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Contents:
- WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
- 'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
- ‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
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Perversely, that’s a good the show premiered 1998, “ was revolutnary to have two gay characters, ” said Debra Msg, who stars as Grace.
Will (Eric McCormack) and Jack (Sean Hay) were gay, and Karen (Megan Mullally) turned out to be bisexual. And there had been gay characters on Amerin ss for 30 almost all those gay characters were supportg players. Only once before had a gay man been a central character an Amerin s, and not only was the lead character “Love, Sydney” (played by Tony Randall) eply the closet, but his sexualy was only hted at that seri’ two-season n.
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'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
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… The number of people the Midwt that now watch a show wh two gay characters, I thk, is remarkable. Now the msage is … we reprent a lot of different people, gay and straight, this untry. ”In 2012, then-Vice Print Joe Bin me out favor of gay marriage — before Print Barack Obama and three years before the Supreme Court ma legal — and said, “I thk ‘Will & Grace’ did more to te the Amerin public more than almost anythg anybody has done so far.
(Photo urty of Chris Haston/NBC) "Will & Grace" stars Debra Msg, Sean Hay, Megan Mullally and Eric McCormack take a fal yet, when “Will & Grace” returned to NBC 2017, was far more unual to have a show back on the air after an 11-year absence than was to have a show wh gay characters.
) And after three more seasons and 52 more episos (to add to the origal eight and 194), the fact that Will and Jack are gay is almost cintal. And that’s the good thg — televisn and Ameri have arrived at a pot where gay people are part of the is not to say that TV don’t still have a lot of work to do when to diversy.
‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
There are plenty of gay characters on plenty of shows, but, for the most part, they’re supportg players.
(And, by the way, if you’ve ever emailed me about how there are too many gay characters on TV, well, I’m sure you thk there are too many gay people the world.
And, y, you’re a homophobe. Yup, he's gay real life, too. The rolutely private actor recently gave his first terview to gay newsmagaze The Advote after many nied requts.