michele dozed off behind the wheel. While that was only a fantasy, Michele is inspired not to argue with Romy over petty issues and later tells her that she "is the Rhoda".
At the reunion in reality, Billy is married to Christie with two children and she is pregnant with a third child. However, he is now pot-bellied and an alcoholic. He also openly admits he commits the sin of adultery, which Christie seems to have no qualms about. It may be likely Christie tolerates her husband's wandering eye for the sake of keeping up the appearance of the "all-American family" (consisting of the prom king and queen having gotten married and are now living the American dream with the right number of kids). As Christie says that she is due to celebrate her tenth anniversary, it may have also been likely that Billy got her pregnant during prom night. As such, Christie's parents may have been outraged by an illegitimate grandchild, a sentiment that may have been shared by Billy's parents, and that the Masters and Christianson families forced Billy and Christie in a shotgun wedding.
A more plausible explanation is that the marriage is tainted by double adultery (both husband and wife are cheating), as Billy says he's doubtful he is the true father of Christie's baby-to-be.
When he, Romy and Michele meet again, Romy sees what he's become: an overweight, balding alcoholic compared to the hunky jock he once was back in high school. When he asks her if she wants to get a room, she tells him he's married, he replies, "To Christie". She agrees, and adds, "And you got children, and you're a successful real estate developer." Billy reveals he is responsible for drywall installation at a construction company owned by his father-in-law. (It is strongly suggested that Billy slid by on connections instead of trying to stake his own claim on the world).
When seeing Romy again at the reunion and how beautiful she is, he tries to get her to date him (as he offers her sex in his hotel room) and Romy accepts. She tells him to wait for her naked in his hotel room while she says goodbye to some old classmates. Billy is overjoyed and leaves for his room; Romy then leaves with Michele and Sandy in Sandy’s helicopter, thus making it so Billy ends up spending all night foolishly wondering where Romy is (as revenge for the prom prank Billy played on her).
When the people gather to see the helicopter depart, Christie is shouting for Billy. The gusts generated by the helicopter cause Christie's dress to blow upwards a la Marilyn Monroe; as she was unprepared for her panties to be exposed like this, she is laughed at by all those in eyesight, indirectly also getting karma for the prom prank that she masterminded.
Romances[]
Romy White []
Romy has always had a crush on Billy, though this was entirely superficial. During prom night she asked Billy for a dance, who agreed despite dating Christie. Christie decided to dupe Romy into believing that Sandy had just dumped her for Romy, then she and Billy snuck away, leaving Romy alone and heartbroken.
Romy briefly considers trying to get back with Billy, but upon seeing that he's turned into a drunken wreck, she realised he was never any good. Billy propositioned Romy, who pretended to agree but left him waiting just as he'd left her all those years ago.
Christie Masters []
Christie and Billy were dating in high school. After high school they got married, which gave them two children and a third on the way. They proved to be unhappy as they didn’t have much money nor stable jobs. During high school Christie manipulated everyone into believing she was destined for fame as an anchorwoman. When that goal failed to materialize, with Christie being a housewife, she played it off at the reunion about how kids and family change everything. Billy does work, albeit at a business owned by Christie's father and admits he is underemployed, which suggests that there is not much drywall work that needs to be done, he does not apply himself in his job, or he is on bad terms with his father-in-law being in a poorly paid career. By the time of their high-school reunion their marriage is more or less just for show as Billy suspects that another man got her pregnant with her current baby. Billy was willing to cheat on Christie with Romy and is implied to by now despises his wife and how the expectations of how being the big man on campus failed to match the concept that "all-American public high school" is the apex of life and the deciding factor of one's destiny.