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The outrage is gone. Today, ’s rare to hear a plat about shows like “Morn Fay” or the drama “Smash,” which has five gay characters.

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JSE TYLER FERGON TOLD MORN FAY STAR ERIC STONTREET TO STOP CHECKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROLE

Jse Tyler Fergon says 'Morn Fay' star Eric Stontreet, who is straight, often picked his bra while portrayg Cam as a gay man. * gay characters on modern family *

Jse Tyler Fergon told Morn Fay star Eric Stontreet to stop checkg about playg gay role The actor looked back at the LGBTQ+ reprentatn on the h s and praised his TV hband durg the gural episo of his podst, Dner's on Me. Though Fergon is gay, Stontreet is not — and when asked by Bowen if he believed Stontreet would be st as a gay character the current landspe, Fergon said, "I thk if you ask Eric, he would say no.

" Fergon also shared that Stontreet ma a pot to check wh him about portrayg a gay man, which he had to tell his TV hband to stop dog. While Sofia Vergara’s Gloria waltzed her way to the hearts of gay men and lbians for wildly different reasons, was Cameron and Mchell’s lovg relatnship that ma LGBTQ viewers feel tly seen and reprented.

‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV

Actor and Comedian Eric Stontreet discs playg a gay character on the h televisn show, 'Morn Fay.' * gay characters on modern family *

Played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet, seeg a lovg (and bickerg) gay uple on primetime was a revelatn. “The seri has nsistently brought lns of viewers every week for the past 11 years, and let viewers — particularly on who may not have been tung to other clive seri on ble or streamg — get to know and love a gay uple all their ups and downs and trials and tribulatns.

Hulu buted “The Bravt Knight” last year, an animated fairy tale about a gay dad reuntg his adventur to his adopted dghter. Gay uple Cam and Mch (actors Eric Stontreet and Jse Tyler Fergon) have won our hearts and ma lgh dozens of tim, and have also generated ample bate about straight actors playg gay rol (and vice versa).

Fergon, who is gay real life, and Stontreet played the beloved married uple Mchell Prchett and Cameron Tucker for eleven seasons on ABC's Morn Fay. Fergon was nomated for five Emmys for his role, and Stontreet was nomated for three, wng two awards for Outstandg Supportg Actor a Comedy uple was much ld for their pictn of everyday married life for a gay uple on an ABC s. They also adopted a dghter, Lily, and later another child, beg one of the most visible exampl of a gay fay on TV for fans might be beggg for the whole st to rne, this cute rnn will have to hold over until then.

ACTOR ERIC STONTREET DISCS PLAYG GAY CHARACTER ON 'MORN FAY'

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“Suated wh the manicured suburbs of California, Morn Fay, an ABC suatnal edy styled as a “mockumentary”, follows the liv of three fai: Jay Prchett, his send wife Gloria and her son, Manny; Jay’s olst dghter, Claire her hband Phil, and their three children; and Jay’s gay son Mch, his partner Cam and their adopted dghter om Vietnam, Lily.

Together, they make up one of the most high-profile gay upl on prime time.

‘MORN FAY’ WRER REVEALS EMOTNAL BACKSTORY OF ‘HISTORIC’ GAY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL (EXCLIVE)

' They're relatg to , " says Fergon, who is openly gay and sgle. Pl, Fergon says, might help people be more fortable wh gay marriage.

GAY ON TV: IT’S ALL THE FAY

"I never want to seem embarrassed or ashamed that I'm playg a gay person. So I would never want to be like, 'Hey, I'm not gay.

JSE TYLER FERGON TOLD MORN FAY STAR ERIC STONTREET TO STOP CHECKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROLE

The show was one of the first to have two openly gay characters—Mchell and Cameron Prchett (played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet, rpectively)—on prime-time TV. However, her most ser relatnship has been wh on-aga, off-aga boyiend Dylan, played by openly gay actor Reid Ewg, who's appeared episos as early as Morn Fay's pilot. Mastream attus towards same-sex relatnships have shifted drastilly recent years, and actor Eric Stontreet thks ABC's "Morn Fay" may have somethg to do wh an terview wh The Huffgton Post, Stontreet -- who plays one-half of a gay uple on the show -- ld the show for helpg to change the perceptn of gay characters through pop culture.

‘MORN FAY’ WRER REVEALS EMOTNAL BACKSTORY OF ‘HISTORIC’ GAY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL (EXCLIVE)

"ln fact, one woman told him that the show provid visibily for gay upl wh children and helped her dghter keep bulli check.

"Our only agenda has always been to be really funny and tell really good stori and the two characters happen to be gay men, " he You GoFavore Gay TV CouplYou May Like. Now, wh Proposn 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA feated, the seri is about to cement the public image of a happy gay nuclear fay wh the weddg of long-term boyiends, Mchell and Cameron.

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