The edian and star of "Billy on the Street" is the first openly gay man to -wre and star a gay romantic edy for a major movie stud. He talks about why 's taken so long for Hollywood to produce a rom- featurg an all-LGBTQ prcipal st.
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- ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, BE GAY’: BILLY EICHNER REACTS TO THAT VIRAL COLTON UNRWOOD VIO
- BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: 'ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!'
- BILLY EICHNER ON HIS GAY ROM- "BROS"
- BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
- THE GREATT GAY COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME
- BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: ‘ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!’
- THE SUBVERSIVE GAY SATIRE OF BILLY ON THE STREET
‘IF YOU’RE GAY, BE GAY’: BILLY EICHNER REACTS TO THAT VIRAL COLTON UNRWOOD VIO
Comedian Billy Eichner once told Colton Unrwood that he uld be "the first gay Bachelor." Now, their nversatn has gone viral after Unrwood me out. * gay comedian billy *
Wh “Bros, ” Billy Eichner is takg a hatchet to the bumper-sticker slogan of film (streamg on Peack) stars the actor-edian, known for "Billy on the Street" and "Parks and Recreatn, " and Le Macfarlane and marks the first romantic edy om a major stud centerg on two gay men. “(Viewers) are gettg all the lgh-out-loud moments of a Judd Apatow movie that they expect, the jok and the physil edy, but they’re also gettg a peek behd the curta at gay culture that you might thk you know om a handful of s characters you’ve seen on TV, but you don’t really know. “We don’t get many multidimensnal gay characters, ” Eichner says.
BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: 'ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!'
Billy Eichner has been tapped to -wre, executive produce and star "Bros," a romantic edy about gay men om Universal Pictur. * gay comedian billy *
”'Fire Island':Hulu's gay rom- pays steamy, stormy o to 'Pri and Prejudice''Meet Cute':The profound qutn Kaley Cuo and Pete Davidson's dark rom- asks'Bros' wrtl wh 'strange pestal' of masculyManls is next to godls for Bobby and Aaron, as each stggl to live up to rigid imag of masculy their personal liv. Throughout the film, Bobby is plagued by the secury that Aaron isn't tly attracted to him bee he don't embody the mcly Adonis type often glorified gay culture. “It’s fun for straight dienc to see the ways that straight relatnships and gay relatnships are siar and do overlap, and ’s also excg, fun and fascatg to see the ways which they differ, ” Eichner says.
Years before Colton Unrwood me out as gay, edian Billy Eichner told the realy TV star that he uld be “the first gay Bachelor. ”While gut starrg on Unrwood’s season of the ABC datg program “The Bachelor” 2019, the “Billy on the Street” star offered the leadg man some life advice that has taken on new meang sce Unrwood announced he was gay Wednday on “Good Morng Ameri. ” “I’m gay.
BILLY EICHNER ON HIS GAY ROM- "BROS"
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Maybe you’re the first gay Bachelor and we don’t even know. “If you’re gay, be gay! I’ve been gay forever & I love !
BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
We have a number of talented gay edians who are exceptnally skilled at entertag the dience while passg on subtle msag on issu related to the LGBTQA+ movement. * gay comedian billy *
“Number one, pop culture now sometim mak seem like every 14 year old gay boy is flyg out of the closet whout a re the world. ”In a ndid terview wh Rob Roberts on “Good Morng Ameri, ” Unrwood clared that he is “proud to be gay” after growg up Catholic and athletic circl that ed him to be ashamed of his sexualy. (Mel Meln / Los Angel Tim)For a dollar, name a romantic edy om a major movie stud centerg on two gay you n't, 's bee there's never been one — until and edian Billy Eichner has been tapped to -wre, executive produce and star Universal Pictur' "Bros, " a love story about "two gay men maybe, possibly, probably stumblg towards love.
""In shockg news, BROS will be the first rom about gay men ever produced by a major stud and, apparently, I'm the first openly gay man to ever wre and star their own stud film, " he tweeted.
THE GREATT GAY COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME
"I'm never gog to do half-hour episos of 'Billy on the Street' aga," says Eichner, whose gay rom- 'Bros' is due September. * gay comedian billy *
"Eichner also had some choice words for a former manager, who he said once advised him to "be ls gay bee a big agent was g" to see him perform.
Can't embed that tweet here bee featur some strong, phoric language all-ps, but suffice to say the former lleagu apparently are not on good shockg news, BROS will be the first rom about gay men ever produced by a major stud and, apparently, I’m the first openly gay man to ever wre and star their own stud film. Boy meets boy: Billy Eichner's gay rom- "Bros".
Comedian and actor Billy Eichner lov rom-s, but he has one plat: "They never ma one about a gay uple.
BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: ‘ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!’
Wh director and -wrer Nicholas Stoller and producer Judd Apatow (no strangers to rom-s themselv), Eichner has -wrten and stars what's beg billed as the first gay romantic edy ever released by a major film stud, and also the first to feature an all-LGBTQ prcipal st. Corrponnt Jonathan Vigltti said, "I went to the screeng wh my hband and halfway through, we had this moment where we looked at each other, regnizg that this was the first time we had seen ourselv reprented: two gay men ontg a romantic edy on the big screen.
What kd of gay man says his favore sger is Garth Brooks? "Vigltti asked, "Why do you thk 's taken this long for a movie like this – two gay men a romantic edy – fally beg on the big screen? ""Well, the real answer to that is that the world, cludg Hollywood, has been very homophobic, " Eichner replied.
"Bobby: "I was always too gay or I was too niche or, you know, I ma people unfortable. For example, 2006 (five years before his breakthrough edy game show "Billy on the Street") Eichner said his manager brought talent agents to see one of his live edy shows: "And asked me if I uld make the show 'ls gay' that month.
THE SUBVERSIVE GAY SATIRE OF BILLY ON THE STREET
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