Freeform Exec on Beg A Part of 'Gayt Network on Televisn' - Variety

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• OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREJANUARY 16, 2020FREEFORM STAR ADAM FAISON TALKS ABOUT THE BURN OF 'BEG THE FIRST' AND MORE, NEW SERI 'EVERYTHG’S GONNA BE OKAY'6:27XAVIER COLL/IMAGE PRS AGENCY/SIPA USA VIA AP, FILENEWS HEADL TODAY: DEC. 23, 2020BY TONY MORRISONSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!ADAM FAISON, STAR OF FREEFORM'S RETURNG H DRAMEDY, "EVERYTHG'S GONNA BE OKAY," GOT NDID AND PERSONAL ABOUT THE SERI, OPENG UP AHEAD OF THE SERI PREMIERE ABOUT HOW HE HOPED WOULD GIVE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE THE ABILY TO SEE THEMSELV THE WORLD.THE SERI FOLLOWS NICHOLAS, A GAY ANTIPOAN ENTOMOLOGIST PLAYED BY JOSH THOMAS, AND HIS TWO HALF-SISTERS, ONE OF WHOM IS ON THE TISM SPECTM, AS THEY PE WH THE ATH OF THEIR FATHER.FAISON PLAYS A CHARACTER NAMED ALEX, WHO BEGS DATG NICHOLAS AT THE BEGNG OF THE SERI.UNNDNAL LOVE? THE MOSS FAY HAS QUTNS.______#EVERYTHGSGONNABEOKAY SEASON 2 PREMIER APRIL 8 ON FREEFORM, NEXT DAY ON @HULU — FREEFORM (@FREEFORMTV) MARCH 23, 2021 "WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ALEX IS THAT HE APPROACH LIFE EARNTLY WHILE TRYG TO GUI NICHOLAS AND HIS SISTERS TO DO THE RIGHT THG," HE TOLD "GMA." "IN SOME WAYS, HE FEELS A LTLE LIKE THE GROUNDG GLUE OF THIS QUASI FAY UN. HE'S ALSO HUMAN, SO WHILE HE DO TRY TO ASSUME THIS NEW ROLE, HE SOMETIM AWKWARDLY FUMBL TO TRY TO DO SO, WHICH I THK IS WHAT KD OF MAK HIM FUNNY AND RELATABLE."DPE THE REALISTILLY AWKWARD STORYL AND DARK HUMOR THROUGHOUT THE SERI, FAISON SAID HE FOUND HIMSELF AT THE REAL-LIFE TERSECTN OF MANY OF THE PLOT POTS THE SERI: NCER, TISM AND SEXUAL INTY."MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED WH OVARIAN NCER THE DAY OF OUR FIRST TABLE READ," HE SAID. "IT H ME PRETTY HARD ... I DON’T THK I STOPPED CRYG DURG THAT ENTIRE 15 HOUR-LONG PERD. AND FELT LIKE ONE OF THOSE BIZARRE STANC OF 'ART IMATG LIFE' THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT STORI BUT THAT YOU NEVER THK WILL HAPPEN TO YOU."STHANLEE B. MIRADOR/SIPA USA VIA AP, FILEADAM FAISON ARRIV AT THE DISNEY+'S "THE MANDALORIAN" PREMIERE HELD AT THE BARKER HANGAR SANTA MONI, CALIF., NOV. 10, 2019.FAISON SAID THE SCRIPT AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE "FELT SRILY CLOSE, BUT I DID GO FORWARD WH MY MOM’S BLSG, AND A WEIRD WAY THE SHOW END UP FEELG LIKE A THARSIS. A THARSIS THE SENSE THAT ALEX HAD TO BE STRONG FOR NICHOLAS THE SAME WAY I HAD TO BE STRONG FOR MY MOM."FAISON'S MOM ALSO WORKED WH KIDS WH TISM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG."AS A RULT, I HAVE MANY IENDS ON THE SPECTM, SO I THK FOR THAT REASON THIS PROJECT WAS EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO ME," HE SAID.AS A RULT, HE WANTS THE SERI TO HAVE A POSIVE IMPACT ON HOW THE TISM MUNY IS SEEN."I REMEMBER AT OUR FIRST SCREENG AT THE AUTISM FTIVAL, AUTFT, ONE MY OLST CHILDHOOD IENDS, APRIL, WHOM HAS TISM AND IS AF, ME WH HER MOM DEB, AND AFTER SEEG THE PILOT, HER FACE WAS JT L UP AND WE STARTED SIGNG AMERIN SIGN LANGUAGE TOGETHER AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS SO EXCED ABOUT THE GOLN RETRIEVER TISM SUPPORT DOG THE SHOW BEE SHE HERSELF HAS ONE REAL LIFE NAMED ELSA. HER MOM DEB ADD THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME PARTS SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE UNRSTOOD, SHE ULD TELL OM HER FACE THAT SHE REALLY DID PICK UP ON SO MUCH OF . AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME."FAISON IS ALSO AN OUT MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND SAYS HE MORE THAN RELAT TO HIS SERI CHARACTER, ALEX, OFF-SCREEN."I HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM ALEX A SENSE OF LOVE THE FACE OF ADVERSY ... I THK WHAT'S BETIFUL ABOUT ALEX AND NICHOLAS IS THAT THEY DON'T GIVE UP ON EACH OTHER, EVEN WHEN THE TIME IS WEIRD." VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY EVERYTHG'S GONNA BE OKAY (@EVERYTHGSGONNABEOKAY) "FOR A LOT OF LGBTQ+ KIDS LIKE MYSELF, WAS HARD FOR ME TO SEE MYSELF A TRADNAL, MTED RELATNSHIP MOSTLY BEE I HADN’T SEEN MANY EXAMPL OF THEM GROWG UP," FAISON SAID.WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS HAS BEEN THE TOUGHT PART OF CREATG THIS SERI AND HIS CHARACTER, FAISON SAID WAS THE BURN OF "BEG THE FIRST.""THIS FEELG THAT, BEE WE HAVE THE FIRST LEADG FEMALE CHARACTER WH TISM TV HISTORY, THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY LEADG TERRACIAL GAY UPL TV HISTORY, THERE FEELS LIKE THIS NATE SENSE OF PRSURE TO GET RIGHT OR WE FAIL OUR RPECTIVE MUNI," HE SAID.HE WENT ON, "YET, I THK WHAT PEOPLE WILL SEE OM THIS SHOW IS THAT WE ARE NOT TRYG TO PRENT A BLANKET EXPERIENCE. WE ARE NOT STG OUR IVORY TOWER EXCLAIMG, 'THIS IS EVERY TISTIC GIRL’S EXPERIENCE! THIS IS EVERY TERRACIAL GAY UPLE'S EXPERIENCE!' THIS IS JT ONE SGULAR EXPERIENCE OF SOME HUMANS LIVG THEIR LIV." VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ADAM FAISON (@ADAMFAISON) ON JAN 8, 2020 AT 9:56AM PST SEASON 2 OF "EVERYTHG'S GONNA BE OKAY" PREMIER APRIL 8TH ON FREEFORM AND NEXT DAY ON HULU.DISNEY IS THE PARENT PANY OF HULU, FREEFORM AND "GOOD MORNG AMERI." EDOR'S NOTE: THIS STORY WAS ORIGALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 16, 2020 SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT CULTUREJONATHAN STT SHAR SWEET PHOTO WH FIANCEE ZOOEY DCHANEL PARIS

OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREJANUARY 16, 2020FREEFORM STAR ADAM FAISON TALKS ABOUT THE BURN OF 'BEG THE FIRST' AND MORE, NEW SERI 'EVERYTHG’S GONNA BE OKAY'6:27XAVIER COLL/IMAGE PRS AGENCY/SIPA USA VIA AP, FILENEWS HEADL TODAY: DEC. 23, 2020BY TONY MORRISONSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!ADAM FAISON, STAR OF FREEFORM'S RETURNG H DRAMEDY, "EVERYTHG'S GONNA BE OKAY," GOT NDID AND PERSONAL ABOUT THE SERI, OPENG UP AHEAD OF THE SERI PREMIERE ABOUT HOW HE HOPED WOULD GIVE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE THE ABILY TO SEE THEMSELV THE WORLD.THE SERI FOLLOWS NICHOLAS, A GAY ANTIPOAN ENTOMOLOGIST PLAYED BY JOSH THOMAS, AND HIS TWO HALF-SISTERS, ONE OF WHOM IS ON THE TISM SPECTM, AS THEY PE WH THE ATH OF THEIR FATHER.FAISON PLAYS A CHARACTER NAMED ALEX, WHO BEGS DATG NICHOLAS AT THE BEGNG OF THE SERI.UNNDNAL LOVE? THE MOSS FAY HAS QUTNS.______#EVERYTHGSGONNABEOKAY SEASON 2 PREMIER APRIL 8 ON FREEFORM, NEXT DAY ON @HULU — FREEFORM (@FREEFORMTV) MARCH 23, 2021 "WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ALEX IS THAT HE APPROACH LIFE EARNTLY WHILE TRYG TO GUI NICHOLAS AND HIS SISTERS TO DO THE RIGHT THG," HE TOLD "GMA." "IN SOME WAYS, HE FEELS A LTLE LIKE THE GROUNDG GLUE OF THIS QUASI FAY UN. HE'S ALSO HUMAN, SO WHILE HE DO TRY TO ASSUME THIS NEW ROLE, HE SOMETIM AWKWARDLY FUMBL TO TRY TO DO SO, WHICH I THK IS WHAT KD OF MAK HIM FUNNY AND RELATABLE."DPE THE REALISTILLY AWKWARD STORYL AND DARK HUMOR THROUGHOUT THE SERI, FAISON SAID HE FOUND HIMSELF AT THE REAL-LIFE TERSECTN OF MANY OF THE PLOT POTS THE SERI: NCER, TISM AND SEXUAL INTY."MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED WH OVARIAN NCER THE DAY OF OUR FIRST TABLE READ," HE SAID. "IT H ME PRETTY HARD ... I DON’T THK I STOPPED CRYG DURG THAT ENTIRE 15 HOUR-LONG PERD. AND FELT LIKE ONE OF THOSE BIZARRE STANC OF 'ART IMATG LIFE' THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT STORI BUT THAT YOU NEVER THK WILL HAPPEN TO YOU."STHANLEE B. MIRADOR/SIPA USA VIA AP, FILEADAM FAISON ARRIV AT THE DISNEY+'S "THE MANDALORIAN" PREMIERE HELD AT THE BARKER HANGAR SANTA MONI, CALIF., NOV. 10, 2019.FAISON SAID THE SCRIPT AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE "FELT SRILY CLOSE, BUT I DID GO FORWARD WH MY MOM’S BLSG, AND A WEIRD WAY THE SHOW END UP FEELG LIKE A THARSIS. A THARSIS THE SENSE THAT ALEX HAD TO BE STRONG FOR NICHOLAS THE SAME WAY I HAD TO BE STRONG FOR MY MOM."FAISON'S MOM ALSO WORKED WH KIDS WH TISM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG."AS A RULT, I HAVE MANY IENDS ON THE SPECTM, SO I THK FOR THAT REASON THIS PROJECT WAS EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO ME," HE SAID.AS A RULT, HE WANTS THE SERI TO HAVE A POSIVE IMPACT ON HOW THE TISM MUNY IS SEEN."I REMEMBER AT OUR FIRST SCREENG AT THE AUTISM FTIVAL, AUTFT, ONE MY OLST CHILDHOOD IENDS, APRIL, WHOM HAS TISM AND IS AF, ME WH HER MOM DEB, AND AFTER SEEG THE PILOT, HER FACE WAS JT L UP AND WE STARTED SIGNG AMERIN SIGN LANGUAGE TOGETHER AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS SO EXCED ABOUT THE GOLN RETRIEVER TISM SUPPORT DOG THE SHOW BEE SHE HERSELF HAS ONE REAL LIFE NAMED ELSA. HER MOM DEB ADD THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME PARTS SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE UNRSTOOD, SHE ULD TELL OM HER FACE THAT SHE REALLY DID PICK UP ON SO MUCH OF . AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME."FAISON IS ALSO AN OUT MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND SAYS HE MORE THAN RELAT TO HIS SERI CHARACTER, ALEX, OFF-SCREEN."I HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM ALEX A SENSE OF LOVE THE FACE OF ADVERSY ... I THK WHAT'S BETIFUL ABOUT ALEX AND NICHOLAS IS THAT THEY DON'T GIVE UP ON EACH OTHER, EVEN WHEN THE TIME IS WEIRD." VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY EVERYTHG'S GONNA BE OKAY (@EVERYTHGSGONNABEOKAY) "FOR A LOT OF LGBTQ+ KIDS LIKE MYSELF, WAS HARD FOR ME TO SEE MYSELF A TRADNAL, MTED RELATNSHIP MOSTLY BEE I HADN’T SEEN MANY EXAMPL OF THEM GROWG UP," FAISON SAID.WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS HAS BEEN THE TOUGHT PART OF CREATG THIS SERI AND HIS CHARACTER, FAISON SAID WAS THE BURN OF "BEG THE FIRST.""THIS FEELG THAT, BEE WE HAVE THE FIRST LEADG FEMALE CHARACTER WH TISM TV HISTORY, THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY LEADG TERRACIAL GAY UPL TV HISTORY, THERE FEELS LIKE THIS NATE SENSE OF PRSURE TO GET RIGHT OR WE FAIL OUR RPECTIVE MUNI," HE SAID.HE WENT ON, "YET, I THK WHAT PEOPLE WILL SEE OM THIS SHOW IS THAT WE ARE NOT TRYG TO PRENT A BLANKET EXPERIENCE. WE ARE NOT STG OUR IVORY TOWER EXCLAIMG, 'THIS IS EVERY TISTIC GIRL’S EXPERIENCE! THIS IS EVERY TERRACIAL GAY UPLE'S EXPERIENCE!' THIS IS JT ONE SGULAR EXPERIENCE OF SOME HUMANS LIVG THEIR LIV." VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ADAM FAISON (@ADAMFAISON) ON JAN 8, 2020 AT 9:56AM PST SEASON 2 OF "EVERYTHG'S GONNA BE OKAY" PREMIER APRIL 8TH ON FREEFORM AND NEXT DAY ON HULU.DISNEY IS THE PARENT PANY OF HULU, FREEFORM AND "GOOD MORNG AMERI." EDOR'S NOTE: THIS STORY WAS ORIGALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 16, 2020 SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT CULTUREJONATHAN STT SHAR SWEET PHOTO WH FIANCEE ZOOEY DCHANEL PARIS

Freeform executive Karey Burke’s son recently told her that she had “the gayt work on televisn.

23, 2020Adam Faison, star of Freeform's returng h dramedy, "Everythg's Gonna Be Okay, " got ndid and personal about the seri, openg up ahead of the seri premiere about how he hoped would give other young people the abily to see themselv the seri follows Nicholas, a gay antipoan entomologist played by Josh Thomas, and his two half-sisters, one of whom is on the tism spectm, as they pe wh the ath of their plays a character named Alex, who begs datg Nicholas at the begng of the seri.

""This feelg that, bee we have the first leadg female character wh tism TV history, that we are one of the only leadg terracial gay upl TV history, there feels like this nate sense of prsure to get right or we fail our rpective muni, " he went on, "Yet, I thk what people will see om this show is that we are not tryg to prent a blanket experience. This is every terracial gay uple's experience! In this spoff of the 2018 film Love, Simon, Victor Salazar (played by newer Michael Cimo) fds himself wh a cute girliend but a csh on gay classmate Benji (Gee Sear).