Bill Har weighs on future of SNL's inic gay character Stefon

Contents:

• BOWEN YANG PLAYS GAY OOMPA LOOMPA OUTED BY COL JOST ON 'SNL'
• BILL HAR EXPLAS WHY HE TURNED DOWN SNL APPEARANCE AS INIC GAY CHARACTER STEFON
• SNL RIPS FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• KATE MCKNON SLAMS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ON 'SNL'
• ‘SNL’S WEEKEND UPDATE TACKL ‘EUPHORIA’ CRICISM, PAT SAJAK’S DEFENSE OF ‘WHEEL OF FORTUNE’ CONTTANTS, FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL & MORE

BOWEN YANG PLAYS GAY OOMPA LOOMPA OUTED BY COL JOST ON 'SNL'

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BILL HAR EXPLAS WHY HE TURNED DOWN SNL APPEARANCE AS INIC GAY CHARACTER STEFON

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She said, "Jt don't mentn the gay thg.

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" I spoke to Alan about , and he took me asi and said, "Look, if you want to be really unhappy and feel like you're hidg somethg forever, then by all means don't mentn the gay thg. If people are havg a nversatn about a room when they're talkg about stg -- "Oh, no, we n't have Chris New bee he's gay" -- then I never hear about , so don't really bother me. If I ever get any backlash for beg an out gay actor, they n eat my ass.

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