Mar Cantone got nceled bee a producer thought his "gay edge" would make Johnny Carson "nervo."
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- ‘AJLT’ STAR MAR CANTONE: JOHNNY CARSON NCELED ME FOR BEG GAY
- MAR CANTONE SAYS HE WAS KICKED OFF JOHNNY CARSON FOR BEG GAY
- GAY EDIAN MAR CANTONE WAS KICKED OFF A TV SHOW FOR BEG TOO GAY
- CARSON KRSLEY, THIS IS YOUR GAY LIFE
‘AJLT’ STAR MAR CANTONE: JOHNNY CARSON NCELED ME FOR BEG GAY
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The “And Jt Like That” star, 62, got ndid about the time that he was kicked off Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” for beg gay.
Your edy has a gay edge to and I thk ’s gog to make Johnny nervo, so I’m gog to ncel you, ’ ” Cantone ntued. Lookg back at his time wh Garson, Cantone is proud that they were a part of “gay history on TV.
He then exprsed his sire that gay actors should play gay rol media.
MAR CANTONE SAYS HE WAS KICKED OFF JOHNNY CARSON FOR BEG GAY
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“Of urse, if I had the choice, I would like a gay man to play a gay man. If ’s an pennt film or a televisn show, I thk a gay person uld play a gay person, ” Cantone said.
GAY EDIAN MAR CANTONE WAS KICKED OFF A TV SHOW FOR BEG TOO GAY
He then argued that the “openly gay movie star … don’t exist. There are no openly gay LGBTQ+ movie stars, leadg men or leadg ladi, ” Cantone said.
Out ic and star of And Jt Like That Mar Cantone recently opened up about an cint 1986 which alleg he was kicked off The Tonight Show Starrg Johnny Carson for beg too gay. Your edy has a gay edge to , and I thk 's gog to make Johnny nervo, so I'm gog to ncel you, '" Cantone the podst, Cantone also addrsed the recent loss of his And Jt Like That star, iend, and on-screen hband Willie Garson, who passed away last summer om pancreatic ncer.
" While Cantone is proud to have been part of gay history on TV along wh Garson, he also strsed how far the culture and the dtry have to go terms of out stars. For one, he said he'd prefer that gay rol be filled wh gay actors -- but acknowledged that this might not be a realistic ask today's Hollywood. "If I had the choice, I would like a gay man to play a gay man.
CARSON KRSLEY, THIS IS YOUR GAY LIFE
If 's an pennt film or a televisn show, I thk a gay person uld play a gay person, " Cantone said.
He add that an "openly gay movie star... There are no openly gay LGBTQ+ movie stars, leadg men, or leadg ladi, " he nclud. In 2017, days after the Las Vegas shootg that killed 59 people and jured more than 500, Krsley spoke out agast the FDA's policy that forbids gay and bisexual men om donatg blood unls they've abstaed om sex for a year.
"I mean, c'mon, the gays wanna help. Krsley offered up an illtr list of reasons why gay men should be allowed to donate blood, regardls of how sexually active they are: "We're happy and we're healthy and we look cute and we will totally spice up the blood donor centers, " he quipped.