'Jungle Cise': Gay character sparks bate, new Trar Sam buts

Contents:

• JACK WHEHALL FAC BACKLASH AS DISNEY'S 'FIRST GAY MAN'
• ‘JUNGLE CISE’ STAR JACK WHEHALL IS ‘PROUD’ OF HIS GAY CHARACTER’S COMG-OUT SCENE DISNEY FILM
• 'JACK WHEHALL ST BY DISNEY AS GAY JUNGLE CISE - DO MATTER HE'S STRAIGHT?'
• A GAY CHARACTER SPARKS BATE AND A REFORMED TRAR SAM EMERG DISNEY'S 'JUNGLE CISE'
• DISNEY SLAMMED AFTER REPORTEDLY STG JACK WHEHALL AS GAY CHARACTER "JUNGLE CISE"
• JACK WHEHALL FAC BACKLASH AS DISNEY'S 'FIRST GAY MAN'
• IS JACK WHEHALL GAY, IS HE MARRIED, WHO IS THE WOMAN, HIS AGE AND HEIGHT?
• JACK WHEHALL'S 'JUNGLE CISE' CHARACTER OUT AS GAY A NOT SO 'BIG AL' KD OF A WAY

JACK WHEHALL FAC BACKLASH AS DISNEY'S 'FIRST GAY MAN'

PSA: Ladi, Jack Whehall Is SgleLearn more about Jack Whehall ahead of Season 3 of 'Travels Wh My Father, ' cludg his relatnship stat and whether he is gay or Apr. Article ntu below advertisementTogether, they do naked yoga, chat about the Spice Girls, and Jack even pet a round of what his dad lls "homoerotic man-on-man wrtlg. "Source: NetflixArticle ntu below advertisementJack Whehall received some backlash for takg on the role of a gay character.

Back 2018, when he was tapped to play the role of McGregor Houghton, an openly gay man Disney's forthg Jungle Cise, the reactn was not overwhelmgly posive. "I jt feel a b off about people bag a muny wh queer storyl, gettg our money then not properly reprentg/rg about queer people or even volvg them at all your entire ~gay project~, " one person wrote on Twter.

‘JUNGLE CISE’ STAR JACK WHEHALL IS ‘PROUD’ OF HIS GAY CHARACTER’S COMG-OUT SCENE DISNEY FILM

"If you are gog to e beg mp (which I know is entertag for dienc) as a ma tra of the gay character, at least let a gay person play them? " Even ntroversial Piers Man joed the nversatn to ask, "You're not gay @jackwhehall???? " So, seems pretty clear that Jack isn't gay, though he hasn't openly rpond to the mentary about his upg role, other than to say he was "honoured" to have been st.

Jack Whehall says he didn’t know that his character McGregor “Jungle Cise” was gay when he origally dned for the film. While he don’t e the word “gay, ” he says he broke off three engagements wh women bee his “terts happily lay elsewhere. Jack Whehall opens up about playg a gay character #JungleCise, teasg a "signifint scene the movie" that was "thought about and talked about a lot" behd the scen.

'Jack Whehall st by Disney as gay Jungle Cise - do matter he's straight? 'Disney has a history of dippg s to to queerns whout ever actually mtg to proper LGBTQ+ reprentatn - but will Jungle Cise change that, asks Liam GilliverVio LoadgVio UnavailableJungle Cise: Ey Blunt and Dwayne Johnson star trailerJack Whehall and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson beg gay together may have once been merely a dream - but now ’s a realy. It do seem unfair, particularly nsirg there was a time where g out as gay was reer suici; where actors got told to keep their love life or partners “private” and nceal their sexualy if they wanted any chance of succs.

'JACK WHEHALL ST BY DISNEY AS GAY JUNGLE CISE - DO MATTER HE'S STRAIGHT?'

And I’m not talkg about way back the '50s, when Brock Hudson was tght how to -mp his voice, nstantly dodge speculatn he was gay, and get volved a beard marriage wh a female secretary. In 2019, Kristen Stewart - whose relatnship wh Twilight -star Robert Pattson very much helped her reer - spoke out about Hollywood’s homophobia.

A GAY CHARACTER SPARKS BATE AND A REFORMED TRAR SAM EMERG DISNEY'S 'JUNGLE CISE'

She's sce spoken out agast Hollywood homophobia.

So, do that mean straight actors shouldn’t play gay characters? If you don’t allow straight actors to play gay - you’re enforcg a rather strict limatn to one’s sexualy. Joey Pollari, who has played multiple gay characters, also me out after Love, Simon buted - sayg he felt “clear parallels” between his own life and the character’s g out story.

DISNEY SLAMMED AFTER REPORTEDLY STG JACK WHEHALL AS GAY CHARACTER "JUNGLE CISE"

“[They thought I’d be] gog around the untry and enuragg people to be homosexual, ” France said. Brish edian Jack Whehall plays a gay character Disney’s “Jungle Cise. ”Whehall’s MacGregor Houghton “ out” a “Jungle Cise” scene wh Dwayne Johnson’s Frank Wolff (never g the word "gay") film featur a rebooted Trar Sam, a character recently removed om the Disney Parks’ Jungle Cise after cricism over the ri’s racist pictn of Indigeno "Jungle Cise" has some notable passengers.

JACK WHEHALL FAC BACKLASH AS DISNEY'S 'FIRST GAY MAN'

Brish edian Jack Whehall plays Lily's brother MacGregor Houghton, who is gay, even g out  a scene wh Wolff (though notably whout employg the word "gay").

Meanwhile, ntroversial shnken head aler Trar Sam, recently removed om the Jungle Cise ri after cricism for s racist pictn of Indigeno people, reappears onscreen the reimaged form of Mexin actrs Veroni Falcó's how the characters took their plac onboard "Jungle Cise" which took $90 ln  worldwi box office and Disney+ Premiere Accs over openg Rock, Ey Blunt: Reveal that most awkward 'Jungle Cise' kiss, dirty jok cut by DisneyMacGregor Houghton subtly out to his Jungle Cise ptaDisney has been cricized for the lack of LGBTQ film reprentatn movi, and lled out for blk-or-you'll-miss- gay character moments films such as "Bety and the Beast" and "Onward.

" The word "gay" is not mentned the scene that further explas MacGregor's bond to his sister: dienc learn MacGregor's remag fay, and society, have turned their back on him "all bee of who I love. "It didn't matter if he said the word 'gay' or not, " says Johnson, a producer on the film.

IS JACK WHEHALL GAY, IS HE MARRIED, WHO IS THE WOMAN, HIS AGE AND HEIGHT?

"'Bety and the Beast': That 'gay moment' may have been much ado about nothg"We didn't want to e across like we're standg on a soapbox, " Johnson adds, notg the scene shows diversy and cln were "owned and held regard" the praised screenwrer Michael Green for craftg the scene "wh licy and simplicy. " Producer Hiram Garcia says the "Jungle Cise" filmmakers never set out to clu a gay character the perd piece.

"Early reactn to the gay character was mixed, wh one Twter er statg, "Disney will really do anythg to avoid g the word 'gay' s mastream ntent. ""The gay character JUNGLE CRUISE is cute and is generally right about thgs, " another Twter er wrote.

Disney slammed after reportedly stg Jack Whehall as gay character "Jungle Cise". Disney has reportedly st s first openly gay character, but many LGBT fans are cryg foul. After sourc told The Sun that straight actor Jack Whehall was st as a "hugely effete, very mp and very funny" gay man the live-actn film, LGBT actors and others voiced their tratn on social media.

JACK WHEHALL'S 'JUNGLE CISE' CHARACTER OUT AS GAY A NOT SO 'BIG AL' KD OF A WAY

Twter ers cricized Disney for overlookg gay actors to play the role. Said that Disney was allowg a straight man to perpetuate stereotyp about gay people. Your first signifint gay role will be played by a straight whe man perpetuatg stereotyp?