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Contents:
- WILL & GRACE BROKE GROUND FOR GAY REPRENTATN—CAN IT DO IT AGA?
- 'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
WILL & GRACE BROKE GROUND FOR GAY REPRENTATN—CAN IT DO IT AGA?
Beg the first show to feature two promently gay characters, the seri foced on the liv of the ma st and how they navigated their reers and relatnships. The album featured gay classics like “I Will Survive, ” and songs by gut stars of the show like Cher’s “Gypsi, Tramps and Thiev.
Oddly enough, the producers believed Barrowman was "too straight" to play the character and thought McCormack was more nvcg as a gay man.
'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
In realy, Barrowman is gay while McCormack is straight. To this day, "Will & Grace" is still nsired "one of the most succsful televisns seri wh gay prcipal characters" acrdg to the show's Wikipedia page. " The show has won several GLAAD Media Awards for s support of the gay muny.
In an terview wh Gay Star News, Hay revealed that an attempt to lm the star's nerv durg a table readg of the script, he started "praisg her" to which she sarstilly rpond "Thank you. " Fearg for his safety, Hayn remaed quiet about his personal life until 2010 when he publicly me out as homosexual. " Dpe beg straight, McCormack was lled gay slurs bee "of urse, when two guys are that close...
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