Gay TV History: The Straighteng of Chandler Bg - Portland Mercury

Contents:

• HERE'S WHY SOME 'FRIENDS' FANS THK CHANDLER WAS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY
• ‘DAYS OF OUR LIV’: IS CHANDLER MASSEY GAY REAL LIFE – MARRIED OR SGLE?
• WAS CHANDLER OM “FRIENDS” MEANT TO BE GAY? IT SEEMS HE ALMOST WAS.
• GAY CHANDLER
• RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)
• GAY TV HISTORY: THE STRAIGHTENG OF CHANDLER BG
• TV LEGENDS: WAS CHANDLER ON FRIENDS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY?
• WAS CHANDLER OM “FRIENDS” MEANT TO BE GAY? IT SEEMS HE ALMOST WAS.
• GAY-UNIENDLY MATTHEW PERRY REFED A ‘FRIENDS’ STORYLE WHICH HAD CHANDLER SNEAKG TO A GAY BAR, ACRDG TO NEW BOOK

HERE'S WHY SOME 'FRIENDS' FANS THK CHANDLER WAS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY

A longstandg and oft-repeated urban legend is that Chandler was origally supposed to be gay  Friends until Matthew Perry was st the role. “If we had st a different actor – who was gay – there was the optn that we would have taken the character that directn. This ntributed heavily to fan speculatn that Chandler was origally supposed to be gay – a theory given crence by Phoebe Buffay actrs Lisa Kudrow, who 2014 revealed that she thought the character was gay when she first joed Friends.

‘DAYS OF OUR LIV’: IS CHANDLER MASSEY GAY REAL LIFE – MARRIED OR SGLE?

Friends might not have pulled off havg TV’s most visible gay character.

WAS CHANDLER OM “FRIENDS” MEANT TO BE GAY? IT SEEMS HE ALMOST WAS.

Bme said Chandler has “a gay sensibily, but no gay storyl”. “If they had ma fully gay – wrten gay, played gay – would that have been a good thg or a bad thg?

GAY CHANDLER

“On the one hand, would have been amazg to see a gay ma character on one of the most popular shows TV history.

They’d often repeat the same simple joke, that would be funny if a person was gay. Bme said Friends was at s bt when tellg “heterosexual stori”, addg: “I’m not sure they uld have pulled off the challenge of featurg TV’s most proment gay character. That's Gay 101 or are every one of your old film buffs straight?

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RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)

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GAY TV HISTORY: THE STRAIGHTENG OF CHANDLER BG

He also breaks down a number of gay jok ― many of them crgeworthy by morn standards ― prented the show at the character’s expense as evince of a funct plot le. “No, Chandler isn’t gay, ” he said at the time.

“Nor will he be gay.

TV LEGENDS: WAS CHANDLER ON FRIENDS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY?

And Perry’s -star Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay, gave crence to that theory a 2014 terview wh the Televisn Amy suggtg that she, too, believed the character was gay at that Chandler posss what he believ is “a gay sensibily, but no gay storyl, ” Bme told HuffPost, “If they had ma fully gay ― wrten gay, played gay ― would that have been a good thg or a bad thg? ”“On one hand, would have been amazg to see a gay ma character on one of the most popular shows TV history, ” he ntued.

They’d often repeat the same simple joke, that would be funny if a person was gay.... [The show] seemed to be at s bt when tellg heterosexual stori, and I’m not sure they uld have pulled off the challenge of featurg TV’s most proment gay ma character. But they also wonr if Chandler Massey’s gay real life given how nvcg they are on-screen.

WAS CHANDLER OM “FRIENDS” MEANT TO BE GAY? IT SEEMS HE ALMOST WAS.

Check out what’s happeng on the NBC soap wh s of our Liv: Freddie Smh is Not Gay – What About Chandler Massey?

That leav many people wonrg if the actors are gay or straight real life. First, Freddie Smh is engaged and not gay.

Is DOOL’s Chandler Massey Gay – And Who’s He Datg. As for the answer to “is Chandler Massey gay real life? How close did the people behd the h show Friends e to makg Chandler gay?

GAY-UNIENDLY MATTHEW PERRY REFED A ‘FRIENDS’ STORYLE WHICH HAD CHANDLER SNEAKG TO A GAY BAR, ACRDG TO NEW BOOK

Chandler uld have had the most proment gay character televisn history… until the show’s creators cid to straighten him out. It was about six twenty-somethg Gen-Xers livg, lghg, and lovg implsibly large Manhattan apartments, and was a lot ls shy than other shows of the time about dog gay episos.