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Contents:
- WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
- 'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
- ‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
- HOW WILL & GRACE PAVED THE WAY FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
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'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
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Yup, he's gay real life, too. The rolutely private actor recently gave his first terview to gay newsmagaze The Advote after many nied requts.
‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
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HOW WILL & GRACE PAVED THE WAY FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
"The show has given me a chance to give back, " he says, cg some recent gay-related chary events at which he has appeared.
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Mutchnick and Eisenberg dated real life, and then beme close iends after Mutchnick revealed he was gay. She also told Kg that McCormack didn't origally want to play a gay character. Actor Sean Hay, who portrayed openly gay character Jack on Will & Grace, didn't e out real life until five years after the show end.