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SHOP THE BT OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF'!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREJONATHAN BENT TALKS LGBTQ REPRENTATN NEW HALLMARK MOVIE, 'THE CHRISTMAS HOE'9:41JONATHAN BENT GETS EMOTNAL ABOUT NEW HALLMARK HOLIDAY MOVIE ABOUT LGBTQ BYHAYLEY FZPATRICKNOVEMBER 20, 2020, 11:11 AMTHE HALLMARK CHANNEL'S NEW FILM, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE," IS BOTH A FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY STORY AND AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD MORE CLIVE STORYTELLG ON THE WORK.PREMIERG SUNDAY, NOV. 22 AT 8 P.M. ET ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" IS THE WORK'S FIRST FILM FEATURG A SAME-SEX UPLE AS THE LEAD CHARACTERS.ACTOR JONATHAN BENT PLAYS BRANDON, A MAN WHO TRAVELS HOME WH HIS HBAND, JAKE (PLAYED BY BRAD HARR), TO RATE HIS CHILDHOOD HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE UPLE IS HOPG TO START A FAY AND IS WAG TO HEAR IF THEIR ADOPTN WILL GO THROUGH.BENT SCRIBED AS "AN HONOR" TO STAR THE FILM AND SHOWSE THE LGBTQ LOVE STORY. "THIS IS THE FIRST GAY STORYLE A HALLMARK CHANNEL MOVIE," HE SAID. "IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE TWO MEN LOVE STARTG THEIR OWN FAY, AND THAT'S SUCH A GROUNDBREAKG THG BEE REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT.""OF ALL THE MOVI I'VE DONE 20 YEARS HOLLYWOOD, THIS MOVIE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME BEE THIS CHARACTER MATTERS," HE ADD. "AND THIS CHARACTER IS MAKG A DIFFERENCE."MORE: HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'THE ACTOR, WHO IS OPENLY GAY AND WAS JT REGNIZED ON OUT MAGAZE'S OUT100 LIST, SAID HE FEELS A FILM LIKE THIS ULD'VE HELPED HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER."I JT THK ABOUT WHAT YOUNGER ME WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WATCHG A MOVIE LIKE THIS AT THE HOLIDAYS," HE SAID. "BEE GROWG UP, I DIDN'T HAVE REPRENTATN LIKE THIS -- WE DIDN'T HAVE CHRISTMAS MOVI THAT HAD STORY L OF TWO MEN LOVE, STARTG A FAY."A SCENE OM HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."HALLMARK CHANNEL HE SAID IF HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SEE A FILM LIKE THIS ONE AS A CHILD, HE IMAG HE WOULD'VE FELT "LS SRED" AND "MORE SEEN."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLIVE STORYLE WAS NOT LOST ON THE ST AND CREW. BENT SAID ONE SCENE PARTICULAR WAS VERY SPECIAL.DURG THE SCENE, BENT AND HARR'S CHARACTERS ARE VOLVED AN ARGUMENT OUTSI OF THE HOE DUE TO THE STRS OF THE ADOPTN. "WE HAVE A LTLE B OF A TIFF BEE WE'RE GOG THROUGH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS THAT A UPLE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE ADOPTG A BABY," BENT EXPLAED. "AND YOU SEE MY HBAND FORT ME AND E TOGETHER AND WE KISS.""BEE THAT'S WHAT TWO MEN WHO ARE ADOPTG A BABY AND ARE A LOVG RELATNSHIP DO -- THEY KISS, THAT'S WHAT UPL DO," HE ADD.MORE: ON WEDNDAYS WE DRK WE: 'MEAN GIRLS' STAR JONATHAN BENT CREAT 2 W SPIRED BY THE H MOVIEMOST OF THE ST AND CREW WERE TEARS WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, BENT SAID. HE EXPLAED THAT THERE WAS "SO MUCH ANXIETY AND EXCEMENT" ON SET BEE EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE "MAKG HISTORY."JONATHAN BENT AND BRAD HARR PLAY A MARRIED UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPT HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."ALLISTER FOSTER/THE HALLMARK CHANNELLGBTQ CREW MEMBERS EVEN APPROACHED BENT AND HARR WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, TO MENT ON ."WE HAD A FEW FEW GAY MEN E UP TO AND SAY, 'HEY, WE WORK ON A LOT OF THE MOVI, WE WORK ON A LOT OF HALLMARK FILMS, AND WE DO THE SET RATN AND WE PUT OUR BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS TO , AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE FAY TOO.'"HE SAID AT THAT POT, THEY KNEW THEY HAD MA SOMETHG "REALLY SPECIAL."MORE: JONATHAN BENT MAK 'AARON SAMUEL'S ACTUAL MOM'S STUFFED CHICKEN SHELLS'THE ACTOR HOP THAT THE FILM WILL SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN, "THAT YOU ARE NEVER TOO MUCH AND YOU ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH."HE ALSO HOP "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" WILL FLUENCE OTHER WORKS TO STRIVE TOWARD FEATURG MORE CLIVE LOVE STORI. "I THK WHAT THIS MOVIE IS GOG TO DO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS 'S GOG TO SHOW EVERY WORK THE WORLD THAT CLN IS NOT ONLY OK, BUT 'S NECSARY AND 'S IMPORTANT," BENT SAID."IF HALLMARK CHANNEL IS PUTTG OUT ONE OF THEIR BIGGT MOVI AND HAS A GAY STORYLE AS ONE OF THE MA STORYL, THEN EVERY WORK N PUT OUT A MOVIE LIKE THIS AND HAVE CLN ," HE ADD.IN JULY, HALLMARK ISSUED A STATEMENT PROMISG MORE CLN AFTER RECEIVG CRICISM THAT NONE OF S UPG HOLIDAY FILMS ANNOUNCED AT THE TIME FEATURED AN LGBTQ LEAD."DIVERSY AND CLN IS A TOP PRRY FOR ," READ THE PANY'S STATEMENT. "WE ARE MTED TO CREATG A HALLMARK EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELE."BENT SAID HE IS ALREADY TALKS FOR MORE PROJECTS WH THE WORK FOR 2021."WE ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS GREENL VELOPMENT THAT WILL MAKE THE HOLIDAY TABLE GROW EVEN NEXT YEAR," HE SAID. "THIS ISN'T THE END, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGNG FOR THIS ON HALLMARK CHANNEL."CHECK OUT AN EXCLIVE CLIP OM THE FILM BELOW:1:54'THE CHRISTMAS HOE.' IS THE FIRST MOVIE ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL TO FEATURE LGBTQ MA CHARACTERS.EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023
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SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREHALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'2:14HALLMARK CHANNEL BYGOOD MORNG AMERIJULY 16, 2020, 7:15 PM•3 M READHALLMARK MOVI WILL BE MORE DIVERSE THE NEAR FUTURE.ON THURSDAY, AMID CRICISM THAT NONE OF THE PANY'S 40 UPG HOLIDAY MOVI FEATURE AN LGBTQ LEAD, A HALLMARK CHANNEL SPOKPERSON TOLD "GOOD MORNG AMERI" THAT CHANGE IS G.IN THE G MONTHS, THE REPRENTATIVE SAID, HALLMARK WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT "PROJECTS FEATURG LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS.""DIVERSY AND CLN IS A TOP PRRY FOR ," READ THE PANY'S STATEMENT. "WE ARE MTED TO CREATG A HALLMARK EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELE."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL SCHL MARATHON OF FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY MOVI AMID MASS SELF-QUARANTEMAR 19, 2020HALLMARK CHANNEL APOLOGIZ FOR PULLG GAY-THEMED WEDDG ADDEC 15, 2019THE BT HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVI, ACRDG TO EXPERTS DEC 25, 2018LAST YEAR, HALLMARK APOLOGIZED FOR REMOVG A ZOLA MERCIAL THAT FEATURED A GAY UPLE AMID PLATS OM ONE MILLN MOMS, A NSERVATIVE GROUP THAT IS A PART OF THE AMERIN FAY ASSOCIATN. HALLMARK'S PARENT PANY, CROWN MEDIA, ALSO VOWED TO PARTNER WH LGBTQ ADVOCY GROUP GLAAD "TO BETTER REPRENT THE LGBTQ MUNY ACROSS OUR PORTFOL OF BRANDS.""THE CROWN MEDIA TEAM HAS BEEN AGONIZG OVER THIS CISN AS WE'VE SEEN THE HURT HAS UNTENTNALLY ED. SAID SIMPLY, THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS THE WRONG CISN," HALLMARK CARDS CEO MIKE PERRY SAID A STATEMENT AT THE TIME. "WE ARE TLY SORRY FOR THE HURT AND DISAPPOTMENT THIS HAS ED.""ACROSS OUR BRAND, WE WILL NTUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE MORE CLIVE AND CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENC," HE ADD.MORE: HALLMARK MEDIA CEO LEAV, MONTH AFTER SAME-SEX AD BACKLASHHALLMARK'S "COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS" MOVI AND HALLMARK MOVI & MYSTERI' ANCHISE "MIRACL OF CHRISTMAS" WILL KICK OFF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS CLU: HALLMARK CHANNEL· "A ROYAL HOLIDAY," STARRG LRA OSN, AARON TVE AND KRYSTAL JOY BROWN· "JGLE BELL BRI," STARRG JULIE GONZALO AND RONNIE ROWE· "A CHRISTMAS TREE GROWS BROOKLYN," STARRG ROCHELLE AYT AND MARK TAYLOR· "IF I ONLY HAD CHRISTMAS," STARRG CANDACE CAMERON BURE· "DELIVER BY CHRISTMAS," STARRG ALVA AUGT AND EN BAILEY· "ON THE 12TH DATE OF CHRISTMAS," STARRG MALLORY JANSEN AND TYLER HYN· "CHRISTMAS WALTZ," STARRG LACEY CHABERT· "CHRISTMAS VIENNA," STARRG SARAH DREW AND BRENNAN ELLTT· "CHRISTMAS EVERGREEN 4," STARRG RIYA BERNARD AND HOLLY ROBSON PEETE· "CHATE CHRISTMAS," STARRG MERRT PATTERSON AND LE MACFARLANE· "CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS," STARRG RACHAEL LEIGH COOK· "CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL," STARRG TAMERA MOWRY-HOLEY· "WHEN CALLS THE HEART CHRISTMAS 2020," STARRG ER KRAKOW, PASLE HUTTON, JACK WAGNER, KAVAN SMH, CHRIS MCNALLY, KEV MCGARRY, PL GREENE, ANDREA BROOKS AND MART CUMMSHALLMARK MOVI & MYSTERI· "CHRISTMAS TREE LANE," STARRG ALICIA WT AND ANDREW WALKER· "HOLLY & IVY," STARRG JANEL PARRISH, JEREMY JORDAN, AND MARISOL NICHOLS· "THE CHRISTMAS BOW," STARRG LUCIA MIRELLI AND MICHAEL RADY· "CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS," STARRG NIKKI DELOACH AND BENJAM AYR· "CHRISTMAS DOCTOR," STARRG HOLLY ROBSON PEETEEDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL SCHL MARATHON OF FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY MOVI AMID MASS SELF-QUARANTEMAR 19, 2020HALLMARK CHANNEL APOLOGIZ FOR PULLG GAY-THEMED WEDDG ADDEC 15, 2019THE BT HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVI, ACRDG TO EXPERTS DEC 25, 2018UP NEXT CULTURE—STEVE HARWELL, FORMER LEAD SGER OF SMASH MOUTH, DI AT 56SEPTEMBER 4, 2023'BACHELOR PARADISE' ALUMS SERENA PT AND JOE AMABILE HAVE 2ND WEDDG CHARLTON: SEE THE SWEET PHOTOSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023KRIST CHENOWETH MARRI JOSH BRYANT TEXAS WEDDGSEPTEMBER 4, 2023CO GFF MAK HISTORY AT US OPEN AS SHE HEADS TO THE QUARTERFALSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—STEVE HARWELL, FORMER LEAD SGER OF SMASH MOUTH, DI AT 56SEPTEMBER 4, 2023'BACHELOR PARADISE' ALUMS SERENA PT AND JOE AMABILE HAVE 2ND WEDDG CHARLTON: SEE THE SWEET PHOTOSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023KRIST CHENOWETH MARRI JOSH BRYANT TEXAS WEDDGSEPTEMBER 4, 2023CO GFF MAK HISTORY AT US OPEN AS SHE HEADS TO THE QUARTERFALSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023
OPENLY GAY ACTOR JONATHAN BENT TO STAR HALLMARK’S FIRST LGBTQ-THEMED CHRISTMAS MOVIE
HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE

SHOP THE BT OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF'!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREJONATHAN BENT TALKS LGBTQ REPRENTATN NEW HALLMARK MOVIE, 'THE CHRISTMAS HOE'9:41JONATHAN BENT GETS EMOTNAL ABOUT NEW HALLMARK HOLIDAY MOVIE ABOUT LGBTQ BYHAYLEY FZPATRICKNOVEMBER 20, 2020, 11:11 AMTHE HALLMARK CHANNEL'S NEW FILM, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE," IS BOTH A FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY STORY AND AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD MORE CLIVE STORYTELLG ON THE WORK.PREMIERG SUNDAY, NOV. 22 AT 8 P.M. ET ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" IS THE WORK'S FIRST FILM FEATURG A SAME-SEX UPLE AS THE LEAD CHARACTERS.ACTOR JONATHAN BENT PLAYS BRANDON, A MAN WHO TRAVELS HOME WH HIS HBAND, JAKE (PLAYED BY BRAD HARR), TO RATE HIS CHILDHOOD HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE UPLE IS HOPG TO START A FAY AND IS WAG TO HEAR IF THEIR ADOPTN WILL GO THROUGH.BENT SCRIBED AS "AN HONOR" TO STAR THE FILM AND SHOWSE THE LGBTQ LOVE STORY. "THIS IS THE FIRST GAY STORYLE A HALLMARK CHANNEL MOVIE," HE SAID. "IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE TWO MEN LOVE STARTG THEIR OWN FAY, AND THAT'S SUCH A GROUNDBREAKG THG BEE REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT.""OF ALL THE MOVI I'VE DONE 20 YEARS HOLLYWOOD, THIS MOVIE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME BEE THIS CHARACTER MATTERS," HE ADD. "AND THIS CHARACTER IS MAKG A DIFFERENCE."MORE: HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'THE ACTOR, WHO IS OPENLY GAY AND WAS JT REGNIZED ON OUT MAGAZE'S OUT100 LIST, SAID HE FEELS A FILM LIKE THIS ULD'VE HELPED HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER."I JT THK ABOUT WHAT YOUNGER ME WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WATCHG A MOVIE LIKE THIS AT THE HOLIDAYS," HE SAID. "BEE GROWG UP, I DIDN'T HAVE REPRENTATN LIKE THIS -- WE DIDN'T HAVE CHRISTMAS MOVI THAT HAD STORY L OF TWO MEN LOVE, STARTG A FAY."A SCENE OM HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."HALLMARK CHANNEL HE SAID IF HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SEE A FILM LIKE THIS ONE AS A CHILD, HE IMAG HE WOULD'VE FELT "LS SRED" AND "MORE SEEN."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLIVE STORYLE WAS NOT LOST ON THE ST AND CREW. BENT SAID ONE SCENE PARTICULAR WAS VERY SPECIAL.DURG THE SCENE, BENT AND HARR'S CHARACTERS ARE VOLVED AN ARGUMENT OUTSI OF THE HOE DUE TO THE STRS OF THE ADOPTN. "WE HAVE A LTLE B OF A TIFF BEE WE'RE GOG THROUGH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS THAT A UPLE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE ADOPTG A BABY," BENT EXPLAED. "AND YOU SEE MY HBAND FORT ME AND E TOGETHER AND WE KISS.""BEE THAT'S WHAT TWO MEN WHO ARE ADOPTG A BABY AND ARE A LOVG RELATNSHIP DO -- THEY KISS, THAT'S WHAT UPL DO," HE ADD.MORE: ON WEDNDAYS WE DRK WE: 'MEAN GIRLS' STAR JONATHAN BENT CREAT 2 W SPIRED BY THE H MOVIEMOST OF THE ST AND CREW WERE TEARS WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, BENT SAID. HE EXPLAED THAT THERE WAS "SO MUCH ANXIETY AND EXCEMENT" ON SET BEE EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE "MAKG HISTORY."JONATHAN BENT AND BRAD HARR PLAY A MARRIED UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPT HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."ALLISTER FOSTER/THE HALLMARK CHANNELLGBTQ CREW MEMBERS EVEN APPROACHED BENT AND HARR WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, TO MENT ON ."WE HAD A FEW FEW GAY MEN E UP TO AND SAY, 'HEY, WE WORK ON A LOT OF THE MOVI, WE WORK ON A LOT OF HALLMARK FILMS, AND WE DO THE SET RATN AND WE PUT OUR BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS TO , AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE FAY TOO.'"HE SAID AT THAT POT, THEY KNEW THEY HAD MA SOMETHG "REALLY SPECIAL."MORE: JONATHAN BENT MAK 'AARON SAMUEL'S ACTUAL MOM'S STUFFED CHICKEN SHELLS'THE ACTOR HOP THAT THE FILM WILL SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN, "THAT YOU ARE NEVER TOO MUCH AND YOU ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH."HE ALSO HOP "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" WILL FLUENCE OTHER WORKS TO STRIVE TOWARD FEATURG MORE CLIVE LOVE STORI. "I THK WHAT THIS MOVIE IS GOG TO DO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS 'S GOG TO SHOW EVERY WORK THE WORLD THAT CLN IS NOT ONLY OK, BUT 'S NECSARY AND 'S IMPORTANT," BENT SAID."IF HALLMARK CHANNEL IS PUTTG OUT ONE OF THEIR BIGGT MOVI AND HAS A GAY STORYLE AS ONE OF THE MA STORYL, THEN EVERY WORK N PUT OUT A MOVIE LIKE THIS AND HAVE CLN ," HE ADD.IN JULY, HALLMARK ISSUED A STATEMENT PROMISG MORE CLN AFTER RECEIVG CRICISM THAT NONE OF S UPG HOLIDAY FILMS ANNOUNCED AT THE TIME FEATURED AN LGBTQ LEAD."DIVERSY AND CLN IS A TOP PRRY FOR ," READ THE PANY'S STATEMENT. "WE ARE MTED TO CREATG A HALLMARK EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELE."BENT SAID HE IS ALREADY TALKS FOR MORE PROJECTS WH THE WORK FOR 2021."WE ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS GREENL VELOPMENT THAT WILL MAKE THE HOLIDAY TABLE GROW EVEN NEXT YEAR," HE SAID. "THIS ISN'T THE END, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGNG FOR THIS ON HALLMARK CHANNEL."CHECK OUT AN EXCLIVE CLIP OM THE FILM BELOW:1:54'THE CHRISTMAS HOE.' IS THE FIRST MOVIE ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL TO FEATURE LGBTQ MA CHARACTERS.EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023

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Canadian actor Jake Foy is makg wav for playg the openly gay wboy Tuff McMurray on Hallmark's newt wtern seri, Ri. Dubbed by The Advote's sister publitn Out as the "gay kg of Christmas, " Jonathan Bent has starred some of the Hallmark Channel's most beloved holiday films. Alberta native Brad Harr is an out actor known pecially for The Christmas Hoe seri, which he and Jonathan Bent played the first married gay uple Hallmark history.

The multalented (and proudly out) Ali Liebert has both acted and directed projects for Hallmark, and she helmed the groundbreakg gay Christmas movie The Holiday Ster. " What you might not know is that Bent is openly gay and even starred the first queer-led Hallmark movie, "The Holiday Ster. " However, wasn't always this easy for him as a gay actor Hollywood.

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He was st alongsi Billy Eichner for the 2022 gay romantic edy tled "Bros. Gee Krissa joed Jonathan Bent to star Hallmark's first gay-led feature film, "A Holiday Ster. The openly gay actor who has appeared a dozen Hallmark movi over the past stars oppose Billy Eichner Bros, theaters Sept.

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"This is the first gay storyle a Hallmark Channel movie, " he said.

OPENLY GAY ACTOR JONATHAN BENT TO STAR HALLMARK’S FIRST LGBTQ-THEMED CHRISTMAS MOVIE

"The actor, who is openly gay and was jt regnized on Out Magaze's Out100 list, said he feels a film like this uld've helped him when he was younger. "We had a few few gay men e up to and say, 'Hey, we work on a lot of the movi, we work on a lot of Hallmark films, and we do the set ratn and we put our blood sweat and tears to , and for the first time, we feel like we're part of the fay too. "If Hallmark Channel is puttg out one of their biggt movi and has a gay storyle as one of the ma storyl, then every work n put out a movie like this and have cln , " he July, Hallmark issued a statement promisg more cln after receivg cricism that none of s upg holiday films announced at the time featured an LGBTQ lead.